Reproduction
These are the two types of reproduction.
What are sexual and asexual reproduction?
The increase in size and number of cells in an organism is called this.
This is the process by which living things make more of their own kind.
What is reproduction?
This is the process of change in an organism over a large period of time.
This is the basic unit of life found in all living organisms
What is a cell?
This molecule carries the genetic instructions for all living organisms.
What is DNA?
These two things—one inside you and one outside you—affect how you grow.
What are genes and the environment?
Bees help plants reproduce by carrying this from flower to flower.
What is pollen?
This term describes differences in traits, like fur color or beak shape, within a group of the same species.
What is variation?
In this process, offspring inherit traits from their parents, like fur color in cats or beak shape in birds.
What is inheritance?
This form of reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation influenced by both parent organisms.
What is sexual reproduction?
Animals that don’t get enough food might grow more slowly. Food is an example of this.
What is an environmental factor?
Birds build nests and protect their eggs. This behavior helps them do this.
What is reproduce (or ensure survival of their young)?
A cheetah’s speed helps it catch prey. This is an example of a trait that helps it do this.
What is survive?
These are the two major categories of cells based on what type of organism they are found in.
What are plant and animal cells?
This tool uses parent genotypes to predict the possible traits of offspring.
What is a Punnett square?
Your eye color is an example of something passed down from your parents.
What is a genetic trait?
Brightly colored petals on flowers help plants do this by attracting pollinators.
What is reproduce?
In a cold environment, animals with thick fur are more likely to do this than those with thin fur.
What is survive (or reproduce)?
This process is how animals reproduce, combining sperm and egg to create offspring.
What is fertilization?
A change in the sequence of DNA that can lead to new traits is called this.
This term describes traits that are determined by an organism's DNA and passed from parent to offspring.
What are inherited traits?
This type of plant structure helps seeds travel far away, sometimes by wind or animals.
What is a seed pod (or fruit)?
Over many generations, helpful traits become more common in a group because of this process.
What is natural selection?
Farmers use selective breeding to combine the best traits in plants, showing how this type of factor can influence growth.
What is a genetic factor?