final

Question 1

weather

Answer 1

can last minutes

Question 2

climate

Answer 2

long term state of the weather

Question 3

carbon footprint

Answer 3

the total amount of greenhouse gases that are generated by our actions

Question 4

carry capacity

Answer 4

The maximum population size that an ecosystem can support

Question 5

exponential growth

Answer 5

unrestricted growth of a population of organisms, when resources in its habitat are unlimited

Question 6

climate change

Answer 6

change in weather patterns,
changes in ocean, land surfaces

Question 7

greenhouse effect

Answer 7

process where the glasses in Earth’s atmosphere trap the heat from the sun

Question 8

invasive species

Answer 8

nonnative species that disturbs the ecosystems in which has been introduced. They may harm other living things and the environment.

Question 9

fossil fuels

Answer 9

energy sources formed over millions of years from the remains of dead organisms

Question 10

renewable

Answer 10

A resource that can be replaced in a relatively short amount of time
Produce very little waste clean for the environment

Question 11

natural selection

Answer 11

organsisns that are best adapted to an environment survive and reproduce more than others

Question 12

artificial selection

Answer 12

identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals and the steps taken to enhance those traits in future generations

Question 13

vestigial structure

Answer 13

'’leftover’’ traces of evolution that serve no purpose
thought to be from ancestors

Question 14

mutation

Answer 14

Any change in the DNA sequence of a cell

Question 15

fossil

Answer 15

a record of the history of life on Earth

Question 16

comparative embryology

Answer 16

when two species evolve in response to changes in one another

Question 17

comparative atamomy

Answer 17

comparing different structures on organisms to understand their ancestral relationships

Question 18

adaption

Answer 18

an inherited trait that increases an organisms chance of survival in its unique environment

Question 19

darwin

Answer 19

father of evolution
made natural selection
went on 5 year trip

Question 20

species

Answer 20

a group of individuals that actually or potentially interbreed in nature

Question 21

fitness

Answer 21

ability to survive long enough to reproduce

Question 22

haploid

Answer 22

The word used for a cell with half DNA

Question 23

dipliod

Answer 23

the segregation of alleles for one gene occurs independently to that of any other gene

Question 24

gene

Answer 24

segment of DNA that determines a trait

Question 25

allele

Answer 25

1,or 2+ alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation

Question 26

phenotype

Answer 26

set of observable traits

Question 27

genotype

Answer 27

genetic constitution of individual organism

Question 28

miesos

Answer 28

process of making sex cells

Question 29

mitosis

Answer 29

The process by which a single parent cell divides to make two new daughter cells

Question 30

recombination

Answer 30

the process by which DNA strands are broken and repaired, producing new combinations of alleles

Question 31

crossing over

Answer 31

the exchange of DNA between paired homologous chromosomes

Question 32

genetic variation

Answer 32

difference in DNA among individuals

Question 33

chromozone

Answer 33

threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carries genetic info in form of genes

Question 34

heterozygous

Answer 34

different letters or alleles

Question 35

homozygous

Answer 35

organisms with 2 of the same allele

Question 36

mendel

Answer 36

studied peas

Question 37

gamete

Answer 37

sex cells like sperm and eggs

Question 38

sister chromatids

Answer 38

more than one trait is always expressed even in a heterozygote

Question 39

punnett square

Answer 39

Used to predict the possible gene makeup of offspring

Question 40

codon

Answer 40

DNA or RNA sequence of three nucleotides (trinucleotide) that forms a unit of genomic information

Question 41

nondisjunction

Answer 41

The passing on of physical or mental characteristics from one generation to another

Question 42

replication

Answer 42

The process in which DNA makes a duplicate copy of itself

Question 43

translation

Answer 43

the process by which a cell makes proteins using the genetic information carried in messenger RNA

Question 44

transcription

Answer 44

the process by which a cell makes an RNA copy of a piece of DNA

Question 45

ribosome

Answer 45

made of RNA and protein. And their function in the cell is to read RNA and synthesize protein

Question 46

zygote

Answer 46

fertilized egg

Question 47

centromere

Answer 47

when chromosomes exchange pieces of genetic information

Question 48

codominance

Answer 48

more than one trait is always expressed even in heterozygote

Question 49

nucleotide

Answer 49

the monomers of nucleic acids that when combined make up the polymers DNA and RNA

Question 50

nonrenewable

Answer 50

a natural substance that is not replenished with the speed at which it is consumed