Evolution
An individual's ability to survive and reproduce
What is fitness?
The parts of a plant found below ground
What is Root System?
Balanced, stable internal environment
What is Homeostasis?
The source of all energy on Earth
The type of cell that contains a nucleus
What is a Eukaryotic Cell?
The process through which populations adapt and change (survival of the fittest)
The reproductive organ of plants
What is Flower?
The body system that transports nutrients, blood, hormones, wastes around the body
What is Circulatory System?
An organism that creates its own food
What is Producer/Autotroph?
The organelle that produces ATP (the powerhouse of the cell)
What is Mitochondria?
The study of similarities between organisms
What is Homology?
The parts of a plant involved in transport (includes Xylem and Phloem)
What are Vascular Tissues?
The body system that regulates body processes using hormones
What is Endocrine System?
The percentage of energy transferred from 1 trophic level to the next
What is the 10% rule?
The organelle where photosynthesis takes place in plants
What is Chloroplast?
The formation of a new species
What is Speciation?
The movement of a plant in response to an external stimulus
What is Tropism?
A regulatory process that causes the body to return to stability
What is Feedback Mechanism?
A relationship when both organisms benefit each other
What is Mutualism?
The fluid that fills a cell
What is Cytoplasm?
An ancestral species from which two or more different species have evolved over time
What is Common Ancestor?
The male plant gamete (sperm)
What is Pollen?
The brain sends signals to move the body
What is the Nervous System and Muscular System?
The organism that changes the form of nitrogen in the nitrogen cycle
What is Bacteria?
The organelle that creates proteins
What are Ribosomes?