Download species. - Kelso High School

What is a species?
Can you define
biodiversity?
Biodiversity
Biodiversity is ...
the total variation that
exists among all living things on
Earth. It includes variation
found between different
species and variation found
within the same species.
Niche
An organism’s ecological niche
is...
the role that it plays within a
community (e.g Mole in
underground burrow or
brown trout in fresh water).
Biodiversity
Biodiversity within an
ecosystem refers to the
range of species present
within that ecosystem’s
community.
Adaptations can involve the structure of
the organisms body others depend on
the way in which the organism behaves
in response to environmental stimuli.
A species is only able to settle into an
ecological niche and prosper if it is well
adapted to that way of life.
Distribution
Distribution
Questions
1. Define the term species.
2. Explain what is meant by the term fertile
offspring
3. When a lion is crossed with a tiger, the
result is a sterile tiglon. Are a tiglon’s
parents from the same species? Explain your
answer.
4. Give the meaning of the terms biodiversity,
habitat, ecological niche and adaptation.
5. Choose one species and state why it is well
adapted to its environment.