Unit A: 1.0 & 2.0

Question 1

What is a species?

Answer 1

Living things of the same kind that are able to reproduce successfully

Question 2

What is biological diversity?

Answer 2

The variety of species and ecosystems on earth and the way they interact with eachother

Question 3

Define ecosystem?

Answer 3

A particular environment where living things interact with other living things

Question 4

Define population?

Answer 4

A Group of individuals of the same species living in a certain area

Question 5

What is a community?

Answer 5

A group of populations of different species living in the same area

Question 6

Symbiosis

Answer 6

The relationship between 2 different species

Question 7

Commensalism

Answer 7

A relationship where one species benefits and the other is not harmed

Question 8

Mutualism

Answer 8

A relationship where both species benefit

Question 9

Parasitism

Answer 9

A relationship where one species benefits and the other is harmed

Question 10

Interspecies competition

Answer 10

2 or more species using the same limited resource

Question 11

Niche

Answer 11

The role of an organism in an ecosystem

Question 12

Resource Partitioning

Answer 12

Division of resources by co-existing species

Question 13

Variability

Answer 13

Variations within a species

Question 14

Natural selection

Answer 14

Process in which the environment picks individuals that will survive and reproduce

Question 15

What does ‘Bio’ and ‘Diversity’ mean in biodiversity?

Answer 15

Life; Changes or being different or unlike

Question 16

What are the certain characteristics that all living things have?

Answer 16

• Are made of cells
• Need energy
• Grow and develop
• Reproduce
• Have adaptations that suit them for the environment in wich they live

Question 17

What does biotic and abiotic mean?

Answer 17

Living and nonliving

Question 18

What are some abiotic factors in an ecosystem?

Answer 18

Air, Water, Sunlight

Question 19

What are some biotic factors in an ecosystem?

Answer 19

Man, Trees, Birds

Question 20

What are the differences within a population called?

Answer 20

Variations

Question 21

Where is the greatest number of diversity on the planet?

Answer 21

Near the equator

Question 22

Who came up with a system for naming and classifying chemicals?

Answer 22

Cardus Linnaeus

Question 23

What language are all organisms classified in?

Answer 23

Latin and based on their physical structure

Question 24

What is the first and second word when naming a species?

Answer 24

The Genus, species

Question 25

Closely related species have the same 'blank'

Answer 25

Genus

Question 26

What are the five animal kingdoms?

Answer 26

``` Animalia (animals) Planate (plants) Fungi (yeasts, molds, mushrooms) Protista (single-celled organisms) Monera (Bacteria) ```

Question 27

What are the sub groups of a kingdom?

Answer 27

``` Kingdom Phyla Class Order Family Genus Species ```

Question 28

What is the Mnemonic device help remember the sub-kingdoms?

Answer 28

Kings Play Cards On Fine Green Silk

Question 29

Why can't a species survive by itself?

Answer 29

Because each species is dependent on each other

Question 30

What are the two types of interdependence?

Answer 30

Symbiosis and predator and prey

Question 31

What are the 3 types of symbiosis?

Answer 31

Commensalism, mutualism, parasitism

Question 32

Describe commensalism?

Answer 32

Where one species benefit and the other is not harmed

Question 33

Describe mutualism?

Answer 33

A relationship where both species benefit

Question 34

Describe parasitism?

Answer 34

Where one species benefit and the other is harmed

Question 35

What is a niche?

Answer 35

The role of an organism within an ecosystem. Such as what it eats, what eats it, its habitat, nesting sights ect

Question 36

What is interspecies competition?

Answer 36

Where no species benefit, when 2 or more species need a resource

Question 37

What is resource partitioning?

Answer 37

When 2 or more species share a resource

Question 38

Why is variation within a species important?

Answer 38

Because it increases the chances for an individual to survive if there is environmental change

Question 39

What does variation help with?

Answer 39

Natural selection because it shows which variation is better suited for the environment and more likely to survive