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This is where one would expect to find the most biological diversity on Earth.
What is the rain forest or near the equator?
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Something that is not passed on to offspring, such as artistic skills, is called ...
What is a non-heritable trait?
100
This is the molecule that carries the genetic information for all living things.
What is DNA?
100
This is the most common cause of extinctions and extirpations.
What is human activity?
100

What kind of organisms are the most abundant on planet Earth?

What is Insects?

200

A lion and a cheetah live in the same place in Africa, and both need to compete against each other for the same antelopes that live in the area. This is an example of what kind of competition?

What is Interspecific competition?
200
This is the cell division process that is used for growth and cellular repair.
What is mitosis?
200

Widows peak and blood type are an example of what kind of variation?

What is discrete variation?

200
This is when an animal or plant is no longer found in a particular area, but is still found in other areas of the world.
What is extirpation?
200

True or False: DNA is packaged into chromosomes and you get your traits from genes on the chromosome

What is true?

300

An example of this relationship would be a bee pollinating a flower

What is mutualism?

300
This is the cell division process that is involved in the production of gametes.
What is meiosis?
300
This is the process where the environment "selects" organisms that have the best traits. It is sometimes called survival of the fittest.
What is natural selection?
300

Sometimes animals or plants live in one particular environment. When animals, such as the panda, occupy a very narrow niche this is called ...

What is a specialist species?

300

What is the difference between a threatened species and an endangered species?

What is:

Endangered Species: These are species that are in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of their range. 

Threatened Species: These are species that are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of their range.

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These are features that increase an organism's chance of surviving and reproducing in a particular environment.
What is an adaptation?
400

This is a type of asexual reproduction that involves the parent producing a smaller version of itself.

What is budding?

400
This is the technology used to insert genes from one organism into the DNA of another.
What is genetic engineering?
400
This is the process where humans select the most desirable traits in animals or plants and breed individuals together.
What is artificial selection?
400

Genetic Engineering has become a recent Biotechnology Development but some people fear genetic engineering. Farmers can now grow seedless watermelons, what might be a potential issue related to this development?

What is watermelons cannot reproduce on their own? (Answers may Vary)

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This describes what an animal does, what it eats, and where it lives.
What is a niche?
500
Once an egg cell is fertilized by a sperm cell, it is called a ...
What is a zygote?
500

If a mother and father both have brown eyes (B), which genes do they have, so they have a baby with blue eyes (b)

What is Bb, bb OR Bb, Bb

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Describe one advantage and disadvantage of genetic engineering?

Answers May Vary

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Red hair is dominant to white hair in cows. Two heterozygous red cows are bred. What percentage of the calfs will be white?

What is 25% will be homozygous recessive (white)?