KK12 Cambridge Biology: Adaptation and Diversity Topic 4

What type of interaction between species is characterized by a close and long-term biological relationship?

What is the term for a group of organisms of the same species living in the same location at the same time?

What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

What is the term for a species that has a significantly large impact on an ecosystem?

What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?

What is the term for the combination of organisms and their habitat, including interactions between biotic and abiotic factors?

What is the primary purpose of adaptations in an organism?

Which type of adaptation involves a cellular process that increases an organism's chance of survival?

What is an example of a behavioural adaptation in animals?

Why is genetic diversity important within a species or population?

What is the main difference between adaptation and evolution?

Who has contributed to our understanding of adaptations in organisms?

What is the primary reason why plants exhibit phototropism?

What is the characteristic of the lawyer-cane plant that allows it to reach light in crowded rainforests?

What is the term for the turning of all or part of an organism in response to external stimuli?

What is the benefit of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's knowledge of plant adaptations?

What is the adaptive feature of the water-holding frog that allows it to survive dry periods?

What is the underlying mechanism that enables plants to grow in particular directions?