Species Flashcards
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What is asexual reproduction?
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Organisms make a copy of themselves with no interbreeding eg. bacteria
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What is a species?
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A group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring
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What is a hybrid?
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Male and female from different species eg. Donkey and horse create a mule. Hybrids are infertile and not new species
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What is the binomial system of naming?
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A two part name, first is genus, second species eg. Homo sapiens
Used worldwide
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Give examples of closely related species
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Whales and dolphins (look alike and similar habitat)
Llamas and camels (look different as evolved in different habitats)
