An organism is able to make changes to its behavior, body structure and overall physiology in order to be better suited for survival in an environment.
What is Adaptation?
100
The process where plants take sunlight and carbon dioxide to make food and oxygen.
What is Photosynthesis?
100
This is considered to be preserved evidence of organisms from a past time, usually found in some sort of rock.
What is a fossil?
100
In science, it is the explanation as to "why" something occurs. It is not concrete.
What is a Theory?
100
The control center of a cell.
What is the Nucleus?
200
An observable reaction of an organism in response to a situation.
What is Behavior?
200
These are the 8 levels of classification (in any order)
What are Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species?
200
This provides information about the history of life on earth and how organisms lived and evolved over time.
What is a Fossil Record?
200
This would be considered "what you think is going to happen based on your knowledge" as a part of the Scientific Method.
What is the Hypothesis?
200
Responsible for generating energy for the cell.
What is the Mitochondria?
300
A distinguishing quality or trait that an individual possesses.
What is a Characteristic?
300
This process requires oxygen and sugar to create energy in most cells.
What is Cellular Respiration?
300
Species whose numbers are so small, that they are at a risk of becoming extinct.
What is an Endangered Species?
300
In order to begin a lab or experiment, one must begin the Scientific Method with this.
What is the Purpose or Question?
300
The jelly-like fluid within the cell that holds all organelles.
What is the Cytoplasm?
400
One of Darwin's biggest ideas. An organism that possesses the most desirable traits and genes that will allow them to be successful in surviving and producing the next generation.
What is Natural Selection?
400
This means "constant and stable"
What is Homeostasis?
400
The external surroundings including all of the biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) factors that surround and affect the survival and development of an organism or population.
What is an Environment?
400
In Science, this the "how" explanation. It has been continually proven and is concrete.
What is a law?
400
Responsible for storing food and removing waste from the cell.
What is the vacuole?
500
Where species create too many offspring with less desirable traits. This allows natural selection to take full affect.
What is overproduction?
500
These two systems of the body work together to take in oxygen and deliver it throughout the body.
What are the respiratory and circulatory systems?
500
There are none of this species present on our world anymore.
What is extinction or extinct species?
500
A description of an object or phenomenon that shares important characteristics with the object or phenomenon
What is scientific model?
500
Plant cells have these 2 organelles while animal cells do not.