Cells
the organelle which makes ATP, providing energy for the cell
What is mitochondria?
The system which contains the ovaries or testes
What is reproductive system?
The double stranded molecule which holds genetic information
What is DNA?
An organism which obtains energy by consuming other organisms
What is heterotroph?
The core mechanism of evolution; where organisms who are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive, reproduce, and pass down their genes
What is natural selection?
The organelle described as a "big sack"
What is vacuole?
The system which breaks down macromolecules
What is digestive system?
A structure in the nucleus of cells, made of a long strand of DNA tighly coiled around itself. These are typically "X" shaped, and contain many genes.
What is chromosome?
The maximum population size that a specific ecosystem can sustain
What is carrying capacity?
A group of organisms of the same species, living in a particular area. The size (how many individuals) can be measured.
What is population?
A cell which contains many organelles, including a nucleus, mitochondria, ribosomes, and lysosomes.
What is eukaryotic cell?
The system involved in transporting hormones to target cells around the body
What is circulatory system?
The single-stranded molecule which carries information from the cell nucleus to ribosomes
What is RNA?
The predictable, multi-stage process by which an ecosystem changes after a major disturbance (for example, a wildfire)
What is ecological succession?
What is mutation?
The process by which all cells break down carbohydrates in order to obtain usable energy
What is cellular respiration?
The system which may react to an organ transplant by attacking the new tissue
The building blocks of proteins
What are amino acids?
the specific role and space that organisms occupy within an ecosystem
What is niche?
The the human-driven process of choosing and breeding organisms with desirable traits, to increase the frequency of those traits in future generations
What is artificial selection/selective breeding?
The organelle which carries out photosynthesis
What is chloroplast?
The system that helps the body dispose of wastes such as carbon dioxide (CO2)
What is respiratory system?
The process by which a cell replicates its DNA and divides twice, resulting in four new cells that are not identical to the original cell
What is meiosis?
The ways in which different organisms in an ecosystem rely on each other for survival (all organisms rely on one another for the ecosystem to be stable)
What is interdependence?
an organism from which two or more descendant species or individuals have evolved, representing a shared point in their evolutionary history
What is common ancestor?