Biology Final Vocab Review

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What is the process by which a species gradually changes over time?

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Evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Front

In a food chain, which organism is a producer?

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Grass

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

What term describes all living things and their nonliving environment?

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Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

In a food chain, which organism is a tertiary consumer (carnivore)?

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Owl

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

What type of symbiotic relationship benefits both species?

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Mutualism

Front

What is the term for the maximum population size that an environment can sustain?

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Carrying capacity

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What is the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring?

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Natural selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Front

What is the term for a group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area?

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Population

Front

What is the term for a relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed?

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Parasitism

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What is the term for a relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed?

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Commensalism