Ch. 10.2

Question 1

Population

Answer 1

Group of organisms of the same species living in the same area

Question 2

Natural selection

Answer 2

The process by which individuals with favorable traits survive and reproduce

Question 3

What are the 4 steps to natural selection

Answer 3

Overpopulation
Genetic variation
Survival
Successful reproduction

Question 4

Overproduction

Answer 4

When an organism has more offsprings then can survive to adulthood

Question 5

Genetic variation

Answer 5

When each organism in a population is different.

Question 6

Adaptation

Answer 6

Traits that help an organism survive

Question 7

What is survival affected by(4)

Answer 7

Food, water, living space, survival to mate

Question 8

Successful reproduction

Answer 8

Must be adapted to an environment and must attract a mate

Question 9

Camo will protect what

Answer 9

The animal from predators

Question 10

Biome

Answer 10

Major regional or global community of organisms

Question 11

Tundra

Answer 11

Cold and dry

Question 12

Desert

Answer 12

Driest biome. Really hot during the day and cold at night

Question 13

Grassland

Answer 13

Grasses dominate grassland biome

Question 14

Taiga

Answer 14

Aka boreal forest. Northernmost forest biome. Long cold winters and shirt summers

Question 15

Forest biome

Answer 15

Tropical rainforest, temperate rainforest, and temperature deciduous forests

Question 16

Wetlands

Answer 16

Areas of land covered by fresh water for all or part of the year

Question 17

What abiotic factors affect a freshwater ecosystem(5)

Answer 17

Temp, water depth, water flow rate, light levels, oxygen levels

Question 18

Estuary

Answer 18

Partly enclosed body of water where a river flows into an ocean

Question 19

Over harvesting

Answer 19

When rate of fishing is higher then rate of reproduction

Question 20

Artificial reef

Answer 20

Human made structure that is sunken into a costal ocean system