Traits
A trait that increases an organism's chance of survival.
What is an advantageous trait?
A section of DNA that determines traits of organisms.
What are genes?
What DNA stands for.
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
This force is used to move an object; usually referenced when pushing or pulling something.
What is Applied Force?
A wave is a transfer of ...
What is energy?
A trait that decreases an organism's chance of survival.
What is a disadvantageous trait?
There are 3 Types of RNA -- This RNA is the messenger that carries a copy of the DNA code outside of the nucleus.
What is mRNA?
These letters represent the nucleotides that make a DNA molecule.
What are A, T, C, & G?
This force is a non-contact force of attraction between objects; usually results in all things being pulled down to the Earth.
What is gravity?
This wave interaction is when a wave hits a surface and bounces off of the surface.
What is reflection?
A trait that describes the actions of an organism.
What is a behavioral trait?
There are 3 Types of RNA -- This RNA is the molecule that goes around the cell and collects amino acids (important building blocks for proteins).
What is tRNA?
A change to a DNA molecule that could cause new traits to appear in an organism.
What is a genetic mutation?
This force occurs when objects are moving quickly and air particles push back against the object's motion.
What is air resistance?
This wave interaction is when a wave bends as it passes through a different surface density (like air into water).
What is refraction?
A trait that describes what an organism looks like.
What is a physical trait?
There are 3 Types of RNA -- This RNA is the molecule that uses all of the gathered amino acids to build the protein.
What is rRNA?
DNA is in charge of making your traits -- but this is the molecule that DNA instructions are actually making in your cells that helps build your body and keeps you healthy.
What is a protein?
This force is a supporting force that keeps objects from falling forever.
What is normal force?
This type of wave transfers by moving through matter (solids, liquids, and gases) and usually causes movement to occur.
What is a mechanical wave?
The term for the process by which some individuals have adaptations in a population and there fore are able to pass down their traits through reproduction.
What is natural selection?
These two terms describe the process of protein synthesis -- one means 'to copy' and the other means 'to read'.
What is transcription and translation?
The twisted ladder-like shape that a DNA molecule is.
What is the double helix?
This force is the resistance force that goes opposite to an object being pushed or pulled; slippery surfaces can minimize this force.
What is frictional force?
A wave that can travel at the speed of light through areas where there is matter and (more importantly) no matter.
What is an electromagnetic wave?