B3 Adaption And Inheritance Flashcards
What do animals compete for?
Food
Water
Space- to hunt and for shelter
Mates- to reproduce
What is competition?
When animals compete with each other to get enough reasources to survive, in a habitat
What do plant compete for?
Light
Water
Space
Minerals- to keep them healthy
What are Adaptions?
Characteristics that enable an organism to be successful and survive
What are normally the best competitors?
The best predators that are fast, strong and quick to find prey.
How can an animal survive the desert?
By adapting to the habitat. Having a large body that beats up slowly Doesnt sweat Wide feet to stand on sand Big bladder
How do plants live in the desert?
Adapting to the habitat
Stems that store water
Widespread roots
A wady layer that reduces water escaping
Why do trees lose theyre leaves in the winter?
This saves energy ans the fallen leaves provide a layer of warmth and protection around the base of the tree
What are the different ways how animals cope with different seasons
Hibernation (bears)
Migration (birds)
Grow thicker fur (sheep)
What is hibernation
Where animals like bears find somewhere warm to sleep through winter
What is migration
Where animals move somewhere warmer or somewhere with more food
How has a snowshoe hare adapted to their environment
During the winter they have white fur to blend in with the snow and during the summer it turnes brown to blead in with the ground
Why does a snowshoe hare change the colour of its fur
To blend in with it’s surroundings to hide from predators- which increases their chance of survival
What is interdependence
The way in which living organisms depend on each other to survive, grow and reproduce
What does interdependence mean to the two species
If one of them has a change in population the other is immediately affected
How can a predator-prey relationship be shown
By polting a predator-prey graph
How can plants or animals lose their habitats
Fire
Climate change
Why might food suplies be reduced
Disease in the animals
How do organisms cope with change
The best adapted organisms with survive and reporduce, increasing the population and not well adapted organisms will die or have to migrate
How do organisms vary?
Differences in characteristics are known as variation
What is variation?
Differences in characteristics within a species
How do humans vary
Languages Height Blood type Hobbies Intelligence Eye colour
What is inherited variation?
Characteristics that people have inheritedfrom thier parents (eye colour)
What is environmental variation
Variation caused by your surroundings (education)