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Unit A 1.0-2.0 Flashcards

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1
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What is Biological Diversity?

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Difference/variety of living organisms on earth.

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All living things are…

Hint: 5 things

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GRACED
Growth
Reproduce
Adaptations
Cells
Develope
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What is ecological diversity? Give examples.

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Variety between ecosystems.

Ex. Different species, organisms, landscape, etc.

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What is species diversity? Give examples.

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Variety between species.

Ex. Fur vs. Scales, size, colour, diet, etc.

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What is genetic diversity? Give examples.

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Variety within a species.

Ex. Blood type, DNA and cell structure, etc.

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What is an ecosystem?

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Biotic things interact with other biotic and abiotic things in a shared environment.

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Define biotic.

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Alive or once-living.

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Define abiotic.

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Non-living.

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9
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What is an individual?

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Its own organism; nothing “smaller”.

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What is a species?

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A group of LIVING organisms that are all very similar and can successfully reproduce.

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What is a population?

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A group of the same species that all live together and use the same resources.

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12
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What is a community?

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When multiple populations live in the same area and share an environment.

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What is the order of the big-small scale?

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Individual —> species —> population —> community —> ecosystem.

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14
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Where in the world has the most diversity?

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The equator and surrounding areas.

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Where has the least diversity?

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Farther from the equator.

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16
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Why is there more diversity closer to the equator?

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Because the sun’s rays are more concentrated there because its flatter.

17
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Who created the system for classifying organisms?

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Carolus Linnaeus.

18
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Whats the name of the system for classifying organisms?

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Binomial Nomenclature.

19
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What language is the classifying system based off of?

A

Latin.

20
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How many words does the classifying system use?

A

2.

21
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What are the 2 words for the classifying system?

A

Genus and species.

22
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Define genus.

A
  • first word.
  • what… kind, or type, of organism.
  • CANIS Rufus
23
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Define species (classifying version).

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  • second word.
  • what species the organism is.
  • Canis RUFUS
24
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What’s interdependence?

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The dependence of 2 or more species on each other.

25
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Name 2 things plants provide, and give an example for each.

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  1. Oxygen

Trees absorb the CO2 we excrete, and give us back oxygen that we use to breath.

26
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Give an example of a food chain.

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Choose one. It’s just the energy transfer between things. Write it down if that helps.

27
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What’s symbiosis?

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An association between members of different species.

28
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What are the 3 types of symbiosis?

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Commensalism, mutualism, parasitism.

29
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What is commensalism? Give an example.

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One benefits, other unaffected.
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Ex. Barnacles on a whale.

30
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What is mutualism? Give an example.

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Both benefit.
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Ex. Bee and flower.

31
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What is parasitism? Give an example.

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One benefits, the other is harmed.
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Ex. Tapeworm and human.

32
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What 2 words does the word symbiosis come from? Give meanings.

A 
Sym = together
Bio = alive
33
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What is interspecies competition?

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When different species compete for the same resource or niche.

34
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What is a niche?

A

How an organism interacts with its environment and what conditions are best suited to it.
Ex. What it eats, what eats it, where it sleeps, etc.

35
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What is a human’s niche?

A

My house, my food, etc.

36
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What is resource partitioning?

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When species change their niche slightly to incorporate other species to avoid competition.

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