The Organization of Life Vocab

A community of organisms and their abiotic environment

an environmental factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms

an environmental factor that is not associated with the activities of living organisms

A living thing; anything that can carry out life processes independently

A group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring; also the level of classification below genus and above subspecies

a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area and interbreed

A group of various species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other

the place where an organism usually lives

the process by which individuals that have favorable variations and are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do

a change in the characteristics of a population from one generation to the next; the gradual development of organisms form other organisms since the beginnings of life

the process of becoming adapted to an environment; an anatomical, physiological, or behavioral change that improves a population's ability to survive

the selective breeding of organisms (by humans) for specific desirable characteristics

in biology, the ability of an organism to tolerate a chemical or disease-causing agent

extremely small, single-celled organisms that usually have a cell wall and that usually reproduce by cell division

an organism whose cells have nuclei, rigid cell walls, and no chlorophyll and that belongs to the kingdom Fungi