Cells
The fluid inside a cell that holds organelles.
Cytoplasm
Genetic material found in all living organisms.
DNA
A community of living and nonliving things interacting in an environment.
Ecosystem
Process plants use to make glucose (food) and oxygen using sunlight, COâ‚‚, and water.
Photosynthesis
The biological process of producing offspring.
reproduction
Adenosine triphosphate, the main energy carrier in cells.
ATP
A segment of DNA that codes for a protein.
Gene
environmental conditions that can limit population growth (ie. competition, disease)
Limiting Factor
Organelle in plants where photosynthesis takes place.
Chloroplast
The process by which better-adapted organisms survive and reproduce more.
natural selection
The process by which cells release energy from glucose (glucose + oxygen → water + carbon dioxide + ATP)
cellular respiration
Different forms of a gene (e.g., dominant or recessive).
Allele
Non-living parts of an ecosystem (e.g., sunlight, temperature).
Abiotic
Organism that breaks down dead material and recycles nutrients.
Decomposer
A change in DNA that may affect an organism's traits.
mutation
A sugar that is a major source of energy for cells.
Glucose
A structure made of DNA that contains many genes.
Chromosome
Organism that breaks down dead material and recycles nutrients.
Decomposer
autotrophic organisms that make their own food (plants, algae)
Producers
the process by which humans encourage the development of specific traits by breeding the plants or animals that have those traits (ie. dog breeding)
Selective breeding
Organelle in plants where photosynthesis takes place.
chloroplast
substances that increase the rate (speed) of a chemical reaction but are not changed during the reaction (enzymes like lactase)
catalysts
A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce.
Adaptation
Living matter of an ecosystem.
biotic
When all individuals of a species die out.
Extinction