Evolution
Who wrote the book "The Origin of Species"?
Charles Darwin
What are three factors that effect a plants growth?
Sunlight, Water, Space to grow, ex.
What is the Cell Wall?
The outer layer of the cell that keeps the bad stuff out.
What is one way you can predict the genotype of your offspring?
Punnet Square
What is a Phenotype?
The physical appearance of a specific trait.
Where did Charles Darwin go to, to discover the evolution of different species?
Galapagos Islands
What is Dormancy?
When Growth of a Plant stops temporarily.
What is the Cell Membrane?
Is like the door of the cell. It lets the good stuff in, and keeps the bad stuff out.
In order to have the trait from your parents you need to inherit the dominant or recessive gene?
Dominant
What are the reactants in photosynthesis?
Water and Carbon Dioxide
What species of bird did Darwin discover differences in?
Finch
What is a Tropism?
The reaction of a plant to an environmental factors.
What is the Mitochondria?
It is the powerhouse of the cell and helps make energy.
What is it called when a red flower blends with a white flower and makes a pink flower.
Incomplete Dominence
What is the period of time from fertilization to birth called.
Gestation Period
What is Natural Selection?
Is when one species has an advantage over another species that helps them live longer and reproduce.
What is Gravitropism?
The reaction of a plant when gravity interferes with its growing.
What is the Nucleus?
Is like a brain, it orders everything around the cell. Also holds the cells DNA.
What are two types of reproduction?
Asexual and Sexual
What are three types of Asexual reproduction?
Budding, Fragmentation, Binary Fission, ex.
What is Mimicry?
copying someone or something, typically in order to survive longer.
What is Phototropism?
The reaction of a plant when sunlight interferes with the process of growing.
What is the Cytoplasm?
It is a jelly type substance that keeps all of the organelles in their place. Like air.
How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have?
23
What is the Chemical Equation for Photosynthesis?
6CO2+6H2O+Sunlight=C6H1206+602