Bio unit B

Question 1

What is a habitat

Answer 1

A place or area an organisms needs to survive.

Question 2

what is ecological niche

Answer 2

the role an organism plays in a community

Question 3

the higher the number of different habitats and niches in an ecosystem the greater the ______

Answer 3

Biodiversity

Question 4

WHat is a terrestrial ecosystem

Answer 4

A terrestrial ecosystem is a community of living things and their environment that exists on land.

Question 5

Terrestrial ecosystem can be characterised by their

Answer 5

Climate, Plants and animals adapted to the climate

Question 6

Aquatic ecosystems can be charactreized by their

Answer 6

salt concentration, water depth and speed, plants and animals that are adapted to the conditions

Question 7

Limiting factors

Answer 7

Abiotic and biotic characteristics of ecosystems that limit range, distribution and number of individuals in a population

Question 8

Biotic factors

Answer 8

Living organisms in the environment

Question 9

Abiotic Factors

Answer 9

Sunlight, temp, precipitation, nutrients, soil type, wind

Question 10

Intraspecific competition

Answer 10

Competition within a speceies

Question 11

INterspecific competition

Answer 11

Competition between different species

Question 12

Predation

Answer 12

The predadotor kills and eats the prey( predator benefits only)

Question 13

Parasitism

Answer 13

Parasitism is a type of relationship between two organisms where one benefits (the parasite) and the other is harmed (the host).

Question 14

Adaptations

Answer 14

Inherited characteristics that help organisms survive and reproduce

Question 15

Adaptations are the result pf gradual changes in the _____ over time

Answer 15

species

Question 16

Taxonomy

Answer 16

is the science of naming, describing, and classifying organisms into groups based on their similarities and differences.

Question 17

Broadest to specific classification level

Answer 17

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.

Question 18

Mnemonic for the classifications

Answer 18

Danish king Philip Came Over For Green Stew

Question 19

All living things are divided into what 3 domains

Answer 19

Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya

Question 20

Bacteria kingdom class

Answer 20

Bacteria

Question 21

Bacteria cell type

Answer 21

Prokaryotic

Question 22

Bacteria Cellular organization and structure

Answer 22

unicellular, cells walls contain peptidoglycan

Question 23

Mode of nutrition for bacteria

Answer 23

Autotrophic or heterotrophic

Question 24

Archaea kingdom

Answer 24

Archaea

Question 25

Archaea cell type

Answer 25

Prokaryotic

Question 26

Archaea Cellular organization and structure

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unicellular, cell walls do not contain peptidoglycan

Question 27

archea mode of nutrition

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autotroph and hetertoph

Question 28

Eukarya kingdoms

Answer 28

Protista, plantae, Fungi, Animalia

Question 29

cell type for Eukarya

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Eukaryotic

Question 30

Protista Cellular organization and structure

Answer 30

mostly unicellular, cell walls contain cellulose if present.

Question 31

plantae Cellular organization and structure

Answer 31

Multicellular, cell walls contain cellulose

Question 32

fungi Cellular organization and structure

Answer 32

MOst multicellular some unicellular, cell wallks contain chitin

Question 33

animalia Cellular organization and structure

Answer 33

multicellular, no cell walls.

Question 34

postista mode of nutrition

Answer 34

auto and hetero

Question 35

plantae mode of nutrition

Answer 35

auto

Question 36

fungi mod of nutrition

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heter

Question 37

animalia

Answer 37

heter

Question 38

unity of life

Answer 38

similarities between organisms

Question 39

diversity of life

Answer 39

differences between organisms

Question 40

Lamarck’s theory

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says that organisms can pass on traits they acquire during their lifetime to their offspring.

Question 41

2 main ideas from lamarck

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use and disuse, and inheritance of aquired chatacterisitics.

Question 42

Charles darwin

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theory of evolution by natural selection

Question 43

Darwin 2 main ideas

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descent with modification, natural selection

Question 44

Heritable variation

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is the differences in traits among individuals of a species that can be passed on to their offspring.

Question 45

Heritable variation are produced by

Answer 45

mutations

Question 46

mutations

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are random changes in dna

Question 47

causes of mutations

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spontaneous- mistakes during dna replication and mutagens- physical and chemical agenst that damage dna

Question 48

natural selection

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is the process where organisms with traits better suited to their environment survive and reproduce more than others, passing those traits to the next generation.

Question 49

sexual selection

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is a type of natural selection where organisms with traits that help them attract mates reproduce more, even if those traits don’t help survival.

Question 50

intrasexual selection

Answer 50

individuals of the same gender compete for the other gender

Question 51

artificial selection

Answer 51

selective breeding by humans to encourage desirable traits

Question 51

intersexual selection

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females are choosy in selecting their mates of the opposite sex

Question 52

transitional fossils

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are fossils that show how one kind of animal slowly changed into another.

Question 53

biogeography

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study of geographical distribution of organisms around the world.

Question 54

the distribution of organism is influenced by

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continental drift

Question 55

homologous structures

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similar structures but diff functions, common anestor

Question 56

analogous structures

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diff structures but similar functions, no common ancestor

Question 57

vestigal structures

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body parts that no longer have a useful function in an organism but were useful in ancestors.

Question 58

all embyros have

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gill and a tail.

Question 59

biological species

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is a group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring.

Question 60

Fertile offspring

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are children or young of a species that can grow up and reproduce themselves.

Question 61

speciation

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the formation of new species new species

Question 62

transformation

Answer 62

transformation of one species into another species

Question 63

Reproductive isolation

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populations can’t interbreed.

Question 64

speciation requires

Answer 64

reproductive isolation

Question 65

biological barrieres

Answer 65

are factors that keep populations reproductively isolated even when they live on the same geographical area.

Question 66

Habitat isolation

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live in diff habitats

Question 66

behavioral isolation

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have diff cpurtship rituals

Question 67

temporal isolation

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breed at diff times

Question 68

gametic isolation

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sperm cannot fertilize with eggs

Question 69

mechanical isolation

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when two organisms can’t mate because their reproductive organs don’t fit together properly.

Question 70

geographical barriers

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physical features in the environment that separate populations and stop them from interbreeding.

Question 71

adaptive radiation

Answer 71

is a special type of speciation that occurs when a population diversifies into sseveral new species in order to occupy diff ecological niches.

Question 72

Puncuated equilibrium

Answer 72

sudden change

Question 73

Gradualism

Answer 73

small changes