Ecology
Evolution
Genetics
Vocabulary
Cells
100
The definition of ecology
What is the study of relationships of organisms to their environment?
100
The process of change over time
What is evolution?
100
A specific characteristic of an individual
What is a trait?
100
The first producers of energy-rich compounds that are later used by other organisms
What is a primary producer?
100
The process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells
What is cell division?
200
All the organsims that live in a place, together with their physical environment
What is an ecosystem?
200
The process by which organisms with variations most suited to their local environment survive and leave more offspring
What is natural selection?
200
Organisms that have 2 different alleles for the same gene
What is heterozygous?
200
The process in which individuals move out of an area
What is emigration?
200
The production of genetically identical offspring from a single parent
What is asexual reproduction?
300
A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring
What is a species?
300
Sailed on the HMS Beagle in 1831
What is Charles Darwin?
300
Organisms that have 2 identical alleles for a particular gene
What is homozygous?
300
Genetic information is bundled into packages of DNA
What is chromosomes?
300
Stimulate the growth and divisions of cells
What is a growth factor?
400
Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists
What is a biosphere?
400
Nature provides the variations, and humans select those they find useful
What is artificial selection?
400
One of the best ways to predict the outcome of a genetic cross is by drawing a simple diagram
What is a punnent square?
400
The first phase of Mitosis
What is prophase?
400
The process by which cells become specialized
What is differentation?
500
A biome
What is a group of ecosytems that share similar climates and typical organisms?
500
Any heritable characteristics that increases an organism's ability to survive & reproduce in its environment
What is adaption?
500
The physical characteristics of a trait
What is a phenotype?
500
The fourth and final stage of Mitosis
What is telophase?
500
An offspring can be produced by inheriting some of their genetic information from each parent
What is sexual reproduction?
M
e
n
u