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Characteristics
Biodiversity is the range of species of
flora and fauna within an ecosystem
High amounts of genetic variation
Large interconnected food webs
Lots of different populations
Biodiversity
Rainforest
Taiga
Examples
Deserts
Himalayas
North Pole
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Characteristics
Can be recessive or dominant
Codes for certain physical
characteristics
Different versions of a certain gene
Allele
B for brown eyes
b for blue eyes
Hair colour
Eye colour
Plant colour
Height
Examples
Coding for the shape of a kidney
Allele for the function of a heart
Non-examples
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Characteristics
Cell division where four gametes are
produced and contain only half the
chromosomes needed
Haploid (contains only 23
chromosomes) the other 23 come
from the other gamete during
reproduction
Four genetically different cells
Meiosis
Used in sexual reproduction
Examples
Asexual reproduction
Non-examples
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Characteristics
Cell division where a single cell divides
into two identical daughter cells. Used
for growth and repair.
Two genetically identical cells
produced from one cell
Contain full set of chromosomes
Mitosis
Asexual reproduction
Examples
Sexual reproduction
Non-examples
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Metabolism
Examples
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Characteristics
Metabolism
Examples
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Characteristics
Metabolism
Examples
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