Cell Processes
This process allows organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy stored in glucose.
What is photosynthesis?
This molecule carries hereditary information in nearly all organisms.
What is DNA?
All the living and nonliving factors interacting in an environment make up this.
What is an ecosystem?
Traits that improve survival and reproduction are more likely to be passed on through this process.
What is natural selection?
This Regents command term means to support a claim using scientific information.
What is defend?
A student describes molecules moving from an area of high concentration to low concentration without using energy.
What is diffusion?
The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called this.
What is inheritance?
An organism that spreads rapidly and disrupts native species is called this.
What is an invasive species?
Scientists use this term to describe similarities in DNA sequences among organisms.
What is genetic evidence?
When students are asked to identify evidence and explain why it supports a claim, they are using this type of thinking.
What is reasoning?
This structure regulates what enters and leaves the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
This term describes different forms of the same gene.
What are alleles?
The role an organism plays in its environment is known as its this.
What is a niche?
This term refers to a change in a population over time.
What is evolution?
A testable explanation for observations is known as this.
What is a hypothesis?
This process produces genetically identical cells for growth and repair.
What is mitosis?
A mutation, recombination, and fertilization all contribute to this.
What is genetic variation?
When organisms compete for water, or space, they are competing for these.
What are abiotic resources?
Structures with similar anatomy but different functions may provide evidence of this.
What is common ancestry?
This term describes information collected during an investigation.
What is data?
A researcher explains that different cells express different genes even though they contain the same DNA.
What is gene expression?
Chemical groups attaching to DNA and influencing gene activity without changing the DNA sequence is known as this.
What is epigenetics?
A stable condition maintained inside an organism despite environmental changes.
What is homeostasis?
A scientist studying how environmental pressures affect survival rates is studying this mechanism.
What is selection pressure?
When scientists compare results to determine patterns and relationships, they are performing this skill.
What is analysis?