Populations
A nonliving factor
What is abiotic?
A reaction that will release heat
What is exothermic?
Controlled cell death
What is apoptosis?
An adaptation in which one species resembles another
What is mimicry?
A testable explanation
What is a hypothesis?
What is climax community?
Light absorbing molecules such as chlorophyll
What are pigments?
The basic building blocks of DNA
What are nucleotides
Activity in which an opposable first digit is useful
What is grasping (branches)?
The primary organ of the integumentary system
What is skin?
A factor that restricts the number of organisms in an ecosystem
What is a limiting factor?
The process of maintaining internal balance
What is homeostasis?
What is cancer?
Allows for the exchange of gasses in terrestrial plants
What are stomata?
The strong polysaccharide found in the cell walls of fungi
What is chitin?
The first organisms to appear during ecological succession
What is pioneer species?
Molecules that decrease activation energy
DNA codes for RNA, RNA guides the synthesis of proteins
What is the central dogma of biology?
Characteristic that defines hominins
What is bipedal locomotion?
The relationship between a wolf and a rabbit
What is predator-prey relationship?
The reproductive strategy to produce as many offspring as possible in a short period of time
What is r-strategy?
Energy can be converted, but it cannot be created of destroyed
What is the first law of thermodynamics?
Asexual reproduction in bacteria
What is binary fission?
Theory that states eukaryotes engulfed photosynthesizing prokaryotes
What is endosymbiont theory?
Organisms that rid waste and dead matter
What are detritivores?