Biology: Semester II Final Exam Review
Seed plant adaptations
Most physically diverse kingdom
Heterotroph
Characteristics that all animals share
Vertebrates
Homologous chromosomes
Product of meiosis in humans
Diploid cell type
Gene
Heterozygous
Homozygous
Punnett square—how to read one
Dominant vs. Recessive alleles
Crossing over
Recessive sex-linked trait in males vs. females
Polygenic trait
Recessive phenotype – what would parental genotypes be for an offspring to show
Karyotype
Complementary bases in DNA
Complementary bases in RNA
Central dogma
How amino acids are coded
How many genetic codes there are for all organisms
Clone
Gene therapy
Adaptation
Carolus Linnaeus
Artificial selection
2 processes organisms with beneficial traits are able to do
Gene flow
Carbon cycle
Biodiversity
Biotic vs. abiotic factors
Major providers of energy – trophic level
Autotroph
Keystone species
Biome
3 survivorship curve types
2 processes that increase population
Exponential growth pattern
Pioneer species
Secondary succession
Most abundant group of organisms
Taxa levels in order
Molecular clocks
Number of domains
Number of kingdoms
Binomial nomenclature
Type of evidence that is most accurate in classification
Virus
Prion
Lysogenic infection
Bacterium structure
Antibiotics
Prokaryotic reproduction
Protozoa
Trait that algae share with plants