Variation Flashcards
What is discontinuous variation?
When there are two or more separate groups
What is continuous variation?
When the individuals in a population vary within a range
What is variation?
Differences in characteristics
What does the term ‘adaptations’ mean?
Features that enable an organism to live in a habitat
How many type of variation are there?
Two
What are the two types of variation?
Genetic and Environmental
What is ‘Environmental Variation’?
Any difference that’s caused by the environment an organism lives in
What do all plants and animals have?
Characteristics
What are characteristics?
Features
How are an organism’s characteristics controlled?
Genes which are passed on from their parents
What does the mixing of two genes from parents cause?
Genetic variation
What are ‘mutations’?
Changes in an organism’s genes
