Genetics
The term for different versions of a gene.
What are alleles?
This individual proposed the theory of natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
The term for all the living and nonliving factors in an area.
What is an ecosystem?
What is the heart?
The powerhouse of the cell.
What is mitochondrion?
This scientist is known as the father of modern genetics.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
The term used to describe a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
What is a species?
The first trophic level in a food chain.
What are producers (or autotrophs)?
The system that controls body functions and hormones.
What is the endocrine system?
The organelle responsible for protein synthesis.
What are ribosomes?
Type of inheritance that results in a blending of traits, such as pink flowers from red and white parents.
What is incomplete dominance?
A kind of structure such as the human appendix that provides evidence for evolution.
What is a vestigial structure?
This type of symbiosis benefits one organism while the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
The part of the brain responsible for balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
The phase of mitosis which involves the chromosomes lining up in the middle of the cell.
What is metaphase?
The term for a trait controlled by more than one gene, like skin color.
What is polygenic inheritance?
The term for the sudden appearance of many new species in a short time, often after a mass extinction.
What is adaptive radiation?
This process describes how ecosystems recover after a disturbance like a fire or flood.
What is ecological succession?
The type of muscle which is involuntary and found in the walls of internal organs.
What is smooth muscle?
The difference between passive and active transport.
What is that passive transport does not require energy, while active transport does?
In a dihybrid cross, this is the phenotypic ration of two heterozygous parents (AaBb x AaBb).
What is 9:3:3:1?
The Hardy-Weinberg equation is used to measure this.
What is genetic equilibrium in a population?
This is the maximum population size that an environment can support.
What is carrying capacity?
The pathway of air through the respiratory system, starting with the nose.
What is nose -> pharynx -> larynx -> trachea -> bronchi -> lungs?
This type of cell communication involves signaling molecules binding to receptors on target cells.
What is signal transduction?