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20 Cards in this Set
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Habitat
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Place where an organism lives within a community
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Endangered Species
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only a few individuals of the species remain so that biological extinction will occur unless immediate intervention is taken
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Extinction
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The permanent loss of species of organisms
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Prey
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An animal that is hunted by another animal
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Predators
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An animal that hunts and kills other animals to obtain energy
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Alien Species
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A plant or animal that comes into an area where the species didn't start
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Threatened Species
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A species that is not in immediate danger of extinction, but a major stress could place it endangered category
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What food did Toothpickta originally eat on the island of Darwinia?
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soft bodied insects
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What is mutation?
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A change that occurs in a species over time that helps or harms the species survival
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Which mutation to the Tweesarian was helpful?
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When the Tweesarian had the wider pincher, it was able to gather more food.
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Which mutation of the Tweesarian was harmful?
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The Tweesarian with the longer pincher. It made it harder to gather food.
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What problem did the Spoon-Billed Crakatow bring to the island?
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They were eating all of the food!
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Pick one non-native species in our country and tell how it impacts our environment
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Give four reasons that 92% of species found on this planet are now extinct.
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Climate change, pollution, diseases, over hunting and loss of habitat
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What do scientists do to test a hypothesis?
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create an experiment
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How many variables should you test at a time?
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Only one!
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It is important to use accurate numbers with what type of information from the experiment?
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data
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What are the steps of the scientific method?
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Problem, Hypothesis, Experiment, Data, and Conclusion
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What does it mean to be biologically fit?
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Able to reproduce, and get food in order to survive
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How did the conditions of Darwinia change over time?
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Climate became drier
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