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Unit A Biological diversity Flashcards

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1
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What does Biotic mean

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A living organism

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What does Abiotic mean

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A non-living organism

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What does Biological diversity mean

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The number of different types of organism’s in a enviorment

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What is it called when the different kinds of species are living in the same area

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A community of living organism’s

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5
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What are variations through out people

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Hair color
How tall you are going to be
eye color
skin color

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6
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why does the arctic have a lower biological diversity

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Not many living organisms can survive cold temperature

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7
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Animals group by:

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Air
Land
Water

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plants group in sizes:

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Small
Large
Medium

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Latin is a:

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Dead language

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what are the 5 parts of the five kingdoms

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Kingdom
Phlym
Class
Order
Family
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Symbiostic means:

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Two organisms working together

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What is commensalise

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one orgainisms benefits and one is not harmed

: barnicls attach onto a whale, the whale is not harmed

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13
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What is mutualisam

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Both orgainism benifit

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What is Parasitisms

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one orgainisms benefits and one is harmed

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15
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Niche means:

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Biological role

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16
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what is a Broad niche:

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A very flexible niche that can stand different temperatures and food

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What is a Narrow niche:

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A very stable organism that needs the same temperature and food normaly

18
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What does enviormentle changes means:

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New predators
New disease
Loss of food source

19
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Natural selection is:

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When the environment selects a organism who will servive long enough to reproduce

20
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Heritable characteristics are:

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passed from generation to generation

EX: eye color, hair color, height

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non Heritable characteristics are:

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they cannot be pasted on from generation to generation

22
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height is a:

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Heritable characteristics

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