science hodgepodge
collection of all of an organism's physical characteristics.
What is a phenotype?
An organism whose cells do not contain a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles.
What is A PROKARYOTE?
The kingdom and phylum for a human
What is Anamalia and Chordata?
The segment, or portion, of DNA on a chromosome that determines the characteristics of a particular trait.
What is a GENE?
characteristic of having two of the same alleles at the same locus of sister chromatids
What is homozygous?
An organism whose cells contain a nucleus and membrane bound organelles.
What is a EUKARYOTE?
The largest, or most general category in the Linnaean system of biological classification.
What is a KINGDOM?
The type of sugar found in a DNA molecule.
What is DEOXYRIBOSE?
The highest and most inclusive level of organization used in Ecology.
What is THE BIOSPHERE?
The amount left after two half lives of 20 grams of Carbon-14
What is Five?
The total of all chemical reactions that occur in a living organism.
What is METABOLISM?
Carbon-14, Potassium-40, uranium 238
What are types of radiometric dating?
The repeating chemical subunits which make up a DNA molecule.
What are NUCLEOTIDES?
The number of organisms in a population WITHIN A GIVEN AREA.
What is POPULATION DENSITY?
The steps of cellular respiration.
What are glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain?
Green organelles found in plant cells, but NOT in animal cells.
What are CHLOROPLASTS?
process in which two or more species evolve in response to changes in each other.
What is co-evolution?
The nitrogenous base that complements cytosine in a DNA molecule.
What is GUANINE?
The maximum number of individuals of a population that a specific environment can support.
What is CARRYING CAPACITY?
The branch of science dealing with how characteristics are expressed and passed from parent to offspring.
What is GENETICS?
A membrane bound organelle that stores water and dissolved nutrients.
What is A VACUOLE?
pattern in evolution that states that episodes of speciation occur suddenly in geological time and followed by long periods of little evolutionary change
What is punctuated equilibrium?
The type of weak chemical bond that holds the two strands of a DNA molecule together.
What is a HYDROGEN BOND?
A term used to describe each step in a food chain.
What is A TROPHIC LEVEL?