Biology 4.2.2.

Question 1

Adaptions

Answer 1

characteristics which increase an organism’s chance of survival and reproduction in an environment.

Question 2

Classification

Answer 2

placing living organisms into taxonomic groups based on similar features.

Question 3

Convergent evolution

Answer 3

unrelated species that show similar traits, which have evolved separately, but under similar evolutionary pressures.

Question 4

Hierarchy

Answer 4

When organisms are classified into large groups which are then subdivided into increasingly smaller groups.

Question 5

Phylogeny

Answer 5

the evolutionary relationships between organisms.

Question 6

Speciation

Answer 6

the evolution of a new species.

Question 7

Taxonomy

Answer 7

The system of classifying organisms according to their observable features or genetic characteristics.

Question 8

Variation

Answer 8

differences between species.

Question 9

Natural selection

Answer 9

the theory proposed by Darwin on the evolution of species.

Question 10

Continuous variation

Answer 10

differences between individuals that cover a range of values rather than discrete categories.

Question 11

Binomial nomenclature

Answer 11

a system of naming organisms that uses two scientific names for species.