Ecology

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What is the term for when one organism (a predator) eats another organism (the prey)?

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Predation

Front

What do we call the characteristics that help an organism survive in its environment?

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Adaptations

Front

What is the branch of science that studies how organisms interact with one another and with their environment?

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Ecology

Front

What is the term for a specific type of living thing, such as a polar bear?

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Species

Front

What is the term for when living things struggle against one another to get resources like food, water, and space?

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Competition

Front

What is the relationship called when two species compete for the same resources?

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Interspecific competition

Front

What is the term for the role and position a species has in its environment?

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Niche

Front

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

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 the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem?

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Biodiversity