Ecology
What are abiotic factors?
Nonliving things
Which word means "two of the same allele"?
Homozygous
What is one difference between DNA and RNA (Can't be based on spelling)
DNA: Deoxyribose nucleic acid, double helix, double stranded, uses A,T, C, G
RNA: Ribose nucleic acid, single stranded, uses A, U, G, C
Any changes in an organism's DNA
Mutation
Describe one the characteristics of life: Respond to stimulus
Organisms are aware of their surroundings; respond to external environment
What is another word for homozygous?
Purebred
DNA is copied during this process...
Replication
Population
A factor that describes a living thing or once living organism and an ecosystems
biotic factor
What us the appearance of an organism, or the actual traits of the organism?
Phenotype
This is the stage where the template strand of DNA is read by a protein and a strand of RNA is synthesized
Transcription
The concept that all living things come from the same ancestor is called
Common descent
What do the arrows in a food web represent?
Movement of energy
A red flower and a white flower create a pink flower. What is this an example of?
Incomplete Dominance
The process that occurs using ribosomes to read mRNA and synthesize proteins
Translation
WHat is it called when two species that are dissimilar but can be traced back to the same ancestor?
Divergent evolution
Which biome do we live in?
Temperate (Deciduous) forest
If two heterozygotes mate, what percent of their offspring will be homozygous recessive?
25%
What does DNA stand for
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Group of similar organisms that can breed and produce offspring
species