Cell Biology
This organelle is known as the "powerhouse of the cell."
What is the mitochondrion?
The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called this.
What is heredity?
The scientist who proposed natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
The role an organism plays in its environment.
What is a niche?
The basic unit of all living things.
What is a cell?
The number of years Mrs. Shepherd has been teaching at Onalaska.
What is 2?
This structure controls what enters and leaves the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
The different forms of a gene are called these.
What are alleles?
Structures with similar anatomy but different functions are called these.
What are homologous structures?
Plants are examples of this trophic level.
What are producers?
Water is made of these two elements.
What are hydrogen and oxygen?
I attended this college/university.
Centralia College, EWU, CWU, WGU
The process by which cells make proteins using ribosomes.
What is translation?
If a heterozygous tall pea plant (Tt) is crossed with a short plant (tt), what percentage of offspring will be short?
What is 50%?
A trait that increases survival and reproductive success is called this.
What is an adaptation?
A relationship where both organisms benefit.
What is mutualism?
The force that pulls objects toward Earth.
What is gravity?
My favorite color.
What is pink?
This organelle modifies, packages, and ships proteins.
What is the Golgi apparatus?
The process that produces gametes.
What is meiosis?
This type of evolution occurs when unrelated organisms develop similar traits.
What is convergent evolution?
If wolves are removed from an ecosystem, deer populations rapidly increase. This is an example of what ecological concept?
What is predator-prey regulation (or population control)?
This type of energy is stored in food and fuels.
What is chemical energy?
Before becoming a science teacher, I considered this career.
What is english teacher or dermatologist?
A solution with a higher solute concentration than the cell is called this.
What is a hypertonic solution?
A woman who is a carrier for color blindness has children with a man who has normal vision. What percentage of sons are expected to be color blind?
What is 50%?
A population of insects becomes resistant to pesticides over many generations. What mechanism explains this change?
What is natural selection?
Only about what percentage of energy is typically transferred from one trophic level to the next?
What is 10%?
A scientist changes only one variable during an experiment while keeping all others the same. This is an example of:
What is a controlled experiment?
Mrs. Shepherd's Birthday.
What is August 18th?