Biology

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Binomial Classification
A system that uses the genus name and the species nsme to avoid confusion when naming organisms
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Classification
The process of placing living things into groups
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Phylogeny
The study of the evolutionary relationships between organisms
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Natural Selection
The term used to explain how features of the environment apply a selective force on the reproduction of individuals in a population
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Continuous Variation
Variation where there are two extremes and a full range of values in between
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Discontinuous Variation
Where there are distinct categories and nothing in between
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Environmental Variation
Variation caused by response to environmental factors such as light intensity
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Genetic Variation
Variation caused by possessing a different combination of alleles
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Interspecific Variation
The differences between species
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Intraspecific Variation
The variation between members of the same species
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Variation
The presence of variety- the differences between individuals
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Correlation Coefficient
A measure of how closely two sets of data are correlated
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Standard Deviation
A measure of the spread around a mean
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Student's t-test
A test used to compare two means
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Adaption
A characteristic that enhances survival in the habitat
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Anatomical Adaptions
Structural features
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Behavioural Adaptions
The ways that behaviour is modified for survival
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Physiological Adaptions
Affect the way that processes work
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