Ecosystem
What do the arrows represent in a food Chain?
The arrows represent the energy transferred
The variety of life across the biosphere is
Biodiversity
In what stage does a Cell spend the majority of its life?
interphase
The units of heredity that determine which traits, or characteristics, that children inherit from their parents are
Genes
What is an the main impact that humans have on the environment?
Overpopulation/Deforestation/Pollution
What organisms make their own food with sunlight or chemical energy?
An autotroph
The declining number and variety of the species in an area is
Loss of biodiversity
________________________ is the division of the cytoplasm of the cell.
Cytokinesis
The physical characteristics of an organism are its
Phenotype
How can people reduce the amount of natural resources they use?
They can use water, recycle and more.
Any organism that must obtain its food from a source outside itself is a(n)
autotroph
The practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals used for a variety of purposes is
Agriculture
_________________ results in new cells with genetic material that is identical to the original cell.
Mitosis
What is the official name for DNA?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
One way that humans could have a positive impact on local environments is to:
Two different kinds of organisms living together for mutual benefit have a relationship of
What is considered any material that is added to an environment that harms the living organisms?
Pollution
What is the type of cell division that results in the production of gameytes?
Meiosis
Why is DNA called the "blueprint of life"?
It contains the plans for building an organism.
What is deforestation?
The cutting down of trees and animals habitats
The study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environments is
Ecology
On Earth, biodiversity generally increases from the
Poles to the equator
___________________ is the cell phase where the chromosomes line up at the center and attach to the spindle fibers.
Metaphase
is the process of making changes in the DNA code of living organisms.
Genetic engineering
What are impacts of overgrazing?
Desertification and more