Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.
What is a BIOSPHERE?
100
The founding father of the Theory of Evolution.
Who is CHARLES DARWIN?
100
The first stage in the Cell Cycle that includes G1, S, and G2.
What is INTERPHASE?
100
The "brain center" of the cell, which holds all of the DNA.
What is the NUCLEUS?
100
The definition of DNA (What DNA stands for).
What is DEOXYRIBONECLEIC ACID?
200
A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit.
What is MUTUALISM?
200
A characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.
What is ADAPTATION?
200
The splitting of cells (not forming gametes).
What is MITOSIS?
200
Cell organelle that stores materials such as water, salts, proteins, and carbohydrates. It is larger in a plant cell.
What is a VACUOLE?
200
In RNA, C pairs with G and A pairs with ___.
What is U?
300
Any difference between individuals of the same species.
What is VARIATION?
300
Variation in the parent genes that are passed down to the offspring through genetics.
What are INHERITED TRAITS/INHERITED VARIATION?
300
The stage is meiosis that occurs simultaneously with Telophase II where four unique new gametes form.
What is CYTOKINESES?
300
An organelle found in plants that contains chlorophyll, the site of photosynthesis.
What is a CHLOROPLAST?
300
The first step in protien synthesis, changing DNA to mRNA.
What is TRANSCRIPTION?
400
Describes how organisms and populations interact with one another in an ecosystem.
What is a NICHE?
400
A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.
What is NATURAL SELECTION?
400
The phase in mitosis where chromosomes line up along the equator of the cell.
What is METEPHASE?
400
An organelle in eukaryotic cells that serves as the site of cellular respiration; it has its own DNA and is often considered, "The powerhouse of the cell".
What is MITOCHONDRIA.
400
A protein that speeds up cellular processes.
What is an ENZYME?
500
Using organisms to rid a contaminated water/land source of its pollutants/toxins.
What is BIOREMEDIATION?
500
Series of gradual changes that occur in a community following a disturbance.
What is SUCCESSION?
500
The process where two parts of two homologous chromatids break off and reconnect, exchanging genetic information in forming two new chromatids.
What is CROSSING OVER?
500
A cell organelle composed of RNA and protein; the site of protein synthesis.
What is a RIBOSOME?
500
The name of the cycle that contains series of reactions that are part of aerobic cellular respiration and take part within the matrix of mitochondria.