Unit 1 Vocab

5. A change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment
7. The ability to do work
11. The variable that depends on the independent variable
12. Threadlike structures made of protein and DNA
15. A unit of heredity transferred from parent to offspring
17. An organism that primarily obtains its food by eating another organism
18. The one variable that is changed on purpose
19. A unit of energy used for nutrition and food
20. The color of a banana
21. The branch of biology concerned with the study of inheritance

1. The variables that do not change
2. Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort
3. A specific characteristic of an individual
4. This should be on the top of every graph
6. Different versions of a gene that can occur at a given locus
8. The genetic makeup of an organism
9. Short DNA sequences that repeat
10. Having 2 identical alleles of a particular gene
13. Having 2 different alleles of a particular gene
14. A social group of lions that hunt, defend territory, and produce fertile offspring
16. An individual organism's complete set of chromosomes