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Any trait of an organism that increases its chances of surviving
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| A salty lake where the pH is greater than 7. |
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Variations of genes that determine traits in organisms; the two
corresponding alleles on two paired chromosomes constitute a gene. |
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| Organisms that make their own food |
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| The total organic matter in an ecosystem |
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| Living organisms and products of organisms. |
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| Food in the form of sugar or starch. |
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The maximum size of a population that can be supported
by a given environment. |
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A structure that transfers hereditary information to the next
generation. |
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| All the interacting populations in a specified area |
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| An organism that eats other organisms |
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An organism that consumes parts of dead organisms and
transfers all the biomass into simple chemicals. |
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An organism that eats detritus, breaking the organic material into
smaller parts that a decomposer could use for food. |
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| Small parts of organic material |
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A form of a gene that is expressed as the trait when a
dominant allele is present. |
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A system of interacting organisms and nonliving factors in a
specified area. |
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The surroundings of an organism including the living and
nonliving factors. |
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A structure, characteristic, or behavior of an organism, such as eye
color, fur pattern, or timing of migration. |
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| A sequence of organisms that eat one another in an ecosystem. |
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| All the feeding relationships in an ecosystem |
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The basic unit of heredity carried by the chromosomes; code for features
of organisms. |
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| An organism’s particular combination of paired alleles |
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| An organism that eats only plants. |
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An organism that cannot make its own food and must eat other
organisms. |
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A gene composed of two different alleles (a dominant
and a recessive). |
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A gene composed of two identical alleles (e.g., both
dominant). |
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A process of gradual maturing of an insect
(egg, nymphal stages or instars, adult). |
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| An immature nymphal stage of an insect as it grows into an adult form |
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Any biotic or abiotic component of the ecosystem that
controls the size of the population. |
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| The process of shedding exoskeleton in order to grow. |
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| A form in a species that occurs in one or more forms (such as colors). |
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The process by which the individuals best adapted to their
environment tend to survive and pass their traits to subsequent generations. |
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| A consumer that eat both plants and animals. |
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