Biology Final Exam Review
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1. abiotic non-living
2. autotroph An organism that makes its own food.
3. asexual repro- a reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that
duction are identical to the parent
4. biotic living
5. biosphere Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including
land, water, and the atmosphere.
6. cell specialization Cells throughout an organism can develop in different ways to perform different
tasks.
7. cell differenta- Process by which cells become different types of cells
tion
8. carbon cycle Cyclic movement of carbon in different chemical forms from the environment to
organisms and then back to the environment.
9. cell differentia- the process by which a cell becomes specialized for a specific structure or function
tion
10. chemical bond the attractive force that holds atoms or ions together where the energy in a
compound is stored
11. chromosome identical copies of a single chromosome
pair copy of mom chromosome 1 next to mom chromosome 1
12. consumer an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
13. deletion the loss of a part of DNA from a chromosome
14. detritivore
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An organism (like the earthworm) that feeds on decaying matter after it has been
broken down by decomposers.
15. DNA deoxyribonucleic acid; the genetic material that carries information about an
organism that is passed from parent to offspring AND is used by an individual as
the recipe for making proteins
16. DNA sequence The sequence, or order, in which the nitrogenous bases adenine (A), cytosine (C),
guanine (G), and thymine (T) are arranged in a gene or a DNA fragment, or in an
organism's genome.
17. double helix two strands of nucleotides wound about each other; structure of DNA
18. ecosystem stabil- the total number of species is fairly consistant from year to year---the same species
ity were present each year--- the population size of each species was approximately
the same from year to year
19. endangered A species whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction
species
20. exponential growth pattern in which the individuals in a population reproduce at a constant
growth rate
21. food web a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
22. gene sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait
23. genetic diversity the amount of variation in the genetic material within all members of a popualtion
24. genetic variation The variety of different types of genes in a species or population.
25. genotype an organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations
26. greenhouse ef- natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by carbon dioxide,
fect methane, water vapor, and other gases
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1. abiotic non-living
2. autotroph An organism that makes its own food.
3. asexual repro- a reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that
duction are identical to the parent
4. biotic living
5. biosphere Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including
land, water, and the atmosphere.
6. cell specialization Cells throughout an organism can develop in different ways to perform different
tasks.
7. cell differenta- Process by which cells become different types of cells
tion
8. carbon cycle Cyclic movement of carbon in different chemical forms from the environment to
organisms and then back to the environment.
9. cell differentia- the process by which a cell becomes specialized for a specific structure or function
tion
10. chemical bond the attractive force that holds atoms or ions together where the energy in a
compound is stored
11. chromosome identical copies of a single chromosome
pair copy of mom chromosome 1 next to mom chromosome 1
12. consumer an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
13. deletion the loss of a part of DNA from a chromosome
14. detritivore
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, Biology Final Exam Review
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_3gj72
An organism (like the earthworm) that feeds on decaying matter after it has been
broken down by decomposers.
15. DNA deoxyribonucleic acid; the genetic material that carries information about an
organism that is passed from parent to offspring AND is used by an individual as
the recipe for making proteins
16. DNA sequence The sequence, or order, in which the nitrogenous bases adenine (A), cytosine (C),
guanine (G), and thymine (T) are arranged in a gene or a DNA fragment, or in an
organism's genome.
17. double helix two strands of nucleotides wound about each other; structure of DNA
18. ecosystem stabil- the total number of species is fairly consistant from year to year---the same species
ity were present each year--- the population size of each species was approximately
the same from year to year
19. endangered A species whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction
species
20. exponential growth pattern in which the individuals in a population reproduce at a constant
growth rate
21. food web a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
22. gene sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait
23. genetic diversity the amount of variation in the genetic material within all members of a popualtion
24. genetic variation The variety of different types of genes in a species or population.
25. genotype an organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations
26. greenhouse ef- natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by carbon dioxide,
fect methane, water vapor, and other gases
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