Populations
What is a population?
Answer: What is a group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area?
What is habitat destruction?
Answer: What is the alteration or destruction of natural environments?
What is the basic unit of life?
Answer: What is a cell?
What is the first stage of mitosis?
Answer: What is prophase?
What is meiosis?
Answer: What is the process of cell division that results in four genetically diverse gametes?
What is carrying capacity?
Answer: What is the maximum population size that an environment can support?
How does pollution affect ecosystems?
Answer: What is it can harm organisms and disrupt food webs?
What organelle is responsible for protein synthesis?
Answer: What is the ribosome?
During which phase do chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell?
Answer: What is metaphase?
What is the difference between meiosis I and meiosis II?
Answer: What is meiosis I reduces chromosome number, while meiosis II separates sister chromatids?
What factors can affect population growth?
Answer: What are birth rates, death rates, immigration, and emigration?
What is climate change?
Answer: What is long-term alteration in temperature and typical weather patterns?
What is the function of the cell membrane?
Answer: What is to control what enters and exits the cell?
What happens during anaphase?
Answer: What is sister chromatids are pulled apart?
What is crossing over?
Answer: What is the exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes?
What is exponential growth?
Answer: What is when a population grows rapidly under ideal conditions?
What is overfishing?
Answer: What is catching too many fish at once, leading to population decline?
What is the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
Answer: What is prokaryotic cells lack a nucleus, while eukaryotic cells have one?
What is the final phase of mitosis?
Answer: What is telophase?
What do you call the cells produced by meiosis?
Answer: What are gametes?
How can disease impact a population?
Answer: What is it can decrease population size due to increased mortality?
What are renewable resources?
Answer: What are resources that can be replenished naturally?
What two organelles are involved in energy conversion?
Answer: What is the mitochondria and chloroplasts?
How does cytokinesis differ in plant and animal cells?
Answer: What is plant cells form a cell plate, while animal cells pinch inwards to form a cleavage furrow?
Why is meiosis important for sexual reproduction?
Answer: What is it ensures genetic diversity?