Global Systems
All the gases that surround the Earth
What is the atmosphere?
The main factor influencing climate change
What are humans?
Where DNA is stored
Different versions of the same gene (eg. R and r)
What are alleles?
The founder of the theory of Evolution
Who is Charles Darwin?
All the living things on Earth
What is the Biosphere?
The name given to represent energy being trapped in Earth's atmosphere
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
The shape of a DNA molecule
What is a double helix?
A diagram showing the pattern of inheritance through generations
What is a pedigree?
What are fossils?
A store of carbon made millions of years ago used as an energy source
What are fossil fuels?
Energy sources such as hydro, wind and solar
What is renewable energy?
The full name of DNA
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
The physical description of a trait
What is a phenotype?
A genetic trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce
What is an adaptation?
Process responsible for removing carbon from the atmosphere
What is photosynthesis?
Carbon is most commonly found in this format in Earth's atmosphere
What is carbon dioxide?
Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine and Guanine
What are nitrogenous bases (or base pairs)?
A small, random change in DNA
What is a mutation?
Organisms with traits better suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce
What is "survival of the fittest"?
The biological molecule is Nitrogen vital for in living things
What is protein?
Measure of how much light the Earth's surface reflects
What is albedo?
The "backbone" of a DNA molecule - sugar and ?
What is phosphate?
Only need one allele to show the trait
What is dominant inheritance?
A group of islands that are "the birthplace of evolution"
What are the Galapagos Islands?