1. Visual vocab part 1

2. Organisms that can make their own food
Autotroph (image on left is cyanobacteria)

3. The dynamic equilibrium that organisms maintain in response to changes in their environment
Homeostasis

4. The change in the genetics of a population over time
Evolution (the bottom left is the evolution of the whale)

5. A charged atom (due to loss or gain of electrons)
Ion (the bottom is Mg)

6. A less concentrated solution
hypotonic

7. An organism whose cells have nuclei & other membrane-bound organelles
Eukaryote

8. A genetic change (physical or behavioral) that helps an organism survive in its environment
Adaptation

9. A structure that is similar in different organisms, but adapted for a different purpose
Homologous structures

10. The process of copying the DNA message into mRNA
Transcription

11. The type of RNA that brings the amino acid to the ribosome
tRNA
Anticodon

12. The process by which gametes are made
Meiosis

13. Set of 3 nucleotides in mRNA
codon

14. Chemical compound containing carbon
Organic compound

15. Classification of organisms with no organelles
prokaryote

16. Taxonomic Level one level more specific than kingdom
phylum

17. A living factor that contributes to an ecosystem
Biotic factor

18. Taxonomic Level one level more specific than phylum
class

19. Set of letters that represents the alleles present for a gene
genotype

20. The degree of variation of life
diversity

21. Membrane bound subunit of a cell with a particular function
Cell organelles

22. Nucleic acid essential for gene expression and protein synthesis
rna

23. Type of inheritance that leads to a mixture of two traits.
codominance

24. Taxonomic level that is one level more specific than Family
genus

25. Process by which evolution takes place.
Natural selection

26. Building block of proteins
Amino acid

27. The process of molecules moving from high to low concentration
diffusion

28. The process of copying genetic information
Dna replication

29. The process of passing on your best traits for survival
Survival of the fittest

30. Structure responsible for translation of mRNA into a protein
ribosome

31. A measure of the tendency of individual genotypes in a population to vary from one another.
Genetic variability

32. Polymer of nucleotides
Nucleic acid

33. Amount of solutes inside the cell equal to outside the cell
Amount of solutes inside the cell equal to outside the cell. The solution would be?
isotonic