Natural Science Final Exam Study Guide

active transport - correct answearstransport across the cell membrane in which energy is required from the cell Adaptation - correct answearsa trait that makes organisms well suited to living and reproducing in their enviorements artificial selection - correct answearsthe breeding of organism with traits humans like in order to produce offspring with similar traits asteroid - correct answearsa small rocky body that orbits the sun asthenosphere - correct answearsa layer of weak, warm rock that flows slowly over geologic time ATP - correct answearsadenosine triphosphate, the molecule that provides energy for most cellular process biogeochemical cycles - correct answearsthe movement of substances such as water, carbon and nitrogen between the tissues of living organisms and the abiotic world Biology - correct answearsThe study of life and living things biomass - correct answearsthe amount of organic matter in an ecosystem biome - correct answearsone of the eighth major types of terrestrial ecosystem cell membrane - correct answearsthe structure that separates the inside of the cell from the outside of the cell Cells - correct answearsthe basic units that make up all living organisms cellular respiration - correct answearsthe aerobic, or oxygen-using breakdown of glucose to obtain ATP Chloroplast - correct answearsthe organelle in plant cells that capture energy from sunlight to build organic molecules Chromosomes - correct answearsDNA containing structures in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell