Tri-Beta
Who is the president of Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society?
Kassandra
What organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell?
The mitochondria
What part of the nervous system controls involuntary actions like heartbeat and digestion?
The autonomic nervous system
What is the physical appearance or observable traits of an organism?
The phenotype
What are organisms that feed on both plants and animals?
Sigma Tau
What is the thin layer that surrounds the cell and controls what enters and exits?
Plasma membrane
What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange occurs?
Alveoli
What is a chart showing the occurrence of a trait across several generations?
A pedigree
What are the non-living components of an ecosystem, like sunlight, water, and soil?
Abiotic factors
When was our chapter founded?
2002
What process converts glucose into pyruvate, producing ATP in the cytoplasm?
What hormone, produced by the thyroid gland, regulates metabolism?
Thyroxine (T4)
What are non-coding sections of DNA that are removed from RNA before it leaves the nucleus?
Introns
What is the name of species that have a disproportionately large effect on its ecosystem relative to its abundance?
Keystone species
What is our flower?
Lysosomes
What is the main artery that carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the body?
The aorta
What is a genetic mutation that results from the insertion or deletion of nucleotides that shifts the reading frame?
A frameshift mutation
What is the process in which unrelated species independently evolve similar traits due to similar environments or selective pressures?
Convergent evolution
What are the colors of the society and what do they represent?
Red for zoology and green for botany
What is the process of engulfing of large particles or other cells by the cell membrane, forming a vesicle to bring them inside?
Phagocytosis
What are the specialized cells in bones that detect mechanical stress and help regulate bone remodeling?
Osteocytes
What is the name of the phenomenon that occurs when one gene affects multiple, seemingly unrelated traits?
Pleiotropy
Natural selection favors traits that increase an organism’s ______.
Fitness