Question | Answer |
chromosomes | cell part that determines what traits a living thing will have |
Dominant | gene whose trait always shows itself |
genotype | describes the actual genes you have in your DNA |
Gregor Medel | 1st to study genetics and is known as the Father of Modern Genetics |
inbreeding | mating closely related organisms to get desirable traits (racehorses, gene splicing) |
meiosis | type of cell division that produces gametes |
mitosis | division of the nucleus |
phenotpe | describes the physical characteristics displayed by your genes (eye color, hair color) |
pure strain | same like traits same as homozygous example BB, bb |
recessive | gene of a trait that is hidden when the dominate gene is present |
adaptations | trait that helps an organism survive in its environmetn |
Charles Darwin | founder of modern theory of modern evolution |
evolution | process by which organisms change over time. |
fossils | remains of traces of a once living organism |
natural selection | survival of offspring that have favorable traits |
animals | one of the Five Kingdoms |
autotroph | organism that can MAKE ITS OWN FOOD |
binomial nomenclature | a 2 name naming stem to identify an organism. Uses the Genus and Species |
class | one of the seven classification made pup of related orders |
classificaiton | grouping things according to similarities |
family | one of the 7 classification levels mad up of related geneses |
Fungi | plantlike organisms that lacks chlorophyll |
genus | made up of two or more species that are very much alike |
heterotroph | organism that can not makes its own food |
how are organisms classified | based on how they are alike |
kingdom | classification group made up of relate phyla |
kings play cards on fat green stools | Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order Family, and Genus |
Monera | single celled organism that does not have a true nucleus |
order | the 4/7 classification system it has carnivora species in order |
phylum | classification group made up of related classes |
plants | a living thing that grows and produces photosynthesis |
Protists | simple organism that has cells with nuclei |
Scientific name | made up of genus and species names of an organism |
species | group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce among themselves |
algae | plant like protists that contain chlorophyll that make their own food through photosynthesis |
budding | the growth of a new organism front eh parent organism |
cilia | tiny hairline structures that help organisms move and move food |
contractile vacuole | space in the cytoplasm of algae euglena that stores water. |
Euglena | a ptotista that has a chloroplast and can make its own food |
fission | the separation of cells |
flagellum | whip like structure on a cell that helps with movement |
mold | common type of fungi that grows on bread and food |
oral groove | a mouth like structure in a paramecium that collects food particles |
pseudopods | fingerlike extension of cytoplasm |
spore cases | structure that contains spores |
spores | reproductive structure found in fungi and some plants |
sporulation | kind of asexual reproduction in which a new organism forms from species released from a parent |
yeast | colorless, unicellular fungi used to make bread rise |