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- 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.
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- 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