Key words

Question	Answer
Hybrid	the offspring of parents that are not the same species
Vertebrate	animals that have the characteristics of a back bone in common
Variation	the difference in characteristics between species and the range of a characteristic in individuals of the same species
binomial system	the method of giving each species a two part name of genus and species.
biodiversity	refers to the number of different species living in a particular area
continuous variation	a characteristic that varies continuously shows the spread of values between extreme values of the characteristics in question, eg, the height of people.
discontinuous variation	a characteristic that only has a limited number of values, eg, blood type
Ring Species	refers to the chain of related species closely connected geographically.
Hetrozygous	Refers to the pair of alleles of a gene where the alleles are different
Homozygous	Refers to the pair of alleles of a gene where the alleles are the same.
Viviparous	give birth to live young which are fed milk by their mother, eg mammals.
oviparous	lay eggs, eg reptiles

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