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This glossary of biology terms is a list of definitions of fundamental terms and concepts used in biology, the study of life and of living organisms.It is intended as introductory material for novices; for more specific and technical definitions from sub-disciplines and related fields, see Glossary of cell biology, Glossary of genetics, Glossary of evolutionary biology, Glossary of ecology ...
Biodome may refer to: . a closed ecological system; Bio-Dome, a 1996 movie starring Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin and directed by Jason Bloom.; the Montreal Biodome, a facility located in Montreal that allows visitors to walk through replicas of four ecosystems found in the Americas.
Canada Lynx at Montreal Biodome.. The Montreal Biodome (French: Biodôme de Montréal) is a museum of enclosed ecosystems located at Olympic Park in the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that allows visitors to walk through replicas of four ecosystems found in the Americas.
Halophiles, organisms that thrive in highly salty environments, and hyperthermophiles, organisms that thrive in extremely hot environments, are examples of Archaea. [1] Archaea evolved many cell sizes, but all are relatively small. Their size ranges from 0.1 μm to 15 μm diameter and up to 200 μm long.
For example: Members of the order Phallales rely on insect vectors for dispersal. The dry spores of the Lycoperdales and Sclerodermataceae (earth balls and kin) are dispersed when the basidiocarps are disturbed. Species of the Nidulariales (bird's nest fungi) use a splash cup mechanism.
The pygmy mammoth is an example of insular dwarfism, a case of Foster's rule, its unusually small body size an adaptation to the limited resources of its island home. A biological rule or biological law is a generalized law, principle, or rule of thumb formulated to describe patterns observed in living organisms.
For example, the human microbiome is the collection of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms that are present on or in a human body. [ 3 ] A biota is the total collection of organisms of a geographic region or a time period, from local geographic scales and instantaneous temporal scales all the way up to whole-planet and whole-timescale ...
The black walnut secretes a chemical from its roots that harms neighboring plants, an example of competitive antagonism.. In ecology, a biological interaction is the effect that a pair of organisms living together in a community have on each other.