Biodiversity refresher

Characteristics that increase an organism’s chances of surviving and reproducing in an environment

• Instincts
• Habitat
• Genetics
• Adaptations

Something that is useful or helpful to an organism.  

• Mutation
• Symbiosis
• Harmful

• Beneficial

A segment of DNA that contains instructions for making proteins and traits in organisms.

• chromosome
• RNA
• nucleotide
• gene

Different forms (variations) of genes are called...

• alleles
• genes
• chromosomes
• nucleotides

The number of different genes contained in one species/population

• Genetic stability
• Gene frequency
• Genetic uniformity
• Genetic diversity

A group of organisms born around the same time, or the average time between the birth of parents and their children.

• Lineage
• Population
• Generation
• Allele

A specific characteristic of an organism that is determined by its genes or environment.

• feature
• trait

• characteristic
• behavior

Something that may harm or cause damage to an organism.

• safety
• harumul

• advantage
• benefit

The place where organisms live, including all the living and non-living things that are also there.

• Home

• Biome
• Community
• Environment

An individual living thing that is made of cells, uses energy, reproduces, responds, grows, develops, and is organized (all 7 characteristics of life)

• Cell
• Organism
• Molecule
• Tissue