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Biology Terms: Adaptation, Natural Selection, Speciation, and Ecological Concepts, Quizzes of Environmental Science

Definitions for key biology terms including adaptation, natural selection, speciation, and related ecological concepts such as habitat, ecological niche, generalists, specialists, competitive exclusion principle, resource partitioning, and various types of selection. These concepts are essential for understanding the processes that drive the diversity of life.

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TERM 1
Adaption
DEFINITION 1
the aquisition of traits that allow a spicies to survive in its
enviroment - one of the most important concepts in biology.
TERM 2
Natural Selection
DEFINITION 2
the process od better-selectd individuals passing their traits
to the next generation
TERM 3
selection pressures
DEFINITION 3
mutations over millions of years that give individuals an
advantage
TERM 4
Habitat
DEFINITION 4
the place or set of enviromental conditions in which a
praticulat organism lives.
TERM 5
ecological niche
DEFINITION 5
both the role played by a spicies in a biological community
and the total set of enviromental factors that determine a
spicies distrubition.
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Adaption

the aquisition of traits that allow a spicies to survive in its

enviroment - one of the most important concepts in biology.

TERM 2

Natural Selection

DEFINITION 2

the process od better-selectd individuals passing their traits

to the next generation

TERM 3

selection pressures

DEFINITION 3

mutations over millions of years that give individuals an

advantage

TERM 4

Habitat

DEFINITION 4

the place or set of enviromental conditions in which a

praticulat organism lives.

TERM 5

ecological niche

DEFINITION 5

both the role played by a spicies in a biological community

and the total set of enviromental factors that determine a

spicies distrubition.

Generalists

have a broad ecologiccal niche

TERM 7

specialists

DEFINITION 7

Have more exact habitat requirements and tend to have low

reproductive rates.

TERM 8

competitive exclusion principle

DEFINITION 8

no two spicies can occpuy the same ecological niche for long,

G.F Gause

TERM 9

resource partioning

DEFINITION 9

allows several spicies to exist using different parts of the

same resource.

TERM 10

Speciation

DEFINITION 10

the devlopmet of a new spicies