Alien Survivor Terms Flashcards
Climate
The annual amount of precipitation and temperature ranges of an area over a long period of time
Biotic
The living components of an ecosystem
Omnivores
Organisms that eat both consumers and producers
Herbivores
Consumers that eat producers
Insertion
Adding extra nucleotides in the genetic sequence
Carnivores
Consumers that eat other consumers
Radiation
The emission of energy or particles from a radioactive source
Consumers
Organisms that eat other organisms in order to gain nutrients
Amino acid
Coded for in triplets in the genetic code
Mutagen
An agent that causes DNA mutations
Substitution
Mutation as a result of switching nucleotides with other nitrogenous bases
Grafting
Artificial method of asexual reproduction in plants used to combine favourable stem characteristics with favourable root characteristics
Producers
Organisms that make their own food
Foodweb
System of interlacing and interdependent food chains
Carbon
A nutrient found in many stores in and around Earth
Codon
A three letter word in the genetic code
Photosynthesis
Process by which plants comvert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen, powered by sunlight
Deletion
DNA mutation resulting from missing nitrogenous bases in the genetic code
Abiotic
The non-living components of an ecosystem
Biome
Region typically defined by climate and dominant vegetation
Scion
Shoot part of a plant
Virus
A small infectious agent that invades and replicates insdie cells
Vegetative reproduction
A form of asexual reproduction in plants
Runners
Also called stolons, horizontal stems that grow outward from a plant for distribution and reproduction of clone off-spring
