Unit 1
What is photosynthesis?
The process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar.
Who are the scientists behind the Cell Theory?
Theodor Schwann, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, and Rudolf Virchow.
What is the role of genes?
Has and gives instructions that tell your cells to make proteins.
What is Natural selection?
The process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change.
What is Homeostasis?
A state of balance through all the body systems needed for the body to survive and work properly.
What is a Hypothesis?
A testable statement about the relationship between two or more variables or a proposed explanation for some observed phenomenon.
What is the Energy's role in the cells?
To help keep its biological order that keeps them alive.
Why is the Punnett square used?
It helps to predict the variations and probabilities that can come from cross breeding.
What is Artificial selection?
The identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals and the steps taken to enhance and conserve those traits in future generations.
What is innate behavior?
Behavior that is genetically given in an organism and can be performed in response to a cue without past experience.
What is a Theory?
A carefully thought-out explanation for observations of the natural world that has been constructed using the scientific method, and which brings together many facts and hypotheses.
Who are the scientists behind DNA?
DNA was discovered by James Watson and Francis Crick.
What are some heredity traits humans have?
What was the purpose for Darwin's voyage?
To survey the coast of south America.
What are symbiotic relationship?
Close relations formed between pairs of different species.