Diversity + Survival
Visible differences in behaviour or physical traits of organisms
What is Variation?
Where an organism lives, eats, its predators, and method of reproduction.
What is a niche?
The creation of offspring that are duplicates or clones of the parent.
What is asexual reproduction?
A section of a DNA molecule that codes for a specific protein
What is a gene?
Examples of this include insulin production, cancer treatment, and embryo analysis.
What is genetic engineering or biotechnology?
This group of organisms can reproduce fertile offspring naturally in the wild
What are Species?
These allow closely related species to compete for the same resources while co-existing within the same niche.
A type of asexual reproduction where one cell of an organism forms a bud and starts to grow on its' own.
The physical expression of your genes (ex., brown hair)
What is phenotype?
The shape of a DNA molecule
What is a double helix?
Differences in physical traits that may allow an organism to better survive in their environment.
What are structural adaptations?
A type of organism that can survive in a variety of different environments.
What is a generalist?
These are created when a spore is given genetic info from two sources; resulting in a blending of DNA
What are zygospores?
Growth, maintenance, and repair.
What are the functions of mitosis?
This specific event ensures that no two gamete cells carry the same genetic information.
Crossing over
The two kinds of differences observed within and between species.
What is interspecific and intraspecific variation?
The symbiotic relationship demonstrated by a bird standing on the back of a crocodile.
What is commensalism?
The main advantage of sexual reproduction in animals?
What is variation?
A single copy of a gene that is passed down from parent to offspring during sexual reproduction.
What is an allele?
The two pairs of nitrogen bases that make up DNA molecules
What are A-T and G-C
The processes that go hand-in-hand to cause two populations to become genetically distinct over time.
What is natural selection and evolution (speciation)?
The three types of symbiotic relationships and how they affect organisms
What are mutualism (++), commensalism (+=), and parasitism (+-)
The process in which bacteria transfer genetic material directly from one cell to another.
What is bacterial conjugation?
The purpose of this process is to produce cells with half the number of chromosomes they started out with.
What is meiosis?
Sugar and phosphate.
What are the molecules that compose the "backbone" (sides of the ladder) of DNA?