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Biological Diversity Flashcards

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Species

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A group of organisms that have the same basic structure.

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Biological Diversity

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Describes the variety of species and ecosystems on earth and the ecological processes they are part of.

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Ecosystem

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An environment where living things interact with other living/non-living things

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Symbiosis

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Association between members of different species

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Commensalism

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One benefits and the other doesn’t benefit or get hurt

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Mutualism

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Both benefit

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Parasitism

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One benefits and other is hurt

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Interspecies competition

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2 or more different species using the same limited resource

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Niche

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What an organism eats, where it lives, how it reproduces

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Resource Partitioning

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Dividing resources for coexisting species using the same limited resource while having slightly different niches

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Variability

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Variation within a species

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Natural Selection

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When the environment selects which species will survive long enough to reproduce

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Non-heritable characteristics

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A skill you learn

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Discrete variation

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A trait that you either have or don’t

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Continuous Variation

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A trait that varies in shapes and sizes

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Asexual Reproduction

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Involves only 1 individual and results in identical offspring

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Binary Fission

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Cells divide equally producing 2 identical individuals

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Budding

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Parent develops bud or smaller version of itself that eventually detaches

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Spores

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Similar to seeds, offsprings develops distance from parent

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Vegetative Reproduction

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Multicellular structures become detached from parent and grows to become genetically identical to parent

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Gametes

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Sex Cells

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Sperm Cells

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Male sex cells

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Egg cells (ova)

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Female gametes fertilized by sperm cells

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Fertilization

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The process of male and female gametes uniting

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Zygote

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Fertilized egg cell, result of fertilization

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Cleavage

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Cell division after zygote is formed

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Embryo

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Result of cleavage process

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Pollen

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Contains male gametes in plants

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Stamen

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Male part of the flower

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Ovules

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Sac containing female sex cells

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Pistil

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Female reproductive organ in plants

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Pollination

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Transfer of pollen from anther to stigma

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Anther

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Part of stamen that produces pollen

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Stigma

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Female part of the flower that receives pollen

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Cross pollination

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Transfer of pollen from anther of one plant to stigma of another by wind, water, animals

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Cross fertilization

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result of cross pollination

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Style

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Structure that supports the stigma and connects to the ovary

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Ovary

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Female reproductive organ in which egg cells are produced

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Genetic Code

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“Rungs of ladder” Cytosine, Adenine, Thymine and Guanine

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Chromosomes

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Packages of DNA that contains specific instructions for the organism

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Gene

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Instructions for organism

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Alleles

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Genes that come in different forms

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Mitosis

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Cell division producing 2 daughter cells (growth and repair cells) My-toe-cells!

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Meiosis

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Produces 4 daughter cells ( process needed to make gametes for reproduction)

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Purebred

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When individual have been bred due to ancestors who had the same traits

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Hybrid

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When 2 purebreds cross

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Dominant Trait

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observed when 2 opposite acting alleles are inbred

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Recessive Trait

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When 2 opposite acting alleles are inherited

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Incomplete Dominance

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When 2 alleles are present but neither gene is dominant

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Extirpation

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Species is extinct from a certain area

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Special Concern

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A species that may become threatened or endangered in the near future

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Overspecialization

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Species has adapted to only a small set of environmental conditions

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Artificial Selection

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Humans using science to determine how a species reproduces and what offspring it will have

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Biotechnology

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Using science and technology to control organisms

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Artificial Insemination

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Manually putting semen into a female

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In Vitro Fertilization

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Fertilizes egg in a petri-dish and insert embryo into female

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Genetic Engineering

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Any technology that directly alters the DNA of an organism

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Ex-situ Conservation

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Maintenance of organisms outside of their natural habitat

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In-situ Conservation

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Maintenance of organisms in the wild

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