Life Science Midterm Study Guide Winter 2024

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What are flower producing plants known as?

Back

Angiosperms.

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What is the process through which organisms with certain adaptations survive to pass on their traits?

Back

Natural Selection.

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What is the control center of the cell that directs all of the cell's activities?

Back

Nucleus.

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What is it called when roots grow toward the pull of gravity?

Back

Positive gravitropism.

Front

What traits appear in a hybrid?

Back

Dominant Traits.

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What is the term for the process by which species change over time?

Back

Evolution.

Front

What is the basic unit of life?

Back

Cell.

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What is the function of the vacuole in a cell?

Back

Storage of substances.

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What is the term for the genetic makeup of an organism?

Back

Genotype.

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What is the observable physical characteristic of an organism?

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Phenotype.