Living Things
What is the smallest unit of life?
Cells
What are the names of the birds that Darwin studied on the Galapagos Islands?
Finches
What are the fours bases of DNA?
Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine
Who proposed the theory of natural selection?
Charles Darwin
What species is at the lowest part of the energy pyramid?
Producers/Plants
What important process takes place in the mitochondria of a cell?
Cellular Respiration
What is the variable that you measure in a lab experiment?
Dependent Variable
What is the name for an error in the DNA Sequence (inserting an extra base or deleting one) that causes mistake in the order of amino acids in a protein?
Mutation
What happens when animals can't survive in their environment anymore?
Extinction
What is the role of decomposers?
They break down dead plants and animals
What is osmosis?
The diffusion of water
What in an experiment stays the same so the test is fair?
Controlled Variable
What is the transfer of genes from parents to their offspring known as?
Heredity
What is the process by which living things change over a long time?
Evolution
What species deplete resources for the native species?
Invasive Species
What organelle contains DNA (genetic information) that controls the production of proteins?
The Nucleus
What is the selection by the environment of those individuals that are better able to survive and produce viable offspring known as?
Natural Selection or Survival of the Fittest
List 3 examples of a trait
Eye color, hair color, blood type, height, dimples, lactose intolerance, sickle cell, color blindness
What are the differences that exist between individuals of the same species
Variations
What is the name for the variety of life on Earth?
Biodiversity
What does it mean if a membrane is semi-permeable?
Only certain substances can pass through the membrane.
What is the process of separating out mixtures of pigments?
Chromatography
What is the name of the technology humans use to alter the genetic instructions in organisms
Genetic Engineering
What do we call an organism that two different species both evolved from in the past?
Common Ancestor
What are the three types of pollution?
Air, land and water