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Fatima Hilal year 10 science 4.1 flashcards
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- 1{4.1} Q 1: what is a species?A species is the smallest unit of biological classification.
- 2{4.1} Q 2: what do you have to look for to determine a species?The things you have to consider when looking to determine a species are structural ecological and DNA evidence .
- 3{4.1} Q 3: what are hybrids?Hybrids are offspring's of different species .
- 4{4.1} Q 4: what is the process of creating a hybrid called and what problems do they face?The process of creating a hybrid is called hybridisation and the problems they face is health problems and in-fertilisation.
- 5{4.1} Q 5: what is the science of classifying organisms known as ?The science of classifying organisms is known as taxonomy.
- 6{4.1} Q 6: what is the meaning of Linnaean classification?The definition of Linnaean classification is A way of organising living things, In biology plants and animals have traditionally been classified by the structure of their bodies, in a descending hierarchy of categories: kingdom, class, order, family, genus, and species.
- 7{4.1} Q 7: what is the meaning of morphology?Morphology is a branch of biology dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms.
- 8{4.1} Q 8: what is evolution ?Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
- 9{4.1} Q 9: what is a generation ?A generation is the time between the birth of an individual and when that individual produces their own offspring .
- 10{4.1} Q 10: how do many scientists see evolution ?Many early scientist saw evolution as an improvement of species resulting in increasingly complex species with humans being the most complex .
- 11{4.1} Q 11: what influences whether a species becomes more or less complex ?It depends on the characteristics the species needs in order to survive its environment.
- 12{4.1} Q 12: who is Charles Darwin ?English biologist whose scientific theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies.
- 13{4.1} Q 13: what was Charles Darwin's book [The voyage of the beagle] about?It was about the amazing variety of life he had seen including wild life in Australia.
- 14{4.1} Q 14: what is bio-geography ?Bio-geography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space .
- 15{4.1} Q 15: who was Alfred Russel Wallace?Alfred Russel Wallace was one of the leading biologists and explorers. He co-discovered with Charles Darwin the theory of evolution by natural selection, and he is one of the founders of the modern field of bio-geography.
- 16{4.1} Q 16: what is artificial selection?artificial selection is the breeding of plants and animals to produce desirable traits.
- 17{4.1} Q 17: what is crossbreeding ?known as producing an offspring particularly through mating two purebred individuals but from two different breeds .
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