Ecosystems Flashcards
habitat
the place where an organism lives
variation
the differences between organisms
continuous data
when your measurements can have any value eg. heights of people in a group
discontinuous data
when measurements fall into a certain categories eg. being able to and not to do seem thing
species
a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another to produce offspring that can also reproduce
hybrids
when members of two different species reproduce (hybrids cannot reproduce themselves)
enviroment
the conditions in a habitat
community
all the plants and animals that live in a habitat
ecosystem
the community of organisms and all the physical environmental factors in a habitat
inherited variation
variation in the features that come from your parents
environmental variation
differences between individuals that are not inherited but caused by the environment that the organism lives in
daily changes
changes that happen during a day
seasonal changes
changes that happen specifically because of things that happen will take place in certain seasons
inherited variation
variants that are passed from parent to child
hibernation
when some animals become inactive in winter so that they don’t need food when there’s less food available
