ENV SCI CH 5 VOCAB

The somewhat predictable series of changes in a community that follows a disturbance so severe that no vegetation or soil life remain.

• chemosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• primary succession

• secondary succession

a somewhat predictable series of changes over time in a community.

• speciation

• coevolution

• succession

• adaptation

an animal that kills and eats other animals

• tolerance

• carnivore

• mutation

• evolution

a linear series of feeding relationships

• food chain

• evolution

• succession

• speciation

the degree to which organisms can reproduce successfully in its environment.

• fitness

• tolerance

• biomass

• niche

biological evolution that occurs by chance

• carnivore

• trophic level

• omnivore

• genetic drift

the gradual change of a species over time

• extinction

• evolution

• speciation

• predation

a human-controlled process to produce individuals with certain traits

• invasive species

• artificial selection

• resources partitioning

• succession

an organism's habitat, resource use, and fundamental role in a community

• gene

• niche

• fitness

• omnivore

the process by which new species are generated

• coevolution

• predation

• extinction

• speciation