Unit 1
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
The basic structural unit of all living organisms.
What is a cell?
The parts that contain information and are passed from the parent to the offspring.
What are genes?
The father of the theory of evolution.
Who is Charles Darwin?
Behaviors or activities performed by an organism that increase its fitness.
What are behavioral adaptations?
The smallest basic unit of a chemical element.
What is an atom?
Oxygen and glucose.
What are the two inputs of cellular respiration?
The scientist who first studied genetics.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
The process in which organisms with a greater fitness survive and produce more offspring.
What is natural selection?
Physical traits that enhance the survival and reproduction of an organism.
What are physical adaptations?
The study of how the natural world functions.
What is science?
The production of offspring from a single parent.
A trait that skips generations in a family.
What is a recessive trait?
A change in the DNA of an organism.
What is a mutation?
When organisms maintain a stable environment within their cells and bodies.
What is homeostasis?