Unit 1
Information gathered using senses.
What is observation?
The theory that describes cells and how they operate.
What is cell theory?
The passing of traits from parent to offspring.
What is heredity?
An occurrence where a species dies out.
What is extinction?
Behaviors or activities performed by an organism that increase its fitness.
What is behavioral adaptations?
Quantitative and qualitative data.
What is empirical evidence?
The outer membrane layer of all cells.
What is cell membrane?
A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, often expressed as a percent.
What is probability?
A characteristic that leads to an organism being more fit.
What is favorable traits?
Anatomical features that increase an organism's fitness.
What is physical adaptations?
A visual representation of data using lines to show relationships between sets of data.
What is a line graph?
A process in which the energy from sunlight is used to make sugars out of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and water.
What is Photosynthesis?
A diagram used to show possible genotypes that can result from a cross.
What is Punnett squares?
A process in which organisms with a greater fitness tend to survive and produce more offspring.
What is Natural selection?
The struggle between two or more organisms that depend on the same limited resources.
What is competition?