adaptations and inheritance Flashcards
moving to a hotter/colder environment
migration
trees
spring and summer-
spring and summer-growth is rapid due to warmth and sunlight
trees
aw-
aw-loses leaves to save energy
stores energy in trunk and roots
animals adapt changing conditions by
hibernating, migrations and having thick/thin fur
what are proteins made out of
amino acids
where are proteins produced
ribosomes
3 bases are called a
a codon
each codon codes for a
protein x a single amino acid
natural selection
natural selection is a process by which a species changes over time in response to changes in the environment or competition between organisms in order for the species to survive
proof of evolution
dna sequences
fossils
what causes extinction
habitat loss
threatening logging
water extraction
competition
population disease etc
variation in humans
skin hair eye colour, hair type gender height weight
differences between species
genetic information
environmental factor
continuous data
numeric data can have any value within a range. examples include time joggt and temperatures
discontinuous
the data are words. examples include colour such as red blue, how an objects feels eg rough , smooth
bar chart