Biology & Ecology

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3. When investigating a crime scene, a detective finds a minuscule amount of blood, which is not enough to decipher who it belongs to. So they hired scientists to increase the amount of DNA using __-__-__
6. This process can be witnessed on a graph where population numbers increase after a decline
8. Like a zipper, ___ is used to separate two strands of DNA to allow for DNA polymerase to copy the strands
10. This biological process affects populations, NOT individuals
11. What is formed during endocytosis that brings substances into the cell
13. An example would be human wisdom teeth or Ostrich Wings
15. Made of sugar, phosphate, and a base, this “material” is what makes me different from you
16. A group of cells that have a similar structure and work to perform a common function
21. Male ligers , mules, and camas are examples of organisms that cannot produce offspring with one another because they are a ___
22. In a(n) ___, groups of elephants, and giraffes interact with the environment like rubbing on trees, drinking water or messing in mud can be called what?
24. The cellular process that releases carbon and often using fermentation
26. A plant in a cave leans toward the entry of the cave because a lot of sunlight enters during the afternoon. What stimulus response is occurring to the plant?
27. A part of a plant’s shoot system to transport nutrients/sucrose throughout the plant's tissues
31. more solutes and less solvent is called
33. A flower can self-pollinate if pollen from its anther touches the same flower’s…
34. Barnacles feed off passing plankton while on a whale's back while the whale just goes on with his day
37. Ten bunnies go off into the sunset, leaving the rest of their population behind, but after a few years the genetic diversity begins to decrease in that smaller colony. This can best be described as the ___-___
39. Examples could be butter, oil, fatty acids
41. Cells that have membrane bound organelles and make up the Domain Eukarya

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1. Anna’s brown hair was a result of the pairing BB, what is the appearance of her hair color called?
2. A cell division process that occurs in sexually reproducing organisms and creates 4 haploid daughter cells
4. If a cow’s DNA has been altered using biotechnology to produce more milk, it could be considered a what?
5. The organic compound that makes up a carbohydrate is called
7. ___ is the part of the cell cycle where chromosomes (DNA) separate.
9. The type of DNA mutation least likely to cause a frameshift is…
12. A(n) ___ can help a doctor determine biological gender and any abnormal chromosomal pairings
14. Bread is an example of this short-term-energy provider
17. This can be blocked by competitive inhibitors to stop the substrate from fitting
18. DNA is made up of sugar, nitrogenous bases, and…
19. The head of a phospholipid is...
20. On a food web, a wolf eats both rabbits and deer and they have no higher predator. What level on the ecological pyramid are they?
23. ___ factors can affect why a bunny has white fur in the winter and brown fur in the summer
25. An otter plays a specific role in its community by eating and keeping the sea urchin population in check. The ROLE it plays can be known as a…
28. These traits can lead to organisms gaining a higher fitness
29. RNA uses a different sugar called ribose, but it also has a base different from DNA called…
30. When a damaged cell needs to be removed from the body ___ occurs
32. The movement of only water molecules across a membrane using passive transport to even out concentration in a location can best be described as…
35. If a person’s pair 2 is XY, then that organism is a…
36. More of this is made during Aerobic respiration
38. An organism's ___ can be determined based on the amount of offspring produced who survive and also reproduce
40. Three bases on a DNA strand make up a…