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Biology Unit 10
MAA Biology U10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| virus | the organism responsible for rabies |
| chemical agent | during the development of a new organism, the specialization if cells into tissues and organs is under control of this |
| the principle of eugenics | the removal of a gene from the population by either eliminating people who carry the gene or not allowing these people to reproduce |
| adaptability | the change in a living organism in response to a change in the environment |
| controlled experiment | the testing of a hypothesis in duplicate with only one factor being different |
| homeostasis | the maintenance of a relatively constant state in the internal environment of an organism |
| omnivore | an organism that eats both plants and animals |
| food web | the feeding of organisms on other organisms in more than one trophic level |
| anaerobic | an organism that requires an oxygen-free environment |
| irritability | the ability to respond to an environmental stimulus |
| tissue | a group of cells that have the same structure and function |
| herbivore | plant-eating organism |
| mitosis | reproduction of the cell that produces tow exact copies of the parent |
| ecological niche | where an organism is and what it does |
| producer | green plant that traps the sun's rays and converts them to chemical energy |
| mutation | a change in the hereditary information of chromosomes |
| growth | increase in cell size or number |
| carnivore | flesh-eating organism |
| coccus | round bacterial shape |