Ecology Vocabulary

2. - process that results in a change in genetic material of a population over a period of time
3. - the evolution of very similar traits independently
5. - specialized habitat of an organism
7. - the process of obtaining or providing food/nourishing materials necessary for health and growth
8. - a group of populations living and interacting with each other in an area
10. - organisms that synthesizes their own organic molecules
12. - the process of consuming food source
13. - simple molecules that are not derived from non-living components

1. - process of breaking down food outside the cell either mechanically or with acid (enzymes)
4. - elements required by an organism for growth and metabolism
6. - organisms that obtain their organic molecules through ingesting other organisms
9. - living or once lived
11. - increase in differences between close populations within a species