Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
19 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
The total surroundings of an organism or a group of organisms |
Environment |
|
|
A protein that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being changed by the reaction an organic catalyst |
Enzyme |
|
|
A type of organism composed of one or more cells containing a membrane-bound nucleus specialized organelles in the cytoplasm and the mitotic nuclear division cell |
Eukaryote |
|
|
A process in which a new species develop from pre-existing species biological evolution or microevolution a change in the allele frequency of a population of organisms from generation to generation genetic Evolution or microevolution |
Evolution |
|
|
A process in which a cell releases a substance to an extracellular environment by using a vascular membrane with the plasma membrane separating the membrane at the point of fusion and allowing substance to be released |
Exocytosis |
|
|
I turn that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living |
Extinction |
|
|
Located outside a cell |
Extracellular |
|
|
A process in which substances are transported across the plasma membrane with the concentration gradient the aid of carrier transport proteins does not require the use of energy |
Facilitated diffusion |
|
|
Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment |
Fitness |
|
|
Simplified path illustrating the passing of potential chemical energy food from one organism to another organism |
Food chain |
|
|
A complex arrangement of interrelated food chains list rating the flow of energy between interdependent organisms |
Foresnsies |
|
|
Information about past life including the structure of organisms what they ate what ate them in what environment they lived in the order in which they live |
Fossil record |
|
|
The preserved remains or traces of an organism that once lived on earth |
Fossils |
|
|
A decrease in genetic variation caused by the formation of new population by a small number of individuals from a larger population |
Founder |
|
|
The addition or removal of one or more nucleotides that is not in divisible by three therefore resulting in a completely different amino acid sequence than would be normal the earlier in the sequence nucleotides are added or removed them or alter the protein will be |
Fame- shift mutation |
|
|
The temperature at which a liquid changes state to a solid |
Freezing point |
|
|
Specialized cell used in sexual reproduction containing half of the normal number of chromosomes of a somatic cell |
Gamete |
|
|
A sequence of nucleotides composing a segment of DNA that provides a blueprint for a specific Hereditary Trait |
Gene |
|
|
A process in which a nucleotide sequence of a gene is used to make a functional products such as a protein or RNA |
Gene expression |
