Genetics
An organism that is genetically identical to the organism from which it was produced.
Clone
A diagram showing evolutionary relationships of organisms with a common ancestor.
Phylogenetic tree
The difference of species in a certain place.
Biodiversity
A harmful change in the chemical makeup of the soil, water, or air.
Pollution
What are three things the cerebrum is responsible for?
Thought, movement, and senses.
The units of heredity that make up the chromosomes; a piece of DNA that makes protein.
Genes
Information about past life.
Fossil record
A consumer or organism that can't make its own food.
Heterotroph
A fossil that comes from the leftovers of organisms that lived millions of years ago.
Fossil fuel
What is the cerebellum responsible for?
Balance
A change in the DNA sequence that affects genetic information.
Mutation
Any trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce under a given set of environmental conditions.
Adaptive value
The place where an animal/plant lives.
Habitat
Increasing concentration of a pollutant as one animal eats another.
Biomagnification
Chemicals released internally to regulate the body.
Hormones
The process of making changes in the DNA code of living organisms.
Genetic engineering
The gradual change in species over time.
Evolution
Nonliving parts of the environment.
Abiotic
Destruction of forests that are caused by human activity.
Deforestation
Nerve cells of the body.
Neurons
The human process of selecting organisms with desired traits.
Selective breeding
The evolution of new species.
Speciation
The specific job done by an organism or population of organisms in the ecosystem.
Ecological niche
An increase in Earth's average surface temperature.
Global warming
Any changes in the environment.
Stimuli