APES Unit 2 VOCAB

Ecosystem services

• Any positive benefit that the ecosystem and its organisms provide for people

• Genetically based changes within a population of organisms that raise the chances of survival

• Event either natural or human caused that disrupts an ecosystem or population

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Evolution

• Genetically based changes within a population of organisms that raise the chances of survival

• Organisms that have adapted better to the environment are more likely to survive than those that have not.

• Process where different factors stop the growth of a species

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

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Natural Selection

• Organisms that have adapted better to the environment are more likely to survive than those that have not.

• Any positive benefit that the ecosystem and its organisms provide for people

• When a population within a species evolves to create a new distinct species

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Alfred Russel Wallace

• Genetically based changes within a population of organisms that raise the chances of survival

• Mr scientist gut that theorized about evolution and natural selection

• Event either natural or human caused that disrupts an ecosystem or population

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Mutation

• Biological variation in a specific species

• Change in a DNA sequence

• When a population within a species evolves to create a new distinct species

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Biodiversity

• The variety of living things and their interactions in an ecosystem

• Variety of different habitats

• Biological variation in a specific species

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Species Diversity

• Organisms that have adapted better to the environment are more likely to survive than those that have not.

• Biological variation in a specific species

• The number of different species in a particular area

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Genetic diversity

• When a population within a species evolves to create a new distinct species

• Biological variation in a specific species

• Genetically based changes within a population of organisms that raise the chances of survival

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Ecosystem diversity

• Variety of different habitats

• Species found in only one area

• Process where different factors stop the growth of a species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Invasive species

• Mr scientist gut that theorized about evolution and natural selection

• Biological variation in a specific species

• Organism that harms the environment it is not native too

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