Across
- 1. study of changing genes in plants and animals
- 3. many food chains combined that all live in a similar ecosystem
- 4. directional growth or movement of an organism
- 11. a mechanism of evolution characterized by chance fluctuations allele frequencies from generation to generation
- 12. an animal that eats both plants and animals
- 14. a complex community of organisms
- 15. a process that breaks down glucose to produce energy(ATP)
- 16. study of classfying organisms
- 17. how non-living organisms can be classified
- 21. process of taking light energy and transforming it into chemical energy
- 23. small space in cells that stores air and fluid
- 25. Species of plant or animal that causes a major impact on an ecosystem
- 27. one set of chromosomes
- 28. sites of protein synthesis
- 31. the process where humans breed plants or animals
- 32. a genetic variant that expresses its trait even if an individual only carrys one verison of a trait
- 34. a chemical substance in living organisms that causes natural processes
- 35. cell without a nucleus
- 37. modifying molecular structures
- 39. membrane structure inside a cell that performs specific functions
Down
- 2. a form of inheritance where neither allele is fully expressed
- 5. a permenant change in a DNA sequence of a cell
- 6. graphically describes a large population growth
- 7. two different alleles
- 8. a version of a trait that only shows when two genes are paired from both parents
- 9. taxonomic rank when organizing animals and species
- 10. interchanging genes or segments
- 12. movement of water molecules across a semi-permanent membrane
- 13. an organism that has a significant effect on an ecosystem
- 18. both alleles are shown
- 19. a compound that occurs in living tissue and serves as a major source of energy
- 20. loss of genetic information that occurs in new populations
- 22. type of cell division that reduces an amount of chromosomes by half
- 24. a way living factors can be classified
- 26. cell with a nucleus
- 29. version of a gene that determines a trait
- 30. biological diversity in environments indicated
- 33. smallest unit of life
- 36. enzyme that breaks down milk sugars for digestion
- 38. study of all things living