Cell Biology
Genetics
Ecology
Evolution
Human Anatomy
100

What is the basic unit of life?

What is a cell?

100

What is DNA?

What is the molecule that carries genetic information?

100

What is a food chain?

What is a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass?

100

What is natural selection?

What is the process by which organisms better adapt to their environment and tend to survive and produce more offspring?

100

Unlike bony fish, a shark’s skeleton is made of what?

What is cartilage?

200

What organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell?

What is the mitochondrion?

200

What is a genotype?

What is the genetic makeup of an organism?

200

What is a habitat?

What is the natural home or environment of an organism?

200

What is a species?

What is a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring?

200

This organ helps shorts maintain buoyancy in the water.

What is the liver?

300

What process do cells used to divide?

What is my mitosis?

300

What is a phenotype?

What is the physical expression of a genotype?

300

What is an ecosystem?

What is a community of living organisms and their environment?

300

What is adaptation?

What is a trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce?

300

Sharks possess the structures for respiration, extracting oxygen from the water.

What are gills?

400

What is the function of ribosomes?

What is protein synthesis?

400

What is a mutation?

What is a change in the DNA sequence?

400

What is a keystone species?

What is a species that has a disproportionately large effect on environment?

400

What is speciation?

What is the formation of new interesting species in the course of evolution?

400

What is the name for a sharks set of teeth?

What is dentition?

500

What is the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?

What is prokaryotic cells lack a nucleus while, eukaryotic cells have a nucleus.

500

What is Mendels law of segregation?

What is the principal that alleles separate during gamete formation?

500

What is ecological succession?

What is the process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time?

500

What is the theory of punctuated equilibrium?

What is the idea that evolution occurs in rapid bursts followed by long periods of stability?

500

This sensory system along a sharks body detects vibrations and movement in the water.

What is the lateral line?