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5080352465Adaptionany genetically controlled structural physiological and behavioral Charis take it to help an organism survive and reproduce under a given set of environmental conditions0
5080352466Adaptive traitSee adaption1
5080352467Background extinctionNormal extinction of various species as a result of changes in local environmental conditions2
5080373626biological biodiversitySee biodiversity3
5080373627Biological evolutionChange in the genetic make up of a population of a species in a successive generations4
5080390184Differential reproductionPhenomenon in which individuals with adaptive genetic traits produce more living offspring then do individuals without such traits5
5080399477Ecological nicheTotal way of life or role of a species in an ecosystem6
5080422555Endemic speciesSpecies that is found in only one area7
5080422556ExtinctionThe rate at which an animal species dies8
5080527693FossilsSkeletons bones shells body parts leaves and seeds or impressions of such items the provided recognizable evidence of organisms that have lived long ago9
5080527694Foundation speciesSpecies that plays a major role in shaping a community by creating and enhancing a habitat the benefits other species10
5080527695Generalist speciesSpecies with a broad ecological niche11
5080527696Geo graphic isolationSeparation of populations of a species into different areas for long periods of time12
5080527697Indicator speciesSpecies whose decline serves as early warnings that a community or ecosystem is being degraded13
5080527698Keystone speciesSpecies of play rules affecting many other organisms in an ecosystem14
5080527699Mass extinctionCatastraphic widespread often global event in which major groups species are wiped out over a short time compared with normal extensions15
5080527700Mutation Random change in DNA molecules making of jeans that can alter anatomy psychology behavior in offspring16
5080527701Native speciesSpecies that normally live in thrive in a particular ecosystem17
5080527702natural. SelectionProcess by which a particular beneficial Jean is reproduced and succeeding generations more than other jeans18
5080527703NicheSee ecological niche19
5080527704Non-native speciesSpecies that migrate into an ecosystem or deliberately or accidentally introduced into an ecosystem by humans20
5080527705Reproductive isolationLong term geographic separation of members of a particular sextual reproducing species21
5080534435Specialist speciesSpecies with a narrow ecological niche.22
5080545874SpeciationFormation of two species from one species because of the divergent natural selection in response to changes in environmental conditions23
5080565491SpeciesGroup of similar organisms in for sexually reproducing organisms they are a set of individuals that can mate and produce for tile offspring24
5080565492Species diversityNumber of different species combined with the relative abundance of individuals within each of those species in a given area25
5080565493Theory of evolutionWidely excepted scientific idea that all lifeforms developed from earlier lifeforms26
5106089852Bio diversityVariety of life on earth27

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