Mid Term Flashcards
(59 cards)
Biodiversity
The variety of life in the world
External
The outward feature of something
Internal
Inner parts or feature
Environmental Factors
Any external elements that affect living organisms including people and plants
Extinct
A species having no living members; no longer in existence
Evolve
Adapting to environments by gaining favorable traits from an organism and being able to survive and reproduce
Adapt
Evolving to an environment
Natural selection
A process where organisms that are best suited to their environment survive and reproduce
Predator
An animal that naturally preys on others
Prey
An animal that is caught and killed by another for food
Competition
The activity of condition of competing
Pesticides
A substance or mixture of substances that kill pests
Constraint
A limitation or restriction in terms of evolution
Explanation
A statement or account that makes something clear
Fact
A thing that is known or proved to be true
Opinion
A view or judgment formed about something.
Evidence
information indicating wether a belief or proposition is true of valid
Claim
State or assert that something is the case
Emergence
Behaviors that can arise out of complex systems
Revise
Re-examine and make alterations
Argument
A way to keep your case strong
Minimize
Reduce to the smallest possible amount
Maximize
Make as large of great as possible
Indirect
Not direct or straight foward