Biology Vocab Overview

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4. ______ Factors can affect why a bunny has white fur in the winter and brown fur in the summer
5. An organisms ___ can be determined based on the amount of offspring produced who survive and also reproduce
10. If a cow’s DNA has been altered using biotechnology to produce more milk, it could be considered a what?
12. 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…
13. This process can be witnessed on a graph where population numbers increase after a decline
18. The tails of a phospholipid are ___ in order to prevent an abundance of water in the cell
19. If a person’s 23 chromsome parking is XY, then that organism is a…
20. This can be blocked by competitive inhibitors to stop the substrate from fitting
21. A liger, mule, and a beefalo are examples of organisms who cannot create successful offspring with each other because they are a ____
22. child with parents with the genotype BB
23. The head of a phospholipid is…
25. 10 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…
28. more solutes and less solvent is called
29. The organic compound that makes up a carbohydrate is called
32. 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?
35. Anna’s brown hair was a result of the Allele paring BB, what is the appearance of her hair color called?
36. The movement of water molecules and water molecules only using passive transportation to even out concentration in a location can best be described as…
37. These traits can lead to organisms gaining a higher fitness
38. On a food web, a wolf eats both rabbits and deers and they have no higher predator. What level on the ecological pyramid are they?
39. A flower can self pollinate itself if pollen from its anther touches the same flower’s…
40. When a damaged cell needs to be removed from the body ____ occurs
41. This biological process affects populations, NOT individuals
42. What is formed during endocytosis that brings substances into the cell

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1. Made of sugar, phosphate, and a nitrogenous base, this “material” is what makes me different from you
2. A cell division process that occurs in sexually reproducing organisms and creates 4 haploid daughter cells
3. Bread is an example of this short-term-energy provider
6. Barnacles feed off passing plankton while on a whales back while the whale just goes on with his day
7. The cellular process that releases carbon and often using fermentation
8. RNA uses a different sugar called ribose, but it also has a base different from DNA called…
9. A group of cells that have a similar structure and work to perform a common function
11. A part of a plant’s shoot system to transport food throughout the plant's tissues
14. Examples could be butter, oil, fatty acids
15. In an ____, groups of elephants, and giraffes interact with the environment like rubbing on trees, drinking water or messing in mud can be called what?
16. 3 bases on a DNA strand make up a…
17. When investigating a crime scene, a detective finds a miniscule amount of blood, which is not enough to decipher who it belongs to. So they hired scientists to increase the amount of DNA using…
18. Like a zipper, a _______ is used to separate two strands of DNA to allow for DNA polymerase to copy the strands
24. Cells that have membrane bound organelles and make up the Domain Eukarya
26. The type of DNA mutation least likely to cause a frameshift is…
27. An example would be human wisdom teeth or Ostrich Wings
30. More of this is made during Aerobic respiration
31. A _____ can help a doctor determine biological gender and any abnormal chromosomal pairings
33. …is the part of the cell cycle where chromosomes (DNA) separate.
34. DNA is made up of sugar, nucleic bases, and…