Science

Question 1

species

Answer 1

same kind of living organism

Question 2

Biological Diversity

Answer 2

The variety of species and ecosystems on earth

Question 3

population

Answer 3

Group of individuals of the same species living in a area

Question 4

Ecosystem

Answer 4

A environment where living things interact

Question 5

Community

Answer 5

A group of population of different species living together in the same place

Question 6

symbiosis

Answer 6

a relationship between 2 species

Question 7

commensalism

Answer 7

A relationship where one is one does not benefit or is harmed and the other benefits

Question 8

Mutualism

Answer 8

A relationship where both benefit

Question 9

Parasitism

Answer 9

A relationship where one benefits and the other is harmed

Question 10

Interspecies competition

Answer 10

2 or more species using the same limited resources

Question 11

Niche

Answer 11

the role of a living organism

Question 12

Resource partitioning

Answer 12

Division of a resource among 2 or more species

Question 13

Variability

Answer 13

Variations between a species

Question 14

Natural selection

Answer 14

Environment chooses which indualvids survive or die

Question 15

Heritable Characteristics

Answer 15

Characteristics that are passed down from generation to generation EX:Eye color

Question 16

Non-Heritable Characteristics

Answer 16

Characteristics caused by the environment (not passed down from generations)EX:Dyed hair

Question 17

Discrete Variation

Answer 17

Either/or characteristics

Question 18

Continuous variation

Answer 18

Characteristics that have a range and change throughout life EX:Height

Question 19

Asexual reproduction

Answer 19

Involves one parent and without the use of sex cells

Question 20

Binary fission

Answer 20

A type of Asexual reproduction where the organism splits in 2

Question 21

Budding

Answer 21

A type of Asexual reproduction in which a new organism develops from a outgrowth

Question 22

Spores

Answer 22

A cell produced by asexual reproduction in some organisms

Question 23

Vegetative Reproduction

Answer 23

Asexual reproduction in plants that don’t make a seed

Question 24

Sexual reproduction

Answer 24

Reproduction involving the exchange of male/female sex cells

Question 25

Gametes

Answer 25

A sex cell

Question 26

Fertilization

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Union of female sex cell and male sex cell

Question 27

Zygote

Answer 27

A fertilized egg

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Cleavage

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The first divisions of a fertilized egg

Question 29

Embryo

Answer 29

A underdeveloped organism in its starting stages

Question 30

Cross pollination

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The transfer of pollen from the anther of one plant to the stigma of another

Question 31

Cross fertilization

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The joining of a gamete from a pollen grain and a gamete from a ovule to form a zygote

Question 32

DNA

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Genetic material found mainly in the nuclei of cells

Question 33

Genetic code

Answer 33

arrangement of 4 chemical letters

Question 34

Chromosomes

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a structure in which DNA is arranged and along which are located

Question 35

Gene

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A segment of DNA

Question 36

Allels

Answer 36

a possible form of a gene

Question 37

mitosis

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a type of cell division that produces 2 similar daughter cells

Question 38

meiosis

Answer 38

a type of cell division that produces 4 sex cells from 1 parent

Question 39

trait

Answer 39

characteristics of an organism

Question 40

purebred

Answer 40

plant or animal with same ancestors and same form of trait

Question 41

Hybrid

Answer 41

a organism produced by crossing 2 different purebreds for a trait

Question 42

dominant trait

Answer 42

the outward form observed when 2 opposite acting alleles are inherited

Question 43

recessive trait

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the outward form observed when 2 same, non dominant alleles are inherited

Question 44

Incomplete dominance

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A pattern of inheritance seen when 2 different alleles are present at the same gene location

Question 45

Extinction

Answer 45

no longer in existence on the planet

Question 46

Extirpation

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Extinction of a organism in a specific place

Question 50

Clone

Answer 50

A genetically identical copy of an entire organism or of its cells or genes

Question 51

Artificial insemination

Answer 51

Artificial collection and injection of sperm from a male into a female

Question 52

In vitro fertilization

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Fertilization that happens outside the body, usually in a petri dish

Question 53

Genetic engineering

Answer 53

The intentional altering of the DNA of an organism or a population of organisms

Question 54

In-situ conservation

Answer 54

The maintenance of wild organisms within their functioning ecosystems

Question 55

Ex-situ conservation

Answer 55

The maintenance of organisms outside of their ecosystems or natural habitats

Question 56

Poop

Answer 56

Caca