Bio diversity Flashcards
Gamete
Sex cell
Vegetative reproduction
Production of a plant that doesn’t involve the use of a seed
Niche
The role an organism has in an ecosystem
Resource partitioning
Division of a resource between one or more species
Community
Groups of different species living in the same area
Asexual reproduction
Reproduction without the fusion of sex cells
Variability
Variations within a. Species
Cleavage
The first division of a fertilized egg
Embryo
An undeveloped organisms in it’s beginning stages
Biological diversity
The different types for organisms on Earth
Discrete variation
Difference in characteristics that have a defined form
Symbiosis
The relationship between two different species
Chromosomes
Structure in which DNA is arranged, genes are located here as well
Chromosomes
Structure in which DNA is arranged, Genes are also located here
Clone
An identical copy of an organisms or of it’s cells or genes
Biotechnology
The use of living things to make agricultural, industrial, and mechanical products
DNA
Genetic material found in the nuclei of the cell
In-situ conservation
Maintenance of an organism outside of it’s ecosystem
Hybrid
A combination of two pure breeds
Gene
A segment in DNA which determines specific characteristics of an organism
Helix
Spiral-shaped
In-situ conservation
Maintenance do wild organism in their functioning ecosystems
Extirpation
Extinction of an organism in a spa Specific region
Allele
A possible form of a gene
