Parts of a plant
What is the name of the part of a plant that is a fragile blossom that has petals and grows at the top of the stem of a plant
What is flowers
What is the name of the process by which plants take in sunlight to make their own food?
What is photosynthesis
Species often share anatomical features
What is anatomy
A class of things of the same kind and with the same name
What is species
What is the part of a plant that takes in nutrients from the ground?
What is roots
What is the name of the process by which laboratory-based technologies alter the DNA makeup of an organism?
What is generic engineering
Provides a record of how creatures evolved
What is fossil record
A class or group of something
What is genus
What is the name of the part of a plant that makes the plants food?
What is the leaves
What is the name of the process by which plants give off water vapor through the stomata in their leaves?
What is transpiration
Similarities between biological molecules can reflect shared evolutionary ancestry
What is molecular biology
A single-celled organism whose cell lacks a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles.
What is prokaryote
What is the name of the part of a plant that supports the plant to hold it up?
What is the stem
What is the name of the process by which cells use to create proteins?
What is protein synthesis
By showing that species in different areas evolve unique traits to adapt to their environments.
What is biogeography
An organism whose cells contain a nucleus within a membrane
What is Eukaryote
What is the name of the part of the plant that allows for gas exchange to occur?
What is the stoma
What is the name of the process by which a cell makes proteins using the genetic information carried in messenger RNA?
Translation
Similar physical features in organisms that share a common ancestor, but the features serve completely different functions
What is homologous structures
A diagram that represents evolutionary relationships among organisms
What is a phylogenic tree