Unit 2 Biodiversity

Question 1

Biodiversiy

Answer 1

All of the differences found among different species and among individuals of the same species.

Question 2

Graph

Answer 2

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#of organisms

Question 3

factors that increase number of organisms

Answer 3

-increase reproducion
-increase survival rates

Question 4

adaption

Answer 4

genetic trait that helps an organism survive or reproduce (trunk on an emephant)

Question 5

factors that increase biodiversity

Answer 5

sexual reproduction

Question 6

sexual reproduction

Answer 6

-formation of gametes
-allows genetic to be shared from different individuals
-crossing over during meiosis
-mutations

Question 7

gametes

Answer 7

(marriage)
eggs/sperm during meiosis

Question 8

mutations

Answer 8

mistakes/errors that occur when DNA replicates (bad/deadly)

Question 9

habitat

Answer 9

the place in an ecosystem where an organism lives.

Question 10

niche

Answer 10

the functional role that an organism plays in its ecosystem (tiger-predator/carnavor)

Question 11

Resources

Answer 11

all of the items gathered from living organisms and non-living parts of the environment that fill an organism’s wants/needs

Question 12

competition

Answer 12

the struggle between organisms for a resource in short supply

Question 13

tolerance

Answer 13

an organismm’s ability to withstand a range of values for a chemical or physical factor in the environment