GENETICS
The________states that when an organism makes gametes, two alleles from a single trait split apart into their own gametes.
What is Law of Segregation
An ecologist who studies how several species in an area interact is interested in the biological organization called a(n) _____
community
What is Charles Darwin known for?
Natural Selection and evolution
What has the same structure different function?
(cat and human)
homologous structures
chlorophyll
The physical appearance of an organism like, hair, height, and color.
phenotype
A tomato vine wraps around a vertical stick and grows toward the sun. Which phrase does NOT apply to this scenario?
Negatively phototropic
What principle is Charles Lyell known for?
principles of geology
All genes from all members of a population make up the populations...
gene pool
The process whereby food molecules (glucose) are broken down to release energy is called...
What is respiration
The actual combination of alleles or genes produce an organisms__________.
Genotype
Cougars are predators that often eat weakened or diseased animals. This is a description of the _____ of cougars.
niche
what is Gregor Mendel known for?
Founder of the modern science of genetics
When individuals with an average form of a trait have the highest fitness the result is_________ selection.
stabilizing selection
What gas is not necessary for anaerobic respiration to occur?
Oxygen
A cross between a blue Swag bird and a white Swag bird produces offspring that have alternating white and blue squares. What is the type of dominance?
Co-dominance
The symbiotic relationship between a flower and the insect that feeds on its nectar is an example of
mutualism
What scientist is know for the discoveries of the principles of vaccination and fermentation?
Louis Pasteur
In genetic drift, allele frequencies change in small populations because of
chance
The process of respiration that produces the greatest amount of ATP is the...
Aerobic stage
In garden peas, round seed coats (R) is dominant over wrinkled seed coats (r). In a cross between a homologous dominant parent and recessive parent, list the genotypes of the parent plants.
Rr, rr
The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level is called the
Biomass
Who's idea about natural selection did Charles Darwin use for his own with the help of Charles Lyell?
Alfred Russel Wallace
Moths failed to mate because their mating times are different, what is this a result of?
temporal isolation
What formula does this represent?
6CO2 + 6 H2O => C6H12O6 + 6O2
Photosynthesis