Unit 1
What is a testable statement?
Hypothesis
What are the basic structural units of all living organisms?
Cells
A phenomenon when one allele masks the effects of the other is called what?
dominance
What is an inherited characteristic that increases an individual’s ability to survive in its environment?
adaptation
What came about through evolution; both are part of an environment, and they keep each other in check.
predator-prey relationships
What is a set of explanations offered for a broad range of observations?
Theory
What is the theory that describes cells and how they operate?
Cell Theory
An organism’s genetic makeup, as determined by alleles is called what?
genotype
What is the change in heritable traits that occurs in populations over time?
evolution
What is a symbiotic relationship between organisms in which both organisms benefit?
mutualism
What is a statement that answers the original problem?
Claim
Which scientist discovered that new cells only come from existing cells?
Louis Pasteur
What is the observable form of a trait?
phenotype
What are phenotypic differences in organisms of the same species?
variation
What is a symbiotic relationship between organisms in which one of the organisms benefits and the other is harmed?
parasitism