Classification
The science of classifying and naming organisms.
What is taxonomy.
The male flower structure that produces pollen.
What is the stamen.
Organisms that eat food and digest it internally.
What are ingestion feeders.
A non-native species that spreads quickly and harms ecosystems.
What is an invasive species.
The total variety of organisms in the biosphere.
What is biodiversity.
The two-word scientific naming system developed by Linnaeus.
What is binomial nomenclature.
The female flower structure that receives pollen and contains the ovary.
What is the pistil.
Organisms that digest food outside their bodies and absorb nutrients.
What are absorption feeders.
The process of restoring native grassland ecosystems.
What is prairie restoration.
Traits that help organisms survive in their environment.
What are adaptations.
The broadest level of biological classification above kingdom.
What is domain.
A flower that contains both male and female reproductive parts.
What is a perfect flower.
Organisms that produce their own food using sunlight.
What are self feeders (autotrophs).
When organisms compete for the same limited resources.
What is competition.
The process where organisms better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce.
What is natural selection.
The classification level directly above species.
What is genus.
Plants that are pollinated by wind rather than animals.
What are anemophilous plants.
Animals that eat only plants.
What are herbivores.
When one organism hunts and kills another organism for food.
What is predation.
Physical features that help an organism survive in its environment.
What are structural adaptations.
One of the three domains of life.
What is Bacteria, Archaea, or Eukarya.
The sticky part of the pistil that catches pollen.
What is the stigma.
Animals that eat other animals.
What are carnivores.
The environmental conditions where organisms survive best.
What is Optimal range
The process by which populations change genetically over time.
What is evolution.