7th Grade Science L to J

An inherited trait that helps an organism survive reproduce in its environment.

• Adaptation

• Eukaryote

• Producer

• Cellular Resporation

Reproduction where one organism produces one or more new organisms that are identical to itself.

• Asexual Reproduction

• consumer

• gene

• T-rex

Match the following vocab word with the correct definition.

• Chromosome

• The molecule that powers many of the chemical reactions that allow cells to survive

• Cellular Respiration

• Visible structures that are found in the nucleus and made up of DNA

• ATP

• Organisms that cannot create energy but instead get food by eating other organisms

• Cell

• The process of breaking down food to produce ATP

• Consumer

• The smallest unit that can perform all life processes. Covered by a membrane and contains DNA and cytoplasm

Match the following

• Ecology

• Organisms that break down the remains of dead organisms

• Eukaryote

• A cell or or organism that has clearly defined nucleus and membrane bound organelles

• Evolution

• The process where populations change over time because of the characteristics they inherit

• Dominant

• The study of the interactions of an organism with one another and the environment

• Decompose

• Describes an allele that is fully expressed whenever the allele is present in an individual

Segments of DNA found on chromosomes

• Adaptation

• Cell

• Evolution

• Gene

The passing of genetic material from parent to offspring

• Parent

• ATP

• Heredity

• Ecology

Match the following vocab with the correct definition:

• When plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food

• Natural Selection

• A living thing. Anything that can carry out the life process independently

• Homeostasis

• An organism having or consisting of many cells

• Multicellular

• The process where organisms with favorable traits are more likely to survive and reproduce

• Photosynthesis

• The maintenance of constant internal state in a changing environment

• Organism

A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.

• Evolution

• Adaptation

• Population

• Prokaryote

Match the following

• An allele that will be masked unless the organism is homozygous for th trait.

• Recessive

• Organisms that can create their

• Sexual Reproduction

• Reproduction in which the sex cells from 2 parents unite to produce offspring& share parent traits

• Unicellular

• Organisms made up of a single cell

• Prokaryote

• A single celled organism that does not have a nucleus or membrane bound to organelles.

• Producer