meiosis {Ans: cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms}geologic time scale {Ans: A representation of the history of Earth.}producer {Ans: An organism that can make its own food.}community {Ans: All the different populations that live together in an area}niche {Ans: An organism's particular role in an ecosystem, or how it makes its living.}allele {Ans: one of a number of different forms of a gene}