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year 10 ecology and genetics Flashcards

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what is the theory of natural selection?

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organisms with an advantage are more likely to breed and pass on variations of genes

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what is the theory explained by natural selection?

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evolution

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who developed the theory of evolution?

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Charles Darwin

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what is classification?

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organising living things into groups

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how did Linnaeus classify life?

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observations of structure and characteristics

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what is a species?

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a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

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what is a binomial name?

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the scientific name of a species

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how did Woses classify life?

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observations of DNA and biochemistry

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what are Woeses six kingdoms of life?

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animals, plants, fungi, protocista, bacteria, archaea

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what are the three domains of life?

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eukaryota, bacteria, archaea

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what is the evolutionary tree?

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diagram that shows how different species are related

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what is the fossil record?

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fossils arranged in order of time that provides evidence of evolution

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Give 3 reasons why the fossil record is incomplete.

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early life was soft bodied
not all dead organisms form fossils
not all fossils have been found

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what is a fossil?

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preserved remains of an organism

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what is mineralisation?

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the harder parts of organism are replaced by minerals as they decay

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what is extinction?

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the permanent loss of all members of a species

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what are 3 ways a species can become extinct?

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new predators
new diseases
competition

18
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how many times has climate change caused mass extinction on earth?

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five

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what is the decay cycle?

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how nutrients cycle through the environment

20
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what is the water cycle?

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how water cycles through the environment

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what are the 5 stages of the water cycle?

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condensation, precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, respiration

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what is the carbon cycle?

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how carbon cycles through the environment

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how is carbon removed form the atmosphere?

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photosynthesis

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how is carbon returned to the atmosphere?

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decay, respiration and combustion

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what is the greenhouse effect?

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when energy from the sun gets trapped in Earths atmosphere by greenhouse gases like CO2

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what is acid rain?

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sulfuric acid and nitric acid dissolved in the rain

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how is the use of land by humans changing?

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it is increasing because the human population is growing

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what is the breeding programme?

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plan to breed rare plants and animals to a sustainable population

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