Cell Cycle
The process by which a single cell divides into two identical daughter cells
Mitosis
Chromosomes are pulled to the center of the cell
Metaphase
This provides all an organism needs for survival
Niche
These lose leaves in the fall
Deciduous trees
This traps light energy
Chlorophyll
Cytoplasm divides
Cytokinesis
The presence of two complete sets of chromosomes in an organism's cells, with each parent contributing a chromosome to each pair
Diploid
This happens when the process of succession goes undisturbed long enough
Climax Community
Eutrophic
Any organism that can produce its own food through photosynthesis using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
An Autotroph
This forms in plant cell division
Cell Plate
This holds the sister chromatids together
Centromere
Limit number of organisms an area can support
Carrying capacity
Poor in minerals and other nutrients
Oligotrophic
Removal of electrons
Oxidation
This is between cell divisions
Interphase
Chromosomes condense in this phase
Phophase
Organisms in the same gene pool
Population
These live on or in the bottom of aquatic ecosystems.
Benthos
A plant that uses the C3 carbon fixation pathway during photosynthesis
C3 plants
Single cell produced from an egg cell and sperm cell DNA
In this phase chromosomes are at the opposite ends of the cell
Telophase
The ecological process where a disturbed area, where some soil and nutrients remain, is recolonized by plants and animals following a disturbance like a fire, flood, or logging
Secondary succession
This biome is exposed to extreme temperatures between seasons
Grasslands
A plant that initially fixes carbon dioxide into a four-carbon compound during photosynthesis.
C4 plants