Biodiversity
Define biodiversity
the number of living organisms within a given area
What is DNA?
instructions that an organism needs for development, found in the nucleus of the cell
What is a primary producer?
Plants that make their own food through the trasnfer of energy
What is the difference between sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction?
Sexual reproduction is the production of new life by combining genetic info with two individuals of different sexes; Asexual reproduction is offspring from a single organism and genes of that parent only
Why is biodiversity important?
it ensures that an environment has more than one thing going on to allow organisms to thrive
What are resessive traits?
characteristics that appear in offspring that aren't dominant in the parental genes
What is a secondary consumer?
An organism that feeds on primary producers
What comes first: mitosis or interphase
mitosis
What is a biome?
a large group of environments all based in similar climates and ith similar organisms
True or False: Genetic diversity is vital for the health of a species.
True
What is a tertiary consumer?
an organism that feeds on primary consumers
What is the last phase of cell division?
telophase
What does abiotic mean?
things that are not living ex. rocks, air, water, fire
True or False: Genes are made of DNA and control heredity and can be used for protein production.
True
What is a food chain?
a Hierarchical network of organisms that relate to each other through the food they eat
Which phase of mitosis is anaphase?
3rd
What roles do abiotic factors have in biodiversity?
Shelter, elimination, food, climate
True or False: Cells are the second smallest unit that can perform the function of life.
False
What is carrying capacity?
the maximum number of organisms withing a given species that can be supported by a specific ecosystem
What happens to chromosomes during metaphase?
chromosomes are aligned across the centre of the cell