Statistics for Genetics, populations, evolution and ecosystems.

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Form of nuclear division produces 4 gametes	Meiosis	78%
All the living and non living components of a particular area	Ecosystem	73%
The place where an organism normally lives and which is characterised by physical conditions and the types of other organisms present	Habitat	68%
A mathematical equation that can be used to calculate the frequencies of the alleles of a particular gene in a population.	Hardy weinberg	38%
When one animal is consumed by an organism	Predation	38%
Takes place in small populations, resulting in reduction in genetic diversity.	Genetic drift	32%
The total mass of living material, normally measured in a specific area over a given period of time	Biomass	30%
Competition among individuals of the same species	Intraspecific	30%
Factors that influence population size that are not organisms	Abiotic	27%
Speciation that occurs due to geographic boundaries	Allopatric	27%
Selection that tends to eliminate the extremes of the phenotypes	Stabilising	27%
Type of selection that favours individuals with extreme Phenotypes	Disruptive	22%
Square structure used to measure species frequencies	Quadrat	19%
The range and variety of genes, species and habitats within a particular region	Biodiversity	14%
All the living organisms present in an ecosystem at a given time	Community	14%
The process by which living organisms return to an area after a natural disaster	Succession	8%
The end-stage in the evolution of a plant community	Climax	5%
The management of the Earth's natural resources by humans in such a way that the maximum use of them can be made in the future	Conservation	5%
A variable rate that limits the rate of a chemical reaction	Limiting factors	3%
The environmental force altering the frequency of alleles in a population	Selection pressure	0%