Ecosystems
Nonliving parts of an ecosystem
What is abiotic?
Barrier of the cell that controls what can come in and out of the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
Blueprint for making the proteins that build an organism's body.
What is DNA?
System responsible for breaking food down into smaller molecules.
What is digestion?
The preserved remains of an organism that can be used to make evolutionary connections.
What is a fossil?
One organism by itself. Simplest level of organization.
What is an individual?
Large organelle that can be seen under a microscope that holds the DNA of the cell
What is the nucleus?
A change in the DNA sequence that can result in a disease or an adaptation.
What is a mutation?
System that is responsible for providing support and structure to the body.
What is the skeletal system?
A diagram used to show the evolutionary relationships between organisms.
What is an evolutionary tree?
The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat.
What is biodiversity?
Releases energy in the process of cellular respiration for the rest of the cell to use.
What is the mitochondrion?
The allele that is expressed over the other one.
What is a dominant allele?
System with 3 different cell types: smooth, cardiac, and skeletal.
What is the muscular system?
When the lineage of two organisms can be traced back to one organism. That shared organism is called a...
What is a common ancestor?
Type of organism that must consume in order to obtain energy to live.
What is a consumer or heterotroph?
Removes cell waste and breaks down cell invaders.
What is the lysosome?
The combination of alleles inherited from the parents.
What is a genotype?
System that filters the blood and removes waste out of the body.
What is the urinary system?
A structure that is built the same way because it was passed down by a common ancestor, but does not always have the same function.
What is a homologous structure?
All the living organisms in a defined area and their nonliving environment.
What is an ecosystem?
Protein packaging center of the cell.
What is the Golgi apparatus?
Name this genotype: AA
What is homozygous dominant?
System that helps to control body temperature and can sense heat, pressure, and touch.
What is the integumentary system?
A leftover structure inherited from an ancestor that no longer serves a purpose.
What is a vestigial structure?