Glossary

Question 1

Carnivore:

Answer 1

An animal that eats meat

Question 2

Herbivore:

Answer 2

An animal that eats plants

Question 3

Omnivore:

Answer 3

An animal that eats both plants and meat

Question 4

Nocturnal:

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An animal that sleeps in the day and wakes at night

Question 5

Burrow:

Answer 5

A hole dug by an animal

Question 6

Venomous:

Answer 6

Poisonous

Question 7

Endangered:

Answer 7

When there are not many animals of a species left on earth

Question 8

Camouflage:

Answer 8

When an animals colours help it blend into its surroundings

Question 9

Echolocation:

Answer 9

Using sound echos to locate objects

Question 10

Biodiversity:

Answer 10

the variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat, a high level which is usually considered to be important and desirable.

Question 11

Flora:

Answer 11

I’m the plants if a particular region, habitat or geological period.

Question 12

Fauna:

Answer 12

The animal of a particular region, habitat or geological period.

Question 13

Population shift:

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A change in numbers of population.

Question 14

Trends:

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Refers to changes over time and can include changes in ranging behaviours (eg distance and route) and distribution, biogeography (eg. Size of population) and life history (eg birth and death rates).

Question 15

Speciation:

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The formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution.

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Scales:

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Increase/decrease depending on food, water, shelter, predator/prey etc.

Question 17

Individual species:

Answer 17

Evolution example - peppered moth.

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Communities:

Answer 18

Evolution example - reef

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Ecological niches:

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The role or position a species has in its environment. How it meets its needs for food, water, shelter, how it survives, and how it reproduces. A species niche includes all of its interactions with the biotic and abiotic factors in its environment.

Question 20

Demes:

Answer 20

A population of organisms within which the exchange of genes is completely random. I.e, all mating combinations between individuals of the opposite sexes have the same probability of occurrence.

Question 21

Drought and famine:

Answer 21

Drought are usually long periods of insufficient rainfall. Famines are extremely shortages of food that causes people to die of starvation.