Regular Review 2024 Fall Final

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Disruptive selection

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Natural selection that favors extreme over intermediate variation.

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Vestigial structure

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Structure that has lost its original function in the course of evolution.

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10% rule

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Rule of thumb that states only about 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next.

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Invasive species

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Non-native species that spreads and causes harm to the ecosystem.

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Limiting factor

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Factor that limits the growth of a population.

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Natural selection

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Process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

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Ecosystem

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A community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment.

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Trophic level

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Each step in a food chain or food web, representing a different level of energy transfer.

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Biomagnification

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The increasing concentration of toxic substances in organisms at each successive level of the food chain.

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Carrying capacity

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The maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can support sustainably.