Vocabulary
The basic building block of all organisms.
What is a cell?
Stages that living things pass through as they grow and change.
What is life cycle?
A code that has all the information that directs how a cell functions, including when to divide.
What is DNA?
A life cycle begins with this.
What is a fertilized egg?
This happens before mitosis begins.
What is an exact copy of each chromosome is made?
An artic fox has white fur in winter to help survive. This is an example of...
What is adaptation?
If a sea star loses an arm, nearby cells undergo rapid mitosis. This is an example of...
What is regeneration?
A thin tube that forms across the cell during the 3rd stage of cell division.
What is a spindle?
A behavior than an organism inherits.
What is instinct?
You observe a bird making a nest. This is an example of...
What is instinct?
These are two examples of types of cells.
What are bone, muscle, skin, and blood?
So that each new cell has exactly the same DNA as a parent cell, this happens...
What is members of chromosome pairs separate during mitosis?
A trait that appears only if an organism has two factors for the trait
What is a recessive trait?
What are the 3 types of adaptation?
What is physical, behavioral, and life processes.
A baby crying is an example of...
What is an instinct?
The process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.
What is metamorphosis?
This happens before an animal cell divides.
What is its chromosome becomes shorter and thicker.