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Evolution of new zealand plants and animals
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09/07/2010

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competition
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interaction between different species for the same resources except for the short tailed bat.
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Parasitism
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A smaller species feeds off another species bigger. it either feeds on or in
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symbiosis
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Relationship between two clsely associated species e.g shark fish
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Mualtism
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Both species benefits
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Commenalism
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One species benefits the other is not affected
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Amenalism
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association between organisms of two different species in which one is inhibited or destroyed and the other is unaffected.
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Ice Age
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sea levels fall due to snow on land and polar caps
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Interglacials
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warming climate sea levels rise. Species become isolated once again due to sea level rise.
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Mammals
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there are no mammals in New Zealand
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Pangaea
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a gigantic land mass 3-200 million years ago all the earth's continents were joined.
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Convection current caused..
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The earth's crust to move.
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New Zealand was..
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underwater 300 million years ago but it was pushed above still joined to australia/antartica.
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80 million years ago...
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New Zealand broke away from Australia/antartica.
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Mountains play..
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a major part in evolution acting like barriers, isolating species
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Adaptations
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the features that change to help a species survive.
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Structural adaptations
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are structures that help an organism to survive e.g a Sparrows wings
a roses thorn
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Structural adaptations
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are structures that help an organism to survive e.g a Sparrows wings
a roses thorn
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functional Adaptations
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is the processes an organism carries out to survive.
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Behavioural Adaptations
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The way some organisms nehave to survive
e.g the mating behaviour of a seagull
The instinct of a newly born lamb to suckle
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Evolution
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is a proces by which new soecies develop from earlier forms. It occurs slowly most often in response to a chang in a specie's enviroment.
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Population
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A group of individuals of the same species that are living together in the same area and can interbreed freely.
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Migration
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Over-time the population may change as a result of movements in or out of the area.
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Boundaries
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a shore of a lake restricts species that can't swim.
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