This is where one would expect to find the most biological diversity on Earth.
What is the rain forest or near the equator?
100
Something that is not passed on to offspring, such as artistic skills, is called ...
What is a non-heritable trait?
100
This is the molecule that carries the genetic information for all living things.
What is DNA?
100
This is the most common cause of extinctions and extirpations.
What is human activity?
200
This is the first part of the scientific name that all organisms are given. For example, Panthera tigris is the scientific name for a tiger.
What is the genus?
200
This is the cell division process that is used for growth and cellular repair.
What is mitosis?
200
This is the name of the technology where egg cells and sperm cells are collected, combined, and allowed to grow into an embryo in a Petri dish.
What is in-vitro fertilization?
200
This is when an animal or plant is no longer found in a particular area, but is still found in other areas of the world.
What is extirpation?
300
An example of this relationship would be a mosquito that sucks blood from a human.
What is parasitism?
300
This is the cell division process that is involved in the production of gametes.
What is meiosis?
300
This is the process where humans select the most desirable traits in animals or plants and breed individuals together.
What is artificial selection?
300
Sometimes animals or plants become very specialized to living in one particular environment. When animals, such as the panda, occupy a very narrow niche this is called ...
What is overspecialization?
400
These are features that increase an organism's chance of surviving and reproducing in a particular environment.
What is an adaptation?
400
This is a type of asexual reproduction that involves the parent producing a smaller version of itself.
What is budding?
400
This is the technology used to insert genes from one organism into the DNA of another.
What is genetic engineering?
400
When an organism's habitat is destroyed by humans for farmland or resources it is called ...
What is habitat destruction?
500
This describes what an animal does, what it eats, and where it lives.
What is a niche?
500
Once an egg cell is fertilized by a sperm cell, it is called a ...
What is a zygote?
500
This is the process where the environment "selects" organisms that have the best traits. It is sometimes called survival of the fittest.
What is natural selection?
500
This is the conservation of a species within its natural habitat.