Living Things
A living thing
What is an organism?
The flexible organelle around a cell that allows some things in and out.
What is the cell (or plasma) membrane?
The study of relationships between living organisms and their environment
What is Ecology?
Part of the Cell Cycle during which the nucleus divides prior to the cell splitting into two cells.
What is Mitosis?
A genetically determined characteristic.
What is a Trait?
The mechanism that causes evolution.
What is Natural Selection?
The basic unit of structure and function in living things
What is a Cell?
The powerhouse of the cell, or, produces energy for the cell.
What are mitochondria?
Non-living parts of an ecosystem.
What is Abiotic?
The division of the cytoplasm resulting in two cells.
What is Cytokinesis?
A version of a gene.
What is an Allele?
3 things required for Natural Selection to occur.
What are overproduction, variation, and competition.
Organisms that make their own food
What is an Autotroph?
The site of protein synthesis.
What are Ribosomes?
A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area.
What is a Population?
The phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes line up down the middle of the cell.
What is Metaphase?
An change to the DNA/genetic code.
What is a Mutation?
Inherited behavioral or physical characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.
What is an Adaptation?
Features that help identify if something is a living organism, such as: are made of cells, use energy, grow and develop, and reproduce.
What are Characteristics of Living Things?
The site of photosynthesis.
What is Chloroplast?
The bottom level of a food web that can photosynthesize.
What is Producers/Autotrophs/Plants?
Type of reproduction that requires two parents.
What is Sexual?
Having two of the same alleles.
What is Homozygous?
The differences among organisms of the same species.
What is variation?
Organisms with cells that contain nuclei (plural for nucleus).
What are Eukaryotes?
Contains the DNA and controls the cell.
What is the Nucleus?
A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit.
What is Mutualism?
The type of cell division that produces gametes (eggs and sperm).
What is Meiosis?
The genotypes of the offspring resulting from the following cross:
Bb x Bb
What are BB, Bb and bb?
He proposed the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection.
Who is Darwin?