Unit 2 - KA5 - Metabolism and Adverse Conditions

Question 1

A reaction of an organism to periods of extreme drought or high temperatures

Answer 1

Aestivation

Question 2

Dormancy that occurs as a response to adverse conditions

Answer 2

Consequential Dormancy

Question 3

A response by an organism to tolerate adverse conditions

Answer 3

Dormancy

Question 4

An organism that lives in an environment with extreme abiotic conditions

Answer 4

Extremophile

Question 5

Reduction of metabolic rate as a response to avoid adverse conditions

Answer 5

Hibernation

Question 6

Unlearned, instinctive behaviour

Answer 6

Innate behaviour

Question 7

A behaviour that is acquired by experience and is not common to all members of a species

Answer 7

Learned behaviour

Question 8

A response to avoid adverse conditions by relocating

Answer 8

Migration

Question 9

Dormancy that occurs before a period of adverse conditions

Answer 9

Predictive Dormancy

Question 10

Bacteria that live in hot springs or deep sea vents

Answer 10

Thermophillic bacteria

Question 11

State of reduced metabolic activity in response to adverse conditions

Answer 11

Torpor

Question 12

Studies which involve the use of individual marking and transmitters

Answer 12

Long Distance Migration Studies