Cells and Organisms
The smallest unit that can carry out the functions of life.
What is a cell?
Pieces of hereditary material that are passed from parents to offspring.
What are Genes?
The building blocks of everything.
What is matter?
A cells that has two sets of chromosomes.
What are diploid Organisms?
A group of the same species living in the same area.
What is a population?
Organisms That are made up of more than one cell.
What is a multicellular organism?
Most humans have 46 of these.
What are chromosomes?
*DAILY DOUBLE* Organisms that make their own food inside their cells.
What are producers?
A type of reproduction where each parent gives exactly half of their DNA to their offspring.
What is sexual reproduction?
A group of different species living in the same area.
What is a community?
The process that turns glucose and oxygen into useable energy.
What is cellular respiration?
A complete set of all an organisms chromosomes. Also known as a picture of all an organisms chromosomes.
What is a karyotype?
Organisms that eat producers.
What are primary consumers?
A organism that has one set of chromosomes.
What are haploid organisms?
All of the organisms in an area plus the nonliving parts of their environment?
What is an ecosystem?
A group of similar, specialized cells.
What is Tissue?
This type of chromosomes are the same size and shape.
What are Homologous Chromosomes?
Organisms that consume dead plants and matter.
What are Decomposers?
Genes that have variation. Different versions of these cause a different trait.
What are alleles?
A interaction when one organism hunts and eats another organism.
What is a predatory interaction?
A type of organism that can only be prokaryotic and does not have a nucleus.
What is a unicellular organism?
Smaller parts that make up DNA molecules.
What are Nucleotides?
A pyramid that shows how matter and energy flow through an ecosystem.
What is a Tropic Pyramid?
A genotype that has two of the same alleles.
What is a homozygous genotype?
An ecosystem service where all the processes done are to keep the ecosystem healthy.
What is a regulating ecosystem service?