genetics
an organisms physical traits
What is phenotype?
This theory led to the development of the plate tectonic theory
what is continental drift theory?
The first organism in a food chain
What is a producer?
The process by which populations with beneficial variations survive and reproduce more than those without.
What is natural selection?
this body systems primary function is To filter waste from the blood
what is the excretory system?
two identical alleles
what is homozygous?
The San Andreas fault is located near this type of boundary.
What is a transform boundary?
The many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
what is a food web?
4.6 billion years old
What is the age of the earth?
This cell carries oxygen through the body.
what is the function of the red blood cell?
genes are located in these x shaped structures
What are chromosomes?
Ocean trenches form at this boundary type.
daily double
what is a convergent boundary?
Consumers that eat both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
our current era
daily double
what is the cenozoic era?
contains the trachea, bronchi, and alveoli
what is the respiratory system?
The scientist is known for his heredity experiments with pea plants
who was Gregor Mendel?
The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle
what is subduction?
The nonliving parts of an ecosystem
What are abiotic factors?
To fool predators into thinking a prey is dangerous or poisonous by looking like a dangerous predator
what is mimicry?
When you push a book across a table, this force opposes the motion.
what is friction?
this type of cell division produces gametes
what is meiosis?
This layer of the earth is broken into separate sections called plates.
what is the lithosphere?
The largest population that an environment can support.
What is carrying capacity?
The breeding of organisms for desired characteristics
what is selective breeding?
This statement should be in an if.... then format
Daily double
what is the hypothesis?