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Allows species to adapt to their environments
What is natural selection
100
The area where an animal lives.
What is habitat
100
Tanned skin
What is non-heritable characteristics
100
A group of individuals from the SAME species living together in an area.
What is a population
200
Characteristics that have a range of forms
What is continuous variation
200
Characteristics that are passed from parents to children
What are heritable characteristics
200
Populations of different species living in the same area.
What is a community
200
Plants that regrow without a seed
What is vegetative reproduction.
300
-requires two parents -increases biological diversity -involves egg and sperm in animals
What is sexual reproduction
300
This form of reproduction helps species adapt to changing environments.
What is sexual reproduction.
300
A cell splits in half creating to identical cells.
What is binary fission.
300
Parent grows a small bud that eventually detaches.
What is budding
400
The habitat of an organism COMBINED with the job performed by an organism.
What is a niche
400
A farmer collects seeds from the vines that produce the largest grapes, and uses only these seeds when he sows his next crop.
What is artificial selection
400
Two things that will decrease diversity within a species.
What is artificial selection and asexual reproduction.
400
Greg has a red-furred cat, Samantha has a white cat, and Jonathon has a black and white cat. These differences in fur colour are called
What is variation
500
Disappearance of every individual of a species from the entire planet
What is extinction
500
Local extinction of a species from a particular area
What is extirpation
500
-Catastrophic events (volcanic eruptions, floods, fires) -Lack of food due to overpopulation -Disease -Overspecialization
What are causes of extinction and extirpation
500
Characteristics that take one form or another
What is discrete variation.