Vocab A-C

Question 1

Active Transport

Answer 1

Energy requiring process that moves material across the cell membrane

Question 2

Adaptive value

Answer 2

Positive and negative adaptations that effect the species

Question 3

Allergy

Answer 3

Overreaction of the immune system

Question 4

Amino acids

Answer 4

Compound with amino groups- makes proteins

Question 5

Antibody

Answer 5

Specialized protein thy helps destroy disease causing organisms

Question 6

Antigen

Answer 6

Substance that triggers an immune response

Question 7

Asexual reproduction

Answer 7

Process by which a single parent reproduces by itself

Question 8

ATP

Answer 8

Universal power source inside cells

Question 9

Autotroph

Answer 9

A producer: make their own food either through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis

Question 10

Bacteria

Answer 10

Domain of unicellular prokaryotes that have cell walls containing peptidoglycans

Question 11

Biochemical processes

Answer 11

Chemical processes that occur in organisms: ex- cell respiration

Question 12

Biodiversity

Answer 12

The sum total of the variety of organisms in the biosphere

Question 13

Biome

Answer 13

Group of ecosystems that have the same climate

Question 14

Biosphere

Answer 14

All of the Earths ecosystems

Question 15

Biotechnology

Answer 15

The exploitation of biological processes for industrial and other purposes

Question 16

Biotic

Answer 16

Living influences on an ecosystem

Question 17

Body cell

Answer 17

Any cell in the body that isn’t a gamete

Question 18

Carnivore

Answer 18

Survive on meat

Question 19

Carrying capacity

Answer 19

Largest number of individuals of a population that a given environment can support

Question 20

Catalyst

Answer 20

Substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction

Question 21

Cell

Answer 21

A basic unit of structure or function

Question 22

Cell membrane

Answer 22

The structure separating the cell from its environment

Question 23

Cell respiration

Answer 23

Releases energy and breaks down complex molecules

Question 24

Chloroplast

Answer 24

Site of photosynthesis; contains chlorophyll

Question 25

Chlorophyll

Answer 25

Captures light energy and provides pigment for plants

Question 26

Chromatography

Answer 26

A method of physically separating and analyzing mixtures of chemicals

Question 27

Chromosome

Answer 27

Where DNA is found

Question 28

Circulation

Answer 28

Orderly movement through a circuit

Question 29

Classify

Answer 29

To arrange into classes or categories according to shared qualities

Question 30

Climax community

Answer 30

An ecological community in the final stage of succession

Question 31

Clone

Answer 31

Member of a population of genetically identical organisms produced from a single cell

Question 32

Community

Answer 32

All I the different populations in a given ecosystem

Question 33

Competition

Answer 33

Struggle for resources

Question 34

Abiotic

Answer 34

Non living factor that shapes an ecosystem