Cell structure
Vocab
Inheritance/Traits
Adaptations/Variations
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100

Protective outer layer found in every cell

What is cell membrane?

100

The smallest unit that can perform all life processes

What is cell?

100

This is the passing of traits from generation to generation

What is inheritance?

100

An inherited trait that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment

What is adaptation?

100

Eye color, freckles, and shape of nose are _____________ traits

What are inherited traits?

200

All of the structures that make up the cell; each has a specific function.

What are organelles?

200

The "power house" of the cell

What is mitochondria?

200

This is a distinguishing characteristic of an organism

What is a trait?

200

The occurrence of hereditary or nonhereditary differences between different individuals of a population

What is variation?

200

If a species adapts to their environment, such as a new beak shape, this trait can be passed onto their

What is offspring?

300

Controls the whole cell; is considered to be the "brain" of the cell

What is nucleus?

300

A rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane and provides support to the cell

What is cell wall?

300

This is a section of DNA that has genetic information for one trait

What is a gene?

300

The selection and breeding of organisms with desired traits

What is selective breeding?

300

The variation of ________ allows plants and animals a better ability to survive.

What is traits?

400

The process that occurs in the chloroplasts

What is photosynthesis?

400

A thread-like structure in the nucleus that is made up of DNA and protein

What is chromosome?

400

The number of pairs of chromosomes humans have

What is 23?

400

The process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring

What is natural selection?

400

Wolves shedding their winter coat earlier in the spring is a ____________ adaptation

What is physiological adaptation?

500

This substance keeps all the organelles in place

What is cytoplasm?

500

A molecule that is present in all living cells and that contains the information that determines the traits that a living thing inherits and needs to live (for bonus points-spell out the full word!)

What is DNA? What is deoxyribonucleic acid?

500

This is a trait that an organism acquires, develops  or learns during a lifetime

What is an acquired trait?

500

The three types of adaptations

What are behavioral, structural, and physiological?

500

This can influence traits expressed by the genotype (an organism's complete set of DNA)

What is the environment?