A3.1

Question 1

Organism

Answer 1

Any living thing such as : bacterium , plant , animal and so on.

Question 2

Species

Answer 2

A group of organisms with shared traits
Example:
sapiens in Homosapiens
Biologically speaking, they should be able to successfully interbreed and produce fertile offspring.

Question 3

Morphology

Answer 3

Idea of a species as a group of organisms that share a similar/same outer structure ( fur ,glands , etc) and inner form ( how they breath etc )

Question 4

Binomial system of naming

Answer 4

International way of naming species.
It consists of two names.
The first is the genus name, the second is the species/specific name.
Genus must start with a capital letter. Species with a lower case.

Question 5

Genus

Answer 5

A group of species that have similar traits .
Eg : homo in Homo sapiens

Question 6

Define population

Answer 6

A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area , same time

Question 7

Speciation

Answer 7

The natural process by which species diverge ( divide) to form new species .

Question 8

Haploid vs diploid

Answer 8

Haploid Is for gametes and they contain one set of chromosomes.

Diploids are body cells and have two sets of chromosomes

Question 9

Genome

Answer 9

All of the genetic information of one or a group of organisms . These genetic information are stored in the DNA. This leads to the conclusion that the genome is the entire base sequence of each of the DNA molecules