Cells & Organization
What is the basic unit of life?
What is a cell?
What is the passing of traits from parents to offspring called?
What is heredity?
What are the living parts of an ecosystem called?
What are biotic factors?
What are the four states of matter?
What are solid, liquid, gas, and plasma?
What subatomic particle determines the identity of an element?
What is a proton?
What organelle is known as the control center of the cell?
What is the nucleus?
What scientist developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
Who is Charles Darwin?
What type of symbiosis benefits one organism while harming the other?
What is parasitism?
What property measures the amount of space an object takes up
What is volume?
What do you call atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons?
What are isotopes?
What are the four levels of organization in multicellular organisms?
What are cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems?
What is a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment called?
What is an adaptation?
What organism breaks down dead matter into simpler forms?
What is a decomposer?
What change occurs when a liquid turns into a gas?
What is vaporization?
What number in a chemical formula tells how many atoms are present?
What is a subscript?
What organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell?
What is the mitochondrion?
What term describes similarities in structures due to a common ancestor?
What is homology?
What happens when organisms compete for limited resources?
What is competition?
What type of property does NOT depend on the amount of matter present?
What is an intensive property?
What must be equal on both sides of a balanced chemical equation?
What is the number of atoms of each element?
What type of tissue is responsible for movement in the body?
What is muscle tissue?
What process controlled by humans involves selectively breeding organisms?
What is artificial selection?
What term describes resources like food, water, and space that restrict population growth?
What are limiting resources?
What is the amount of mass in a certain volume called?
What is density?
What law states matter cannot be created or destroyed in a closed system?
What is the Law of Conservation of Mass?