Cells
The fundamental unit of life
Cell
This absorbs red and blue light from sunlight, and makes plants green
Chlorophyll
Animal cells are NOT this type of cell
Prokaryotic
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
Ecosystem
The molecule that carries genetic information for the development and functioning of an organism.
DNA
This is known as the powerhouse of the cell
Mitochondria
the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.
Photosynthesis
Theory regarding the process by which living organisms change over time through changes in the genome.
Evolution
Type of biome that is hot, moist, and where it rains all year long, found near the equator.
Tropical rainforest
An animal, plant, or microbe whose DNA has been altered using genetic engineering techniques
GMO
This type of cell does NOT contain a nucleus
Prokaryotic
Cells contain a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles. Plant cells are this type of cell.
Eukaryotic
a mechanism of evolution where organisms that are more adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and pass on the genes that aided their success.
Natural selection
The different kinds of life you’ll find in a particular area or biome
Biodiversity
a technology that research scientists use to selectively modify the DNA of living organisms
CRISPR
The DNA located in this part of a eukaryotic cell
The nucleus
the method we use to predict the genotypes in a genetic cross
Punnett square
behavioral mechanisms directly underlying the behavior of an animal.
Proximate Behavior
The process in the water cycle by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water
Condensation
The entire set of DNA instructions found in a cell. In humans, this consists of 23 pairs of chromosomes located in the cell’s nucleus
Genome
A type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus
Mitosis
Same 2 dominant or recessive genes, represented by 2 of the same letters in a punnett square
Homozygous
An innate, typically fixed pattern of behavior in animals in response to certain stimuli.
Instinct
A type of symbiotic relationship between different species of organisms in which one species benefits from the relationship while the other species is neither harmed nor benefits from the relationship.
Commensalism
an evolutionary increase in the complexity or relative size of the brain
encephalization