Biology Final Reveiw
Across
- 5. Physical or behavioral change that makes a species more likely to be successful in its environment.
- 6. Anything that absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases.
- 8. A virus that attacks the immune system.
- 10. A specific characteristic of an organism.
- 11. levels Each link in a food chain is known as a
- 14. The end result of a biological or chemical process.
- 17. Cell that has 2 complete sets of chromosomes.
- 18. One specific trait that is inherited in the organisms genes.
- 21. The role a species plays in a community.
- 23. Fat tissues that help keep an organism warm.
- 24. Membrane-organelle that manages cellular functions and contains DNA.
- 25. Anything that eats or consumes other living organisms.
- 27. A substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction and is altered during the reaction.
- 29. The process by which organisms produce gametes.
- 30. Makes a reaction start faster.
- 33. Destruction of an enzyme by temperature or other factors.
- 34. The place in which an organism lives out its life
- 35. The plural for nucleus.
- 36. A cell that has only one set of chromosomes.
- 38. The natural difference in DNA between individuals in the same species.
- 39. One cell divides into two new daughter cells.
Down
- 1. Ability to maintain a stable internal environment.
- 2. A body cell.
- 3. Data gathered that supports evolution.
- 4. Organism that causes disease in a host.
- 7. All living organisms inhabiting the Earth.
- 9. A molecule of DNA that is tightly coiled.
- 12. Anything that was alive and is now in or on the soil.
- 13. Nonliving parts of the environment.
- 14. Uses the energy of the sun to synthesize organic compounds from inorganic compounds.
- 15. The four steps that a cell goes through in order to divide.
- 16. Passing of traits from parents to child.
- 19. Something that has given a species an advantage in its environment.
- 20. A substance used for destroying insects or other organisms.
- 22. The fertilized egg that has one set of alleles from mom and one set from dad.
- 26. A change in the nucleotide sequence of an organism’s DNA.
- 28. The process of burning something.
- 31. Cell A reproductive cell.
- 32. The slow, gradual genetic change in an entire population of organisms over a long time.
- 37. Substance that is able to kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria.