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| a system in which a two-word name (genus plus species) is used to identify an organism (3.2) |
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| the variety of species in an area and their range of behavioural, ecological, physiological, and other adaptations (3.3) |
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| living; refers toliving things in the environment, such as humans, treest, fish, or bacteria (3.1) |
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| ecosystem or group of ecosytems in a specific region on Earth that has a particular comabination of biotic and abiotic fators; for example, tundra, tropical rainforest, hot desert (3.3) |
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| all of the organisms in all the interacting populations in a given area (3.1) |
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| in population dynamics, the number of individuals per unit of area or volume in a popluation (3.3) |
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| identification key that uses a series of paired comparisons to sort organisms into smaller and smaller groups (3.2) |
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| the role that members of a population play in a community, including the resources that members need and the way in which members interact with other members of the populaton and the community (3.3) |
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organism characterized by cells that contain membrane-bound organelles; compare prokaryote (3.2) |
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| place or area with a particular set of characteristics, both biotic andabiotic, in which an organism lives and is able to survive and reproduce because of particular physical, physiological, and behavioural adaptations (3.3) |
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| the second highest taxonomic classification of all living things (below domain); the six kingdoms recognized in biology are Archea, Bacteria, Protista, Fungi, Platae, and Animalia. (3.2) |
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any group of individuals of the same species living in the same geographical area at the same time (3.1) |
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| organism characterized by cells that do not contain membrane-bound, structurally distinct nuclei or other membrane-bound organelles; compare eukaryote (3.2) |
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| area of determined size that is marked out for the purpose of sampling a population; often used to sample plants and other organisms that tend to stay in one spot all their lives (3.3) |
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| sample in which all of the individuals in the population have an equal chance of being represented (3.3) |
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| geographical area in which a population of species is found (3.3) |
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| small portion of an entire population; samples are counted or estimated and the results are averaged and then applied, or extrapolated, to the entire area occupied by the population (3.3) |
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| population of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring (3.1) |
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| pratice of classifying organisms based on common fundamental characteristics (3.2) |
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| a long, relatively narrow rectangular area marked out in a study for the purpose of sampling a population (3.3) |
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| highest level of classification of living things (above kingdom); the three domains are Bacteria, Archea, and Eukarya (3.2) |
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| competition between members of the same population (species) for a limited resource (3.3) |
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