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Biology Year 7 Term4
Biology year 7 term 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Predator prey | One benefits and the other is harmed. Foxes and bunnies. |
| Competition | Multiple species compete for the same resources |
| Parasitism | One species benefits and the other is harmed. Ticks or Fleas. |
| Commensalism | One species benefits and the other does not. Barnacles on a sea turtle |
| Mutualism | Both species benefit. Bees and flowering plants. |
| Reproduction | The process of parents producing offspring by passing on their genetic information to their offspring. |
| 7 categories in the Linnaeus Classification system | Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species, |
| Excretion | The elimination of metabolic waste |
| Stimuli | Respond or react to stimuli in their environment such as changes in light, heat, sound, etc. |
| Respiration | Breathing or exchanging gases |
| Metabolism | Processing food into energy |
| Grow and develop | Change and increase in cell size/number |
| All living things have... | Metabolism, reproduction, stimuli, grow & develop, respiration, excretion, |
| What is a dichotomous key? | A tool that allows identification of organisms by answering a series of questions based on their physical characteristics |