Cells
What structure controls what enters and exits the cell?
Cell membrane
What are the different forms of a gene called?
Alleles
What is the name of the most common process that leads to evolution of species?
Natural Selection
What is an abiotic factor?
A non-living part of an ecosystem.
The laws of thermodynamics state that matter cannot be created or ___________.
Destroyed
What process occurs in chloroplasts?
Photosynthesis
What is the purpose of meosis?
To produce haploid gametes
A type of diagram that shows evolutionary relationships between organisms based on either physical or molecular evidence.
A Cladogram or a Phylogenetic Tree
What is carrying capacity?
The maximum number of organisms an environment can support.
In metabolism of large organic molecules, energy is released when these things are broken.
Bonds
Which organelle plays the most direct role in ATP Synthesis.
Mitochondria
What is the genotype of a heterozygous individual?
One dominant and one recessive allele
Divergent Evolution
The name for a species that when removed from the ecosystem, causes drastic instability and can lead to a drop in total biodiversity.
Keystone species
A common inorganic molecule that exists as a gas at room temperature. It is a reactant in photosynthesis and a product in cellular respiration.
Carbon Dioxide (or water)
Name the organelle besides the cell membrane that is found in all prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
The ribosomes
What type of rare inheritance pattern results in a blended phenotype of the dominant and recessive traits?
Incomplete dominance
Stabilizing Selection
The trophic level of polar bears in the following food chain:
Zooplankton --> Krill --> Mackerel --> Seals --> Polar Bears
Quarternary Consumer
The energy conversion that takes place during photosynthesis (from what to what).
Name all of the organelles in order involved in synthesizing a protein from mRNA to secreting that protein from the cell.
Ribosome --> Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) --> Vesicle --> Cell Membrane
Identify the genotype of the mother and prove it with a Punnett square.
XeXe
What is the term for when evolution leads some individuals of a species to form a separate population that's reproductively isolated from the other individuals?
Speciation
A process that many decomposers carry out in ecosystems. Processing large organic molecules into small nitrates or nitrites that can be taken up through a plant's roots.
Nitrogen Fixation
What is the name of the chemical process by which pyruvate is metabolized after glycolysis in cells that perform anaerobic respiration.
Fermentation