Molecular Structures
This molecule carries genetic information in living organisms.
What is DNA?
This process allows plants to convert sunlight into chemical energy.
What is photosynthesis?
This term describes the observable traits of an organism.
What is phenotype?
This type of reproduction involves the fusion of male and female gametes.
What is sexual reproduction?
This term describes the role an organism plays in its ecosystem.
What is a niche?
The building blocks of proteins are known as these.
What are amino acids?
This part of the plant is primarily responsible for water absorption.
What are roots?
This scientist is known as the father of modern genetics.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
This structure develops into a seed after fertilization.
What is an ovule?
This type of relationship benefits one organism while harming another.
What is parasitism?
This type of bond forms between the nitrogenous bases of DNA.
What is a hydrogen bond?
This gas is a byproduct of photosynthesis.
What is oxygen?
This type of inheritance involves multiple genes affecting a trait.
What is polygenic inheritance?
This term describes the transfer of pollen from anther to stigma.
What is pollination?
This biome is characterized by low rainfall and extreme temperatures.
What is a desert?
This process involves the synthesis of RNA from a DNA template.
What is transcription?
This hormone regulates plant growth and development.
What is auxin?
This term refers to an organism's genetic makeup.
What is genotype?
This type of plant reproduction does not involve seeds.
What is asexual reproduction?
This process describes the gradual change in species composition in an ecosystem.
What is ecological succession?
This enzyme is responsible for unwinding the DNA double helix.
What is helicase?
This structure in plant cells is responsible for photosynthesis.
What are chloroplasts?
This process involves the exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes.
What is crossing over?
This process occurs when a seed begins to grow into a new plant.
What is germination?
This term refers to the maximum population size that an environment can sustain.
What is carrying capacity?