7 Terms
Contributors in Ecology
Ecology
carcinogen
Biology; Ecology
A substance that fosters cancer, an illness characterized by cells that cannot quit dividing in a kind of biological nation-statism.
scarification
Biology; Ecology
Extensive, artificial earth movement that exposes the underlying soils. Also, to nick and weaken a seed coat enough for germination.
commensalism
Biology; Ecology
A coevolutionary relationship between species (usually animal species) that benefits one without significantly impacting the other.
prokaryote
Biology; Ecology
An organisms whose cells lack a nucleus. Roughly synonymous with bacteria, but divided into eubacteria and archaeans. See Eukaryote.
