Brainscape flashcards

Question 1

Adaptation

Answer 1

-a change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to Its environment.

Question 2

Dichotomous

Answer 2

-a tool used to identify species of organisms using opposing observable characteristics .

Question 3

Natural Selection

Answer 3

-Organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

Question 4

Population

Answer 4

-all of the members of a species living in a particular area at a particular time.

Question 5

Physiology

Answer 5

-the way in which living organism or bodily part function.

Question 6

Selective breeding

Answer 6

-making deliberate crosses of plants or mating of animals so the offspring will have the desired characteristic derived from one of the parents.

Question 7

species

Answer 7

-a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.

Question 8

Hibernation

Answer 8

-a state of inactivity during the winter months

Question 9

Migration

Answer 9

• seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.

Question 10

Dormancy

Answer 10

• the state of having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time (inactive)