Biology -Important terms

2. is the dying out of a species and plays an important role in the evolution of life because it opens up opportunities for new species to emerge
3. In biology and ecology, a resource is a substance or object in the environment required by an organism for normal growth, maintenance, and reproduction.
7. The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.
9. It is the biological variety and variability of life on Earth.
12. Climate change is the long-term alteration of temperature and typical weather patterns in a place.
14. Situation in which the number of individuals of a given species exceeds the number that its environment can sustain.
15. A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.

1. In biology, competition refers to the rivalry between or among living things for territory, resources, goods, mates, etc.
4. To exploit (something, such as a natural resource) to an excessive degree
5. The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
6. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
8. Any harmful deviation from the normal structural or functional state of an organism,
10. An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
11. An invasive species is an organism that is not indigenous, or native, to a particular area. Invasive species can cause great economic and environmental harm to the new area
13. The preying of one animal on others