Biodvercity Flashcards
Biodiversity
Animals in a certain habitat
Extinction
All members of a species die off
Species
An organism with similar traits which can reproduce
Taxonomy
The classification of living things by traits
Trait
A quality that separates one organism from another
Invasive !
Organisms that are not native and have negative effects on the ecosystem.
species
a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
Natural selection
Better adapted organisms tend to survive and pass on useful traits to their offspring.
Adaptation
How organisms survive
Camouflage
The ability to blend into the environment
mimicry
A type of camouflage where a creature looks like something else.
Organisms
An individual living thing
Ecosystem
All living things and non-living thing in an envirment
Biotic factors
as any living component that affects another organism or shapes the ecosystem.
Abiotic factors
a nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it: