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IB 105 - Lecture 5
Terms, Vocab to study for Exam 1
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 1
02/24/2011

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Term
biotic
Definition
living portions of the environment

take part in predation, parasitism, competition, etc.
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abiotic
Definition
nonliving factors

ex: rain, soil, temperature, etc.
Term
evolution
Definition
change over time in gene/allele frequencies within a population

process by which characteristics change over generations
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natural selection
Definition
the process that determines which individuals within a species will reproduce and pass their genes to the next generation
Term
examples of evolution in action
Definition
pepper moths

fish

bacteria
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mechanisms of evolution
Definition
natural selection
mutation
genetic drift
migration
sexual selection
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coevolution
Definition
When two or more species interact closely they can influence each other’s evolutionary direction.

Evolutionary change in one species will lead to evolutionary change in other or the second species may go extinct.
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