Unit 1
What is observation
Information gathered using senses
The theory that describes cells and how they operate
What is cell theory?
A characteristic of an organism
What is a trait?
Lamarck
Who influences Charles Darwin?
Anatomical features that increase an organism's fitness
What are physical adaptations?
1. Make and observation
2. Form an inference
3. Experiment and collect data
4. Analyze data and draw conclusions
5. Communicate results
What is the scientific process?
A structure found in cells that contains DNA
What is chromosome?
Sections of DNA that control a trait
What are genes?
Organisms producing more offspring than can survive
What is overproduction
Any organism whose DNA code has been altered using biotechnology techniques
What is a genetically modified organism?
Selecting a group to study that does not represent the entire population
What is selective sampling?
The part of the cell cycle in which the cell divides to become two cells
What is cell division?
Any of several forms of the code for a gene
What is an Allele
Phenotypic differences in organisms of the same species
What is variation?
The manipulation of an organism’s genes using modern DNA technology
What is genetic engineering?
A system that makes sure the people who are in a study are randomly selected
What is probability sampling?