interdependence

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Cards (266)

  • Classification
    Sorting living things into groups with similar characteristics
  • Main groups of living things

    • Plants
    • Animals
    • Fungi
    • Protists
    • Bacteria
  • Vertebrates
    Animals that have a backbone
  • Invertebrates
    Animals that do not have a backbone
  • Classifying
    1. Sorting living things into groups
    2. Based on similar characteristics
  • specimen
    a dead and preserved one living thing
  • Species
    a group of similar organisms that can breed with one another to produce fertile offspring
  • biodiversity
    The number of different species that exists in habitat
  • classification key
    A set of questions about the characteristics of living things
  • DNA
    An uncoiled section of a gene that carry the code that controls what cells are made of and what they do
  • variation
    The differences in members of the same species
  • genetic variation

    Differences within a species inherited from the genes of both parents
  • environmental variation

    Differences within a species affected by the surroundings of an organism. It affects how an organism looks and behaves
  • dicontinuous variation

    Can only be one of a limited number of fixed options
  • continuous variation

    Can take any numerical value in a large range of values
  • fertilisation in animals

    When the egg fuses with the sperm to make a fertilized egg also known as a zygote
  • pollination
    The transfer of pollen from the anther onto the stigma
  • fertilisation
    When the nucleus from a male sex cell joins with a female sex cell to make a seed
  • dispersal
    A mechanism which removes the seeds from the plant.So they can land in a suitable place to germinate into a new plant
  • How can seeds travel

    • wind
    • bursting
    • animals
    • humans
    • water
  • asexual reproduction

    When one parent produces new genetically identical offspring
  • habitat
    A place where organisms live
  • adaptations
    Special features that help an organism survive in habitat
  • environment conditions
    • damp/ dry
    • windy/ humid
    • hot/ cold
    • bright/ dark
  • categoric data

    When the thing we are changing is described by words or categories