Cell Biology
What is the basic unit of life?
What is a cell?
What is the molecule that carries genetic information?
What is DNA?
What do we call a group of individuals of the same species living in the same area?
What is a population?
What is the largest organ in the human body?
What is the skin?
What is the process by which species change over time?
What is evolution?
What structure controls what enters and leaves the cell?
What is the cell membrane?
What term describes the physical appearance of an organism?
What is the phenotype?
What is the term for the role an organism plays in its ecosystem?
What is a niche?
What system is responsible for breaking down food into energy?
What is the digestive system?
What scientist is known for his theory of natural selection?
Who is Charles Darwin?
What organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell?
What is the mitochondria?
What is the basic unit of heredity?
What is a gene?
What is an ecosystem?
What is a community of living organisms interacting with their physical environment?
Name the system responsible for transporting oxygen and nutrients throughout the body.
What is the circulatory system?
What is natural selection?
What is the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring?
Describe the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
What is prokaryotic cells lack a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles, while eukaryotic cells have both?
How do dominant and recessive alleles differ?
What is a dominant allele expresses its trait even when only one copy is present, while a recessive allele expresses its trait only when two copies are present?
Describe the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem.
What is producers convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis, consumers eat producers or other consumers, and decomposers break down dead organic matter?
Explain the function of the respiratory system and its role in cellular respiration.
What is the respiratory system facilitates gas exchange, allowing oxygen to enter the bloodstream and carbon dioxide to be expelled, which is essential for cellular respiration?
Describe the significance of the fossil record in understanding evolution.
What is the fossil record provides evidence of past life forms and their evolutionary changes over time, illustrating how species have adapted or gone extinct?
Explain the process of osmosis and its importance to cellular function.
What is osmosis is the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane from an area of low solute concentration to high solute concentration, crucial for maintaining cell turgor and homeostasis?
Analyze the significance of the Punnett square in genetic predictions.
What is a Punnett square is a tool used to predict the genetic outcome of a cross between two individuals, illustrating possible allele combinations for offspring?
Discuss how human activities can impact biodiversity.
What is human activities such as habitat destruction, pollution, and climate change can lead to loss of species diversity and disrupt ecosystem balance?
Evaluate how the nervous system coordinates body functions.
What is the nervous system transmits signals between different parts of the body, allowing for rapid responses to stimuli and coordination of complex behaviors?
Discuss the importance of taxonomy in biology.
What is taxonomy is the science of classifying organisms, which helps scientists communicate about species and understand evolutionary relationships?