Biology Vocabulary Word Flash Cards
Our flash cards are a great way of testing if you've learned the meanings of the words in this section. Look at the words below and see if you can remember what each of them means.
If you get stuck, press "mnemonic" to show an image that should help you remember.
To check if you're right, or remind you if you've forgotten, press the card to flip it.
Go through the whole list to see how many word definitions you can recall. Practise until you're confident you can recall all of them.
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Mortality rate (death rate)
number of deaths per 1000 of a population over a period of time
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Adaptation
features or behaviours that help an organism survive successfully in its environment
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Discontinuous variation
characteristics in organisms which have limited (yes or no) variation
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Heritable variation
the difference in traits among individuals of the same species that are passed down by parents
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Acquired characteristics
a physical or behavioural trait developed by an organism during its lifetime
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Generalist (organism)
organisms that can live and thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions
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Specialist (organism)
organisms that live and thrive in a narrow range of environmental conditions
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Artificial selection
the process where humans breed organisms selectively for specific characteristics
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Natural selection
the process by which a species changes over generations to adapt to its surrounding: survival of the fittest
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Fertilise
to cause gametes to fuse, forming a zygote and beginning the development of a new organism
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