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This "brain" of the cell contains all the genetic instructions (DNA) for the organism.
What is the nucleus
These are the three "ingredients" plants need to perform photosynthesis.
What are water, sunlight and carbon dioxide
This system is responsible for breaking down food and absorbing nutrients into the blood.
What is the digestive system
This scientist is famous for his studies in the Galapagos Islands and his theory of Natural Selection.
Who is Charles Darwin.
This molecule acts as the "instruction manual" for building every protein in an organism's body.
What is DNA.
Often called the "powerhouse," this organelle is where cellular respiration happens to create (ATP).
What is the mitochondria
This green pigment is responsible for capturing light energy.
What is chlorophyll
The main job of the respiratory system is to take in oxygen and expel this waste gas.
What is carbon dioxide
A trait that helps an organism survive and produce in its specific environment.
What is an adaptation.
A specific segment of DNA that codes for a specific protein, which then determines a trait.
What is a gene
Plant cells have two structures that animal cells lack; which one makes food from sunlight?
What is chloroplast
Unlike animals, plants are classified as this, because they make their own food.
What are autotrophs or producers
This is the hierarchy of biological organization in a multicellular organisms, starting from the smallest unit and getting more complex.
What are cells -> tissues -> organs -> organ systems -> organism.
This occurs when every member of a species dies out and no more are left on Earth.
What is extinction.
This is what we call a permanent change in the DNA sequence; it can be beneficial, neutral or harmful.
What is a mutation
Looking at the Law of Conservation of Mass, the total number of atoms in the reactants of photosynthesis must be _________ the total number of atoms in the product.
What is equal to (or the same as)
What happens at each step as energy moves up the energy pyramid?
What is total energy decreases by 90% or loses 90% of energy as heat
This term describes the body's ability to maintain a stable internal environment, like keeping a constant temperature.
What is homeostasis
According to the Law of Superposition, the fossils found in the bottom layer of rock is usually the...
What is oldest
A mutation in the DNA leads to change in the shape of this, which then changes how the body functions and/or looks.
What is a protein
In terms of energy, this is the main difference between Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis regarding their relationship with CO2 and O2.
What is...Photosynthesis uses CO2 to make O2; Respiration uses O2 to release CO2.
In a local Massachusetts pond food web, Algae (Producer) is eaten by Minnows (Primary Consumer). The Minnows are eaten by both Perch (Secondary Consumer) and Bullfrogs (Secondary Consumer). Finally, a Great Blue Heron (Tertiary Consumer) eats both the Perch and the Bullfrogs.
A nearby farm has a massive runoff of pesticides that accidentally kills off 90% of the Minnow population. Predict two specific ripple effects this would have on the rest of the food web.
What is 1) Algae population will increase and 2) The Perch and Bullfrog populations will decrease.
When you are exercising, your Nervous System tells your Respiratory System to breathe faster and your Circulatory System to pump harder. What is the specific "goal" of this teamwork?
What is to deliver more oxygen and glucose to the cells (for energy/respiration).
In a herd of cattle, a mutation in the DNA causes a "stop" signal in the gene that builds the myostatin protein. This prevents the protein from working correctly. What is the phenotype (physical result) of this mutation in the cattle?
What is Extra-Heavy Muscling
Explain the difference between genotype and phenotype.
What is a genotype is the genetic code (Bb, BB) and phenotype if the physical look (brown eyes)