Term | Definition |
ABIOTIC
not
living
factor | |
ABIOTIC FACTORS
not
living
factor | |
ACIDS
rain
base
pH | |
ACID RAIN
precipitation
base
pH | |
ACQUIRED CHARACTERISTICS
lamarck
darwin
cut | |
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY
antibody
mother
make | |
ACTIVATION ENERGY
reaction
chemical
start | |
ACTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE
yourself
antibody
make | |
ACTIVE SITE
enzyme
reaction
product | |
ACTIVE TRANSPORT
Na
K
energy | |
ADAPTATIONS
survive
animal
darwin | |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION
species
finch
island | |
ADHESION
water
polar
sticky | |
AIDS
virus
disease
sex | |
ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION
yeast
alcohol
wine | |
ALLELES
form
gene
trait | |
AMINO ACIDS
protein
polypeptide
DNA | |
AMNIOTIC FLUID
baby
sac
placenta | |
AMNIOTIC SAC
baby
placenta
fluid | |
ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION
without
breathing
cell | |
ANALOGOUS STRUCTURES
ancestry
function
wings | |
ANAPHASE
centromeres
chromatids
fibers | |
ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK
antigens
blood
membranes | |
ANIMAL KINGDOM
eukaryotic
living
animals | |
ANTHER
stamen
pollen
flower | |
ANTI-CODON
amino
acid
sequence | |
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTENT
mutation
bacteria
fight | |
ANTIBODIES
Y
tissue
lymph | |
ANTIBIOTICS
immune
sick
resist | |
ANTIGENS
protein
vaccine
fight | |
ANTITOXIN
passive
immune
response | |
AQUIFERS
water
underground
rock | |
ARISTOTLE
history
philosopher
thinker | |
ARRHYTHMIA
heart
change
nerve | |
ARTERIOLES
smaller
vessels
blood | |
ARTIFICIAL SELECTION
false
traits
manipulated | |
ASEXUAL PRODUCTION
mitosis
one
identical | |
AUTOIMMUNE RESPONSE
against
destructive
rheumatoid | |
AUTOSOMAL GENE
X
Y
not | |
AUTOTROPHIC
own
producers
photosynthesizers | |
BACTERIUM
microscopic
simple
prokaryote | |
BASES
pH
acid
scale | |
BENTHIC
bottom
ocean
top | |
BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE
two
name
system | |
BIOCONTROL
natural
pest
insect | |
BIODIVERSITY
life
different
island | |
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
carbon
nitrogen
circle | |
BIOGEOGRAPHY
life
distribution
world | |
BIOMAGNIFICATION
bigger
life
toxin | |
BIOMES
geographic
life
desert | ` |
BIOREMEDIATOR
life
help
fix | |
BIOTECHNOLOGY
life
DNA
fix | |
BIOTIC
living
ecosystem
relation | |
BIOTIC FACTORS
living
ecosystem
weather | |
BIPEDALISM
2
feet
walk | |
BLASTULA
embryo
ball
cell | |
BLOOD FLOW
blood
artery
vein | |
BLOOD PRESSURE
blood
pressure
hypertension | |
BLOOD VOLUME
blood
volume
kidneys | |
BOTANIST
plant
study
biology | |
BOTTLENECK EFFECT
founder
genetic
population | |
BRAIN
organ
round
lobe | |
BRAINSTEM
part
top
head | |
BUFFER
pH
acid
base | |
CAMBIUM
plant
tissue
cork | |
CANCER
disease
cells
sick | |
CAPILLARIES
blood
vessel
tube | |
CAPILLARY ACTION
tube
water
move | |
CARBOHYDRATE
carbon
monosaccharide
energy | |
CARBON CYCLE
carbon
compound
environment | |
CARDIAC CYCLE
heart
beat
contract | |
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
heart
blood
lungs | |
CARNIVORES
meat
eater
dinosaur | |
CARPEL
flower
petal
green | |
CARRYING CAPACITY
population
maximum
death | |
CELL BODY
neuron
axon
dendrite | |
CELL CYCLE
replication
interphase
anaphase | |
CELL MEMBRANE
outer
phospholipid
bilayer | |
CELL THEORY
hypothesis
all
living | |
CELL WALL
plant
membrane
hard | |
CELLULAR RESPIRATION
mitochondria
ATP
photosynthesis | |
CELLULOSE
plant
digestible
green | |
CENTRAL VACUOLE
plant
middle
water | |
CENTRIOLES
cell
division
metaphase | |
CEREBELLUM
brain
head
lobes | |
CERVIX
vagina
female
neck | |
CHEMICAL EVOLUTION
methane
early
atmosphere | |
CHEMOSYNTHESIS
make
bacteria
light | |
CHEMOTHERAPY
cancer
cells
dead | |
CHITIN
hard
exoskeleton
insect | |
CHLOROPLAST
green
photosynthesis
plant | |
CHOLESTEROL
artery
clogged
blood | |
CHROMATIN FIBERS
DNA
cell
thread | |
CILIA
hair
move
flagellum | |
CLADES
group
classification
chart | |
CLADOGRAM
group
classification
chart | |
CLASS
school
domain
kingdom | |
CLEAVAGE
cell
indent
mitosis | |
CLIMAX COMMUNITY
last
plant
volcano | |
CLONES
same
identical
copy | |
COACERVATES
group
clump
cell | |
CODOMINANT
mixing
alleles
phenotype | |
CODON
mRNA
base
DNA | |
COENZYMES
protein
help
reaction | |
COEVOLUTION
species
evolution
darwin | |
COFACTORS
compounds
factors
enzymes | |
COHESION
water
sticky
xylem | |
COMMENSALISM
ecology
together
living | |
COMMUNITY
location
species
group | |
COMPARATIVE EMBRYOLOGY
evidence
evolution
fetus | |
COMPETITIONS
limited
medals
winning | |
COMPLEMENTARY STRAND
dna
double helix
chains | |
CONCLUSION
end
outcome
finish | |
CONSUMERS
food
organism
predator | |
CONTROL GROUP
experiment
group
untouched | |
CONVERGENT EVOLUTION
DNA
island
species | |
CROSS-FERTILIZATION
flower
sex
pollination | |
CROSSING OVER
chromosome
gene
switch | |
CYTOKINESIS
division
cell
mitosis | |
CYTOPLASM
cells
filler
liquid | |
CYTOSKELETON
skeleton
cells
bones | |
CHARLES DARWIN
evolution
finches
scientist | |
DATA
collect
experiment
analyze | |
DECOMPOSER
dead
decaying
bacteria | |
DENATURE
heat
pH
enzyme | |
DENDRITE
axon
neuron
cell | |
DENSITY DEPENDENT FACTORS
number
population
ecology | |
DENSITY INDEPENDENT FACTORS
number
population
ecology | |
DEOXYGENATED BLOOD
heart
no
vein | |
DNA
nucleus
genes
chromosome | |
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
Y
responding
effect | |
DERMAL TISSUE
skin
middle
layer | |
DESERTIFICATION
drought
water
dry | |
DETRITIVORES
consumer
producer
dead | |
DIASTOLE
contract
blood
pressure | |
DIFFUSION
passive
high
low | |
DIHYBRID CROSS
2
genetic
punnett | |
DIPLOID
2
somatic
cell | |
DNA FINGERPRINTING
forensic
evidence
hand | |
DNA POLYMERASE
gene
enzyme
bacteria | |
DNA REPLICATION
copy
interphase
S | |
DOMAINS
classification
3
groups | |
DOMINANT
recessive
gene
phenotype | |
DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM
change
steady
gain | |
EGG
sperm
female
gamete | |
ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
small
light
tiny | |
EMBRYO
fetus
zygote
uterus | |
EMERGENT PROPERTIES
part
whole
characteristic | |
EMIGRATION
leave
population
enter | |
ENDONUCLEASES
enzyme
restriction
bacteria | |
ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
rough
smooth
protein | |
ENDOSYMBIOSIS
mitochondria
organelle
bacteria | |
ENERGY TRANSFORMER
sun
photosynthesis
reaction
rate | |
ENZYMES
reaction
rate
fast | |
EPIDEMIOLOGISTS
study
disease
injury | |
EPIDIDYMIS
sperm
testicle
tube | |
EPIGENETICS
study
changes
organisms | |
ESTROGENS
hormone
growth
female | |
ESTUARY
tide
river
stream | |
EUKARYOTES
cells
organelles
nucleus | |
EUTROPHICATION
algae
lake
rotten | |
EVOLUTION
adaptation
change
organism | |
EXPERIMENT
hypothesis
test
trials | |
EXPONENTIAL CURVE
graph
numbers
multiplying | |
EXTINCT
gone
non
living | |
EXTREMOPHILES
conditions
extreme
organism | |
F1 GENERATION
parents
first
offspring | |
FACILITATED TRANSPORT
ions
molecules
diffusion | |
FALLOPIAN TUBE
egg
sperm
fertilization | |
FAMILY
parents
offspring
procreation | |
FATTY ACID
lipid
base
skinny | |
FERTILIZATION
egg
sperm
tube | |
FETUS
baby
growing
unborn | |
FILAMENT
protein
rod
fiber | |
FIT
adapted
of
survival | |
FLAGELLA
tail
sperm
bacteria | |
FLOWER
plant
pretty
female | |
FOOD PYRAMID
triangle
energy
sections | |
FOOD WEB
net
consumer
producer | |
FOSSILS
preserved
skeleton
dead | |
FOUNDER'S EFFECT
genetics
drift
population | |
FRONTAL LOBE
brain
cerebral
front | |
FRUIT
ovary
flower
plant | |
FUNGI
mushroom
bacteria
pathogen | |
GASTRULATION
embryo
reproduction
fertilized | |
GEL ELECTROPHORESIS
DNA
electrical field
test | |
GENE
DNA
traits
heredity | |
GENE FLOW
alleles
movement
populations | |
GENE GUN
transferring
transporting
DNA | |
GENE POOL
population
diversity
interbreeding | |
GENE THERAPY
corrective genes
inserting
disease | |
GENETIC DRIFT
genotypes
population
evolution | |
GENETIC ENGINEERING
technology
genes
DNA | |
GENETIC RECOMBINATION
exchanging
process
meiosis | |
GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
genetics
altering
recombination | |
GENETICS
DNA
Mendel
code | |
GENOME
DNA
genetic material
chromosome | |
GENOTYPE
punnet square
traits
genetic code | |
GENUS
taxonomy
classification
Kingdom | |
GEOLOGISTS
expert
geology
Earth | |
GLOBAL WARMING
hot
polar caps
greenhouse gases | |
GLYCOGEN
tissue
polysaccharide
glucose | |
GLYCOLYSIS
energy
breakdown
glucose | |
GLYCEROL
sweet
colorless
glucose | |
GnRH
hormone
pituitary gland
amno acids | |
GOLGI APPARATUS
eukaryotic cells
proteins
organelle | |
GRADUALISM
slow
evolution
change | |
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
CO2
global
warming | |
GROUND TISSUE
plant
between
vascular | |
GROWTH
increase
size
older | |
GUARD CELLS
stoma
opening
plant | |
HABITAT
home
environment
domain | |
HABITAT DESTRUCTION
rainforest
cut
trees | |
HAPLOID
cell
single
chromosome | |
HCG
human
pregnant
hormone | |
HEART MURMUR
sound
blood
flow | |
HELPER T CELL
white
blood
immune | |
HERBIVORES
plants
vegetarian
grass | |
HETEROTROPHIC
carbon dioxide
growth
inorganic | |
HETEROZYGOUS
different
gene
2 | |
HIGH HEAT OF VAPORIZATION
water
boil
hot | |
HIGH SPECIFIC HEAT
boil
hot
low | |
HIV
virus
infection
disease | |
HOMEOBOX
homo
box
insect | |
HOMEOSTASIS
balance
biological
feedback | |
HOMOLOGOUS
same
function
organisms | |
HOMOZYGOUS
same
two
allele | |
ROBERT HOOKE
scientist
cells
microscope | |
HYDROGEN BONDS
water
polar
oxygen | |
HYDROPHILIC
water
fear
repel | |
HYDROPHOBIC
water
hate
love | |
HYPERTENSION
blood pressure
high
force | |
HYPERTONIC
high
low
concentration | |
HYPOTHESIS
scientific
prediction
statement | |
HYPOTONIC
high
low
concentration | |
IMMIGRATION
foreigner
population
movement | |
IMPLANTATION
egg
uterus
put | |
INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE
mix
blend
genes | |
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
nondependent
variable
X | |
INDEX FOSSILS
evolution
rock
record | |
INDICATOR SPECIES
genus
tell
environment | |
INFLAMMATION
white blood cells
protect
redness | |
INNATE DEFENSE
born
antibodies
mother | |
INSECT VECTORS
mosquitos
cause
disease | |
INSECTICIDES
poison
weed
plants | |
INTERFERON
virus
nonspecific
fight | |
INTERPHASE
division
cells
meiosis | |
INVASIVE SPECIES
nonnative
dangerous
alien | |
ISOTONIC
muscle
contraction
normal | |
KARYOTYPE
cell
nuclei
chromosome | |
KEYSTONE SPECIES
otter
environment
important | |
KILLER T CELLS
die
immune
body | |
KINGDOM
territory
domain
environment | |
LABOR
moms
bird
work | |
LACTIC ACID FERMENTATI0N
anaerobic
bacteria
yogurt | |
JEAN BAPTISE LAMARCK
giraffe
evolution
neck | |
LARVAL FORMS
immature
shape
insect | |
LAW
obey
follow
enforce | |
LAW OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT
Mendel
gene
separate | |
LAW OF SEGREGATION
Mendel
gene
chromosome | |
LEAF
green
plants
decoration | |
ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK
microscope
cell
scientist | |
LEUKOCYTES
white
blood
cells | |
LIGHT DEPENDENT REACTIONS
dark
photsynthesis
plant | |
LIGHT INDEPENDENT REACTIONS
dark
photsynthesis
plant | |
CAROLUS LINNAEUS
classification
genus
scientist | |
LIPIDS
fat
glycerol
organic | |
LIVING FOSSILS
dead
rock
dinosaurs | |
LOCK AND KEY
enzyme
fit
model | |
CHARLES LYELL
Darwin
geology
earth | |
LYSOSOMES
enzyme
cell
organelle | |
MACROMOLECULES
lipid
protein
carbon | |
MACROPHAGES
cell
eat
bacteria | |
THOMAS MALTHUS
Darwin
math
friend | |
MEDULLA OBLONGATA
brain
bottom
stem | |
MEIOSIS
gamete
sex
cell | |
MEMBRANE-BOUNDED ORGANELLES
ribosome
wall
mitochondria | |
GREGOR MENDEL
pea
father
genetics | |
MERISTEMATIC TISSUE
grow
plant
nose | |
MESSENGER RNA
nucleus]
transcription
copy | |
METAPHASE
middle
chromosome
cell | |
MICROFILAMENTS
small
protein
strands | |
MICROSPHERES
small
circle
cell | |
MICROTUBULES
small
protein
sticks | |
MITOCHONDRIA
power
cell
energy | |
MITOSIS
anaphase
metaphase
cell | |
MONOHYBRID CROSS
one
trait
gene | |
MONOMER
simple
sugar
one | |
MONOSACCHARIDES
one
sugar
glucose | |
MORTALITY
die
death
rate | |
MORULA
ball
cells
embryo | |
MULTIPLE ALLELES
blood
type
many | |
MUTATIONS
Order
Changes
DNA | |
MUTUALISM
Both
Organisms
Benefit | |
NATURAL IMMUNITY
cell
against
fight | |
NATURAL KILLER CELLS
fight
against
cell | |
NATURAL SELECTION
Evolution
Organisms
Chosen | |
NATURALIST
animal
plant
study | |
NEURON
Cells
Brain
Signal | |
NEUROTRANSMITTER
axon
acetylcholine
chemical | |
NEURULATION
embryo
fold
tube | |
NICHE
Herbivore
Predator
Ecosystem | |
NODE
Segmented
Body
Organism | |
NONSELF
me
my
auto | |
NONSPECIFIC ATTACK
fight
immune
antibody | |
NUCLEAR ENVELOPE
membrane
chromosome
middle | |
NUCLEIC ACIDS
Macromolecule
Molecule
Four | |
NUCLEOLUS
Round
Middle
Cell | |
NUCLEOTIDES
Bases
Chains
Units | |
NUCLEUS
Center
Cell
Round | |
NUCLEAR DNA
chromosome
cell
middle | |
OCCIPITAL LOBE
Vision
Brain
Signal | |
OMNIVORES
Plant
And
Animals | |
OPPORTUNISTS
advantage
bacteria
infect | |
OPTIMUM RANGE
best
high
low | |
ORDER
Type
Class
Group | |
OSMOSIS
high
low
water | |
OVARY
Egg
Sack
Fallopian | |
OVIDUCT
fallopian
tube egg | |
OVULES
Egg
Seed
Fertilization | |
OXYGENATED BLOOD
artery
vein
red | |
OZONE DEPLETION
atmosphere
decreasing
layer | |
P GENERATION
Mendel
cross
genetic | |
PALEOANTHROPOLOGIST
study
fossils
human | |
PALEONTOLOGIST
fossil
past
digging | |
PANSPERMIA
all
male
egg | |
PARASITISM
damage
parasite
one | |
PARIETAL LOBE
behind
the
frontal lobe | |
PASSIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE
active
cell
infection | |
PASSIVE TRANSPORT
high
low
molecule | |
LOUIS PASTEUR
milk
living
scientist | |
PATHOGENS
cause
disease
infection | |
PCR
polymerase
chain
reaction | |
PENIS
vas deferens
scrotum
testicle | |
pH
base
acid
scale | |
PHAGOCYTOSIS
eat
cell
bacteria | |
PHENOTYPE
gene
physical
DNA
gene
genotype
dna | |
PHLOEM
plant
sugar
transport | |
PHOSPHOLIPID
2
layer
membrane | |
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
sunlight
food
chlorophyll | |
PHYLA
genus
species
classification | |
PHYLOGENY
classfication
tree
family | |
PIONEER PLANTS
first
lichen
succession | |
PISTIL
female
flower
sex | |
PITUITARY
gland
hormone
brain | |
PLACENTA
baby
mother
pregnant | |
PHYLUM
kingdom
class
taxonomy | |
PLANTS
leaves
stem
flower | |
PLASMA CELLS
B
white
antibody | |
PLASMIDS
bacteria
DNA
recombinant | |
POLAR
wtaer
molecule
uneven | |
POLAR BODIES
egg
cell
die | |
POLYGENIC
many
trait
color | |
POLYMERS
many
mono
starch | |
PONS
brain
medulla
stem | |
POPULATION
group
majority
amount
group
majority
amount | |
PRIMARY SUCCESSION
lichen
first
island | |
PRODUCERS
create
own
food | |
PROGESTERONE
uterus
hormone
female | |
PROKARYOTES
cell
primitive
nucleus | |
PROPHASE
meta
first
mitosis | |
PROSTATE GLAND
male
semen
reproductive | |
PROTEIN
amino
acid
peptide | |
PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
make
amino
ribosome | |
PROTISTA
algae
cell
kingdom | |
PSEUDOSCIENCE
fake
false
study | |
PULSE
heart
beat
wrist | |
PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM
evolution
comma
period | |
PUNNETT SQUARE
genotype
phenotype
gene
genotype
phenotype
gene | |
RADIOISOTOPE DATED
carbon
fossil
music | |
RECESSIVE
dominant
gene
Mendel | |
RECOMBINANTS
DNA
bacteria
plasmid | |
RELATIVE DATING
absolute
fossil
age | |
REPRODUCTION
sex
eggs
sperm | |
RESISTANCE
antibiotic
bacteria
evolve | |
RIBOSOMES
protein
endoplasmic
free | |
ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM (RER)
bumpy
ribosome
highway | |
SALTWATER INTRUSION
drinking
ocean
water | |
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
Cell
light
tiny | |
SCROTUM
testis
male
sack | |
SECONDARY SUCCESSION
lichen
primary
plant | |
SEED
plant
flower
grow | |
SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE
some
pass
membrane | |
SEMINAL VESICLE
male
sex
testes | |
SEX-LINKED
X
chromosome
disease | |
SMOG
pollution
California
air | |
SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
rough
ribosome
cell | |
SOMATIC GENES
sex
trait
chromosome | |
SPECIES
homosapien
organism
living | |
SPECIFIC ATTACK
fight
bomb
particular | |
SPERM
male
reproductive
cell | |
SPONTANEOUS GENERATION
life
origin
Pasteur | |
SPORES
reproductive
cell
fungus | |
STAMEN
plant
reproductive
pistol | |
STARCH
poly
sugar
potato | |
STEM
green
plant
middle | |
STEROID
illegal
muscle
body builder | |
STIGMA
pistil
sticky
top | |
STOMATA
opening
leaf
guard | |
STRATA
layer
fossil
rock | |
STYLE
stigma
ovary
middle | |
SUBSTITUTION
replace
teacher
change | |
SUBSTRATE
enzyme
product
react | |
SUCCESSION
primary
secondary
lichen | |
SUPPRESSOR T CELLS
white
immune
stop | |
SURFACE TENSION
water
properties
insect | |
SUSTAINABILITY
ecology
environment
maintain | |
SYNAPSE
neuron
junction
gap | |
SYSTEMATIC
process
organize
order | |
SYSTOLE
blood
pressure
contract | |
TAXA
classification
group
Linaeus | |
TAXONOMY
classfication
system
kingdom | |
TELOPHASE
anophase
cell cycle
prophase | |
TEMPERAL LOBE
brain
occipital
skull | |
TESTIS
sperm
male
sex | |
TESTOSTERONE
male
hormone
sex | |
TETRADS
four
chromosome
meiosis | |
THEORY
idea
law
scientific | |
THERMOPHILES
bacteria
heat
love | |
TRANSCRIPTION
mRNA
nucleus
DNA | |
TRANSDUCTION
bacteria
virus
DNA | |
TRANSFORMATION
smooth
rough
bacteria | |
TRANSGENICS
different
organism
DNA | |
TRANSLATION
protein
DNA
RNA | |
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
small
enlarge
light | |
TRANSPIRATION
water
vapor
leaf | |
TRANSPORT
move
xylem
phloem | |
TRIGLYCERIDES
fatty acid
lipid
polymer | |
TROPHIC LEVELS
ecology
energy
producer | |
tRNA
transport
dna
gene | |
TUMORS
cancer
lump
mass | |
UMBILICAL CORD
baby
female
pregnant | |
UMBRELLA SPECIES
rain
genus
under | |
UNIVERSAL CODES
bacterial
all
cell | |
UNIVERSAL SOLVENTS
water
alcohol
salt | |
URETHRA
urine
semen
penis | |
UTERUS
female
fetus
pregnant | |
VACCINATION
prevent
shot
disease | |
VACUOLES
hole
cell
middle | |
VAGINA
female
penis
opening | |
VARIATION
difference
sex
species | |
VAS DEFERENS
tube
male
sperm | |
VASCULAR TISSUE
xylem
phloem
plant | |
VEINS
artery
blood
flow | |
VESTIGIAL STRUCTURES
fossil
evolution
evidence | |
VISCOSITY
thick
flow
blood | |
CHARLES WALLACE
friend
darwin
evolution | |
WATER CYCLE
rain
snow
evaporate
precipitation
evaporation
water | |
JAMES WATSON
crick
DNA
discover | |
XYLEM
vascular
phloem
tissue | |
ZYGOTE
egg
sperm
fertilization | |