Ecology Vocab
Ecosystem Levels
Evolution
Genetics
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100

living factors in a community are called...

what is biotic

100
Two or more organisms of the same species.
What is a population?
100

Structures that are similar but have different functions

What are homologous structures

100

What is a phenotype 

what is the physical trait?

100

The organism that a virus needs in order to reproduce

What is a host?

200
Non-living factors in a community are called..
What is abiotic factors?
200

A geographical area consisting of many ecosystems

What is the biome?

200

Define evolution 

What is change over time

200

Who is the father of genetics?

What is Gregor Mendel

200

What is the molecule used for energy? 

What is ATP

300

An organism that eats other organisms is called...

What is a heterotroph?

300
One individual
What is a organism?
300

Define natural selection

an allele is favored and passed down to offspring

300

The trait that gets "covered" by the dominant trait

What is recessive 

300

What is the purpose of an enzyme

Speed up chemical reactions

400
An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms.
What is a decomposer?
400

Two or more populations of different species.

What is a community?

400

List 4 types of evidence of evolution 

fossil record, comparative anatomy, molecular biology, embryology

400

This type of dominance occurs when the traits create a blended phenotype

What is incomplete dominance?

400

List the 4 biomolecules

protein, lipid, nucleic acid, carbohydrate 

500
An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.
What is a habitat?
500
Includes all of the living and non-living things in an area.
What is an ecosystem?
500

List the 4 mechanisms of evolution 

natural selection , mutation, genetic drift, gene flow

500

What is a chart to track one trait in a family

What is a pedigress

500

What is the central dogma of biology

dna to rna to protein 

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