Introduction
The scientific study of life and living things
What is biology?
TEK is an acronym of this
What is Traditional Ecological Knowledge?
This ensures life exists beyond its present generation
What is reproduction?
An organism that has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its low total abundance is known as
What is a keystone species?
An organelle found in eukaryotic cells
What is the nucleus?
Another name for living things
What is organism?
TEK is knowledge that these people have accumulated about the natural world found in their traditional environment
Who are Indigenous people?
What is asexual reproduction?
This type of keystone species controls the population sizes of its prey
What are predators?
Genetic information is contained within this
What is DNA?
The name of the scientific study of relationships between organism and their physical environments
What is ecology?
A scientific area in which TEK is widely used
What is Biological sciences; OR
What is Environmental sciences?
In this type of reproduction offspring have genetic information that comes from both parents, and is therefore distinct
What is sexual reproduction?
An example of an ecosystem engineer (which physically create, modify, or maintain habitats for other species)
What are [various answers, including beavers]?
The many copies of four different chemical building blocks linked together in DNA are called
What are nucleotides?
Rather than defining what life is, scientists instead rely on a number of these to determine that something is a living thing
What are characteristics of living things?
An example of a concern on issue for which TEK is being incorporated into seeking to find a solution (hint think of one of the topics addressed in the videos we watched)
What is salmon; OR forest fires; OR medicine; OR species at risk; OR climate change; OR biodiversity?
The "molecule of life" in which genetic material is held
What is DNA?
Salmon are anadromous, meaning they hatch in freshwater, migrate to the ocean, and then return to their native streams to spawn. In this way they are keystone species because they provide this important function
What is nutrient transportation?
The names of the two coiled and condensed structures DNA forms itself into to fit into a small space
What are chromatin and chromosomes?
These are four different sub-disciplines of biology
What are [various answers, including botany, zoology, microbiology, anatomy, genetics, ecology, physiology]?
True or False: TEK is distinct and different from the science being done by professional scientists
What if false?
DNA exists as two long strands shaped like a twisted ladder. This is known as
What is a double helix?
These are additional ways in which salmon play the role of keystone species
What are feeding wildlife; OR enriching plant life and trees; OR supporting aquatic food webs
The main duties of genes
What are 1. Code for Proteins; 2. Direct Body Functions; 3. Influence Traits