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Has nucleus encased membranes.
Mitochondria, chloloplasts, and golgi bodies. |
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| Lacks nucleus and membrane bound cells. |
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| Consumes decomposing organic material. |
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| Processes organisms used to produce carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water. |
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| Movement of part of an organism towards light. |
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| Movement of an organism toward water. |
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| Growth response in relation to gravity. |
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| A group of one species that inhabit a specific area. |
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| Two or more species evolving together. |
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| Total number of genetic information within a population. |
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| Organisms evolve structures similar to other organisms in spite of their evolutionary ancestors being unrelated. |
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| Process a species evolves into two or more different forms. |
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| Two or more populations of different species occupying the same area. |
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| Population Distribution Pattern Examples: |
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| Clumped, random, or uniform |
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| Plotting a life expectancy table on a logarithmic scale. There are three types. |
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| A factor that effects the population regardless of the population size. |
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| A factor that effects the size of a population depending on the population size. |
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| Organisms to produce offspring with little to no parental care and can only produce while they're young. |
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| Organisms live long lives and don't produce until they are older, and produce slower. |
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| Population growth rate decreases with increasing numbers of individuals until it becomes zero when the population reaches a maximum. |
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| Equation for Population Growth: |
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Population x Affluence x Technological Impact per Unit of Consumption
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| Full range of environmental conditions an organism can possibly occupy. |
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| Space a viable population of species occupies in the presence of competitor species. |
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| Organisms with relatively tightly defined niches and a narrow range of tolerance. |
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| Able to thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions. |
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| The total mass of all the living material in a certain area. |
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| Interspecific Competition: |
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| Individuals from a different species competing for the same resource. |
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| Intraspecific Competition: |
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| Members of the same species competing for the same resource. |
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| One member benefits from the relationship while the other is neither helped, nor harmed. |
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| A physical trait that aids survival when a living thing evolves to its environment. |
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| First Law of Thermodynamics: |
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| Energy is neither created nor destroyed. |
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| Second Law of Thermodynamics: |
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| When energy is transformed from one form to another it becomes a lower quality of energy due to some being released as heat. |
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