DNA
A tightly coiled piece of DNA is called ____
Chromosomes
mitosis is a form of sexual reproduction. True or false.
False (asexual)
Is natural selection or artificial selection faster at creating changes in the population?
artificial selection
which number mass extinction are we currently in?
6th
Where do wildlife rehabilitation and breeding programs take place?
Zoos
The base adenine (A) always bonds with which other DNA base?
Thymine (T)
the name of the cell produced in mitosis
daughter cell
Name a way that genetically modified organisms are used in medicine.
insulin, cancer treatment, embryo analysis
What era are we currently in?
Holocene
Where are seeds stored to save them for up to 200 years?
seed banks
The DNA base Guanine (G) always binds to which other DNA base?
Cytosine (C)
the type of cell that uses mitosis to duplicate
somatic cells/body cells
The scientist that discovered natural selection
Charles Darwin
Species that tell us about the health of an ecosystem.
Indicator Species
Which type of cell reproduction results in variation within the DNA of the cell produced?
meiosis
The sides of a DNA molecule are made up of _____ and ______
sugar and phosphate
Name one of the three main functions of mitosis.
growth, maintenance, repair
The type of vitamin in genetically modified golden rice.
Vitamin A
Areas that protect species from being hunted or fished
protected areas
A phrase we use to understand natural selection is...
survival of the fittest
What is the full name for DNA?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
If a cell starts out with 26 chromosomes at the beginning of mitosis, how many are present in the new cell created?
26
An example of evidence for natural selection.
embyology, fossils, DNA
The type of status given to a species that no longer lives in one area, but exists elsewhere.
Extripated
How many chromosomes are present in the new cell created by meiosis?
half as many as the original