UNIT5- extreme environments Flashcards

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extremophile

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an organism that lives in an extreme environment that others find impossible/difficult to survive in. They have special adaptions.

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Polyextremophile

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they can live in several different different extremes

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adaptation

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When a species evolves to have characteristics that enable it to survive in a particular habitat.

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features of an extreme environment

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extreme:
heat
cold
draught
dark
acid
oxygen lack
radiation
pressure

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