Biology GCSE
Extremophiles
What Extremophiles means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Organisms adapted to survive and reproduce in environments where conditions are extreme, such as very high temperature, pressure, salt concentration or acidity.
Organisms adapted to survive in extreme environments.
Topics that use Extremophiles
- Adaptations (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Adaptation
- Adaptation and survival
- Behavioural adaptations
- Chemosynthesis in the absence of light
- Classification of adaptations
- Extreme conditions and enzyme stability
- Extreme environments
- Functional adaptations
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