Adaptations 0.0 / 5 ? BiologyAdaptations and VariationOtherNone Created by: hollynapier4Created on: 16-05-17 16:51 What is a Species? Organisms that have lots of characteristics in common and can mate to produce fertile offspring. 1 of 34 What is Competition? ‘Fighting’ with other organisms for resources. 2 of 34 What is Migration? Moving to another area for part of the year. 3 of 34 What is Prey? Animal that is eaten by another animal. 4 of 34 What is a Predator? Animal that eats other animals. 5 of 34 What is adaptation? Characteristic that enables an organism to survive and be successful in its environment. 6 of 34 What is variation? Differences in characteristics. 7 of 34 What is continuous variation? Type of variation where a characteristic can take any value within a range. 8 of 34 What is discontinuous variation? Type of variation where a characteristic can only result in certain values. 9 of 34 What is Interdependence? The way organisms depend on each other to survive, grow, and reproduce. 10 of 34 What do only animals need to survive? Food and Mates 11 of 34 What do only plants need to survive? Light and Minerals 12 of 34 What do both animals and plants need to survive? Space and Water 13 of 34 What are only Environmental variation examples? Tattoos and scars 14 of 34 What are only inherited variation examples? Blood Group and eye colour 15 of 34 What are examples of both environmental and inherited variation? Height and Intelligence 16 of 34 How do you find the time? Distance divided by speed 17 of 34 How do you find speed? distance divided by time 18 of 34 How do you find the distance? speed x time 19 of 34 What do you use to show results Histogram 20 of 34 What does Endangered mean? species of plants and animals that have only a small population 21 of 34 What is a chromosome? long strand of DNA that contains many genes 22 of 34 What is a gene? section of DNA that holds the information to produce a characteristic 23 of 34 What is evolution? development of a species over time 24 of 34 What is DNA? chemical that contains all the information needed to make an organism 25 of 34 What is a nucleus? part of the cell where DNA is stored 26 of 34 What is a fossil? the remains of plants and animals that have now turned to stone 27 of 34 What is natural selection? the process by which organisms evolve 28 of 34 What does extinct mean? when no more individuals of a species are left anywhere in the world the species 29 of 34 What is a Gene Bank? a store of genetic samples from different species 30 of 34 How many chromosomes in a sperm cell? 23 31 of 34 How many chromosomes in a egg cell? 23 32 of 34 How many chromosomes in a fertilised egg cell? 46 33 of 34 How many chromosomes in a normal body cell? 46 34 of 34
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