Structure, Function, Information Processing
Any living thing
What is an Organism?
The colorful, leaf-like structures of flowers
What are Petals?
The specific environment in which an organism lives
What is an Ecosystem?
Reproduction where offspring have genes that are identical to that of their parent.
What is Asexual Reproduction?
Remains, impressions, or traces of an organism that lived in the past
What are Fossils?
Control center of a cell
What is the Nucleus?
The process in which an organism produces more of its own kind
What is Reproduction?
The living factors in an ecosystem
What is Biotic?
A feature of an organism
What are Traits?
The state of no longer existing
What is Extinction?
Group of cells that work together
What are Tissue?
Female reproductive organ that produces eggs
What is the Ovary?
The nonliving factors in an ecosystem
What is Abiotic?
Structural changes to genes
What are Mutations?
A group of organisms with similar characteristics
What are Species?
The organelle that turns sunlight energy into food energy
What is the Chloroplast?
Change cannot occur without it
What is Energy?
An interaction that is helpful to both organisms
What are Mutually Beneficial Interactions?
Many genes structured together
What are Chromosomes?
The developing organism between fertilization and birth
What is an Embryo?
Groups of tissues that perform a task
What are Organs?
The form in which the chemical energy is stored in cells during photosynthesis
What is Glucose?
Collecting and reprocessing materials to be used again
What is Recycling?
Portion of DNA that determines traits
What are Genes?
The approximate age of fossils can be determined by putting them into this
What is Chronological Order?