Cells and Organization
the basic unit of life
Name two parts of the plant cell that are not found in animal cells
What is the cell wall and the chloroplast?
This is the role an organism plays in its environment, including where it lives and what it eats
What is a niche?
The structure that carries genetic information that determines traits.
What is DNA?
The largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
Give one example of a single-celled organism and one example of a multicellular organism
(answers vary)
The primary function of the chloroplast
What is help the cell absorb light to make food?
Define one producer and one consumer
(answers will vary)
This can be positive, negative, or neutral and happens randomly.
What is a mutation?
The scientist who first discussed Natural Selection.
Who is Charles Darwin.
The "brain" of the cell
What is the nucleus?
The system that helps a human breathe
What is the respiratory system?
If a predator is removed from an ecosystem, what will happen?
The population of the prey will increase dramatically
This tool can be used to calculate percent chance to inherit a trait
What is a Punnett Square?
Molten Rock before it has erupted.
What is Magma?
The energy center of the cell
What is the mitochondria?
In order to make food, plants need these 3 things
What is Carbon Dioxide, Water and Sunlight?
Create a simple, accurate food chain
(answers will vary)
This can be used to outline family members and traits.
What is a family tree?
This is how to determine the age of a tree.
What is counting its rings?
Describe how to test if an organism is unicellular or multicellular
What is use a microscope to view if there are many cells and organelles?
These two systems interact to get Oxygen to the human body
What is Respiratory and Circulatory?
The process of bringing an ecosystem back to life after a tragedy.
What is Ecological Succession?
In pea plants, round seeds (R) are dominant over wrinkled seeds (r). If you cross a homozygous dominant parent (RR) with a homozygous recessive parent (rr), what percentage of their offspring will have wrinkled seeds?
(punnett square answer)
This person created the microscope and observed cells for the first time
Who is Robert Hooke?