The Basics of Life (Cells)
This theory states that all living things are made of cells, cells are the basic unit of life, and cells come from other cells.
What is Cell Theory?
This is the "Father of Genetics" who studied pea plants to understand how traits are passed down.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
This is the outermost, thinnest layer of the Earth where all life exists.
What is the Crust?
This is a diagram that shows the complex network of feeding relationships in an ecosystem.
What is a Food Web?
This scientist is famous for his theory of evolution by natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
This organelle acts as the "brain" or control center of the cell, containing the genetic material.
What is the Nucleus?
This is a tool used to predict the probability of possible genotypes in offspring.
What is a Punnett Square?
This type of rock is formed when existing rock is changed by extreme heat and pressure without melting.
What is Metamorphic Rock?
This symbiotic relationship occurs when both organisms benefit from each other.
What is Mutualism?
This is the most specific level of classification in the Linnaean system.
What is Species?
Unlike animal cells, plant cells have this rigid outer layer for support and protection.
What is the Cell Wall?
An organism with two different alleles for a trait (like Bb) is known by this term.
What is Heterozygous? (Accept: Hybrid)
This theory states that Earth's outer shell is broken into several large pieces that move slowly over the mantle.
What is Plate Tectonics?
An animal that eats both plants and animals is called this.
What is an Omnivore?
These are physical or behavioral traits that help an organism survive in its environment.
What are Adaptations?
This is the process by which plant cells use sunlight to create food (glucose).
What is Photosynthesis?
This molecule carries the genetic code for all organisms and is shaped like a twisted ladder.
What is DNA?
This is the process where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another and melts back into the mantle.
What is Subduction?
This is a factor, such as food, water, or space, that causes a population to stop growing or decrease in size.
What is a Limiting Factor?
This is the system of giving each organism a two-part scientific name (Genus and species).
What is Binomial Nomenclature?
This specialized organelle is found in plant cells and captures energy from sunlight.
What is a Chloroplast?
A trait that only shows up when two copies of the allele are present is called this.
What is Recessive?
These are the circular movements in the Earth's mantle caused by the heating and cooling of magma, which act as the "engine" for plate tectonics.
What are Convection Currents?
This term describes the unique "job" or role an organism has in its ecosystem, including what it eats and how it survives.
What is a Niche?
This term describes the millions of fossils that scientists have collected, which document the change in life forms over Earth's history.
What is the Fossil Record?