Ecosystems
Includes all the living and nonliving parts of an environment as well as the interactions among them
What is ecosystem?
The form of energy stored in glucose
What is chemical energy?
The principle of ____ states that in an undisturbed layer of rocks, the oldest rocks are at the bottom and they get progressively younger as the layers move upwards.
What is Superposition?
An event in which a disease spreads to many regions of the world
What is pandemic?
Which of these careers would a student studying Biotechnology most likely pursue?
A. electrical engineering
B. astronomy
C. agricultural research
D. geology
What is agricultural research?
Made up of all the populations that live in an area at the same time
What is community?
This food provides the most energy for the body in the shortest amount of time - meat, milk, potato, fruit.
What is fruit?
The differences that exist naturally among members of a population or species
What is variation?
What is genetic diversity?
This organism transmits a disease from one person to another but it is not harmed itself
What is vector?
Which is the most useful change made to crops using applications on biotechnology?
A. Crops use more nutrients.
B. Crops need more fertilizers.
C. Crops resist more diseases.
D. Crops take more time to grow.
What is - crops resist more diseases?
Organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms and the wastes of living things
What is decomposer?
The products of photosynthesis
What are glucose and oxygen?
A trait that helps an organism survive
What is adaptation?
It is made from a weakened or dead form of a pathogen
What is pathogen?
The complete sequence of an organism’s DNA
What is genome?
The process that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during the carbon cycle
What is photosynthesis?
This is needed as a reactant for cellular respiration
What is oxygen?
One of these would not be used by a scientist to determine the evolutionary relationship between two species - a. bone structure b. fossils c. DNA d. population size
What is population size?
Reproduces by injecting its material into a host cell
What is virus?
Which is a benefit of storing the genetic information of people who have previously committed a serious crime?
A. Offenders will be easier for potential victims to identify since their genetic information is on file.
B. Offenders can be genetically profiled to determine which type of crime they will commit in the future.
C. Offenders can be more easily identified by their genetic information if they commit a crime in the future.
D. Offenders can have their genetic information altered so that they are less likely to commit crimes in the future.
What is - offenders can be more easily identified by their genetic information if they commit a crime in the future?
The largest amount of energy is in the hawk, grass, mouse, grasshopper
This process is not for sexual reproduction
What is mitosis?
This structure shows common ancestry
What is homologous structures?
The cause of Strep throat
What is bacteria/bacterium?
Which of these is a concern about the use of Biotechnology -
a. increased crop yield, b. development of new vaccines, c. increased job opportunities, d. creation of new pathogens
What is creation of new pathogens?