Ecosystem
Soil, sun, water, pH, moisture, rocks
What are abiotic factors?
Industry and transportation create this type of greenhouse gas
What is carbon dioxide (CO2)?
When a species dies forever
What is going extinct?
The 4 bases of DNA
What are A, T, C and G?
What is Ms. Simonelli's favorite color?
Green
Another name for plants.
What is producer or autotroph?
Contamination of the environment
What is pollution?
The fight for limited resources
What is competition?
The 4 bases of RNA
What are A, U, C and G?
How many kids does Ms. Sim have?
Two!
What are decomposers?
To use a product again
What is recycling?
A mechanism of evolution where individuals with traits better suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce, passing on those advantageous traits to their offspring.
natural selection
heterozygous
How many dogs does Ms. Sim have?
2!
Soil-Grass-Small Shrubs-Pine Trees-Shade Trees-Forest
What is succession?
Removing forests for wood
What is deforestation?
2 organisms sharing characteristics/DNA have this in common.
What is a common ancestor?
A codon
Where did Ms. Sim go to college?
George Washington University
The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem can support
What is carrying capacity?
Non-native species introduced into new ecosystems
What are invasive species?
The bones of a dead organism
What is a fossil?
Each codon of mRNA codes for one....
amino acid
What are Ms. Sim's kids' names?
Lily and Jude