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Case 1: Pika
Key vocabulary for the first case study in Exploring Life Science
Term | Definition |
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Adaptation | a trait that improves an organism's ability to survive in its environment; trait can be structural, physiological or behavioral |
Survival | continuing to live or exist |
Ecosystem | biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment; "eco-" =environment; system=different things working together |
Native (Indigenous) | belonging to a particular place |
Species | group of organisms that consist of similar individuals capable of interbreeding or mating |
Habitat | provides the organisms that live there with food, water, shelter and space to survive |
Shelter | something that provides cover or protection, as from weather or danger; place of refuge; home for animal |
Herbivore | an animal that feeds ONLY on plants |
Population | group or type of people or animals living in an area or country |
Experimental group | the group that tests or changes something to see what happens |
Control group | the group that stays the same or doesn't get any special treatment |
Homeostasis | a self-regulating process by which a living organism can maintain internal stability while adjusting to changing external conditions |
Invasive | anything that goes or grows where you don't want it to; if species it is not native, it overpopulates, and harms the environment |