Animal Kingdom
Theory postulating that the various types of plants, animals, and other living things on Earth have distinguishable differences due to modifications in successive generations.
Theory of Evolution
A diagram that is composed of a grid of usually four boxes and is used to calculate and depict all the combinations and frequencies of the different genotypes and phenotypes among the offspring
Punnett Square
This organelle is known as the "control center" of the cell, containing the cell's DNA?
Nucleus
Large, geographically defined regions with similar climate and vegetation, encompassing multiple ecosystems.
Biome
This man was famous for proposing the theory of natural selection and evolution.
Charles Darwin
A form of learning in which a very young animal fixes its attention on the first object with which it has visual, auditory, or tactile experience and thereafter follows that object.
Imprinting
Any one of two or more genes that may occur alternatively at a given site on a chromosome.
Allele
An intercellular structure made of both RNA and protein, and it is the site of protein synthesis in the cell.
Ribosome
to the rivalry between or among living things for territory, resources, goods, mates, etc.
Competition
Gregor Mendel
A relationship between two species of plants or animals in which one benefits at the expense of the other, sometimes without killing the host organism.
Parasitism
The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of it's environment.
Phenotype
The second stage of cell division, during which the chromosomes become attached to the spindle fibers.
Metaphase
Factors of an ecosystem consisting on nonliving components.
Abiotic Factors
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
(Within 5%) the Percentage of DNA shared between humans and strawberries.
(DOUBLE IF EXACTLY RIGHT)
60%
The process in which two or more closely related species become more dissimilar over time due to different selective pressures in their environments.
Divergent Evolution
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
A character or phenotypic trait, which is regulated by two or more genes.
Polygenic Inheritance
A short microscopic hair like vibrating structure found in large numbers on the surface of certain cells that create propulsion.
Cilia
The region on, above, and below the Earth's surface where life exists.
The Biosphere
This hormone, produced by the pancreas, regulates blood-sugar levels
Insulin
Any self-regulating process by which biological systems tend to maintain stability while adjusting to conditions that are optimal for survival.
Homeostasis
Characteristics or traits that are influenced by genes on the X chromosome, and are responsible for many common genetic disorders.
X-linked gene
A type of white blood cell of the innate immune system that engulf and digest pathogens, such as cancer cells, microbes, cellular debris, and foreign substances.
Macrophages
A term for the position of a species within an ecosystem, describing both the range of conditions necessary for persistence of the species, and its ecological role in the ecosystem.
Ecological Niche
Any of several living arrangements between members of two different species, including mutualism, parasitism, etc.
Symbiosis