Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Animals
Amphibians, Reptiles, Vertebrates, Chordates
22
Science
8th Grade
04/06/2017

Additional Science Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Metamorphosis
Definition
change from a larva to an adult form
Term
food web
Definition
a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
Term

 

natural selection

Definition
the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. 
Term
asexual reproduction
Definition
 which offspring arise from a single organism, and inherit the genes of that parent only
Term
sexual reproduction
Definition
the production of new living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals of different types (sexes)
Term
organism
Definition
an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
Term
abiotic
Definition
not derived from living organisms.
Term
biotic
Definition
relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations.
Term
survival rate
Definition
a specified group alive at the beginning of a time interval who survive to the end of the interval.
Term
prey
Definition
The food or meal of a predator
Term
Predator
Definition
The "it" who eats the prey ( carnivore) made of flesh.
Term

 

mutualism

Definition
is the way two organisms of different species exist in a relationship in which each individual benefits from the activity of the other.
Term
population
Definition
A group of organisms of one species that interbreed and live in the same place at the same time
Term
symbiosis
Definition
 is when two organisms are in asymbiotic relationship because they can't survive without each other. 
Term
adaptation
Definition
 is a trait with a current functional role in the life of an organism that is maintained and evolved by means of natural selection.
Term
extinction
Definition
 is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms
Term
fossil
Definition
 Any preserved evidence of life from a past geological age, such as the impressions and remains of organisms embedded in stratified rocks
Term
community
Definition
 An ecological unit composed of a group of organisms or a population of different species occupying a particular area, usually interacting with each other and their environment.
Term
environment
Definition
the natural biotic factors that affect human life. 
Term
parasitism
Definition
a non-mutual relationship between species, where one species, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the other, the host.
Term
radial symmetry
Definition
a basic body plan in which the organism can be divided into similar halves by passing a plane at any angle along a central axis. 
Term

 

bilateral symmetry

Definition
arrangement of an organism or part of an organism along a central axis, so that the organism or part can be divided into two equal halves
Supporting users have an ad free experience!