Dubj Science Word Scramble
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| A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area at the same time is called a | Population |
| The place where an organism lives and has its needs met is its | Habitat |
| Includes the living organisms and the nonliving environment in which they live | A forest ecosystem |
| The name given to an organism that uses the sun's energy to make its own food | Producer |
| Any resource that is needed by an organism but is in low supply could be described as a | Limiting factor |
| A species that is not normally found in an area is referred to as | Exotic |
| The study of interactions between organisms and their environment is | Ecology |
| A fight between organisms for the same resource is | Competition |
| An organism's way of life including how it meets its needs for survival is described as a | Niche |
| Many different species of organisms living in one place is descrived as a | Community |
| An organism that eats another organism for food is a | Consumer |
| Food, water, shelter are examples of a | Resource |
| The portion of Earth where all life exists is the | Biosphere |
| A species that is normally found in an area is referred to as | Native |
| A dead tree would be classified as | Biotic |
| The boundary layer of gases between Earth's surface and space is | Atmosphere |
| The conversion of liquid water to water vapor is | Evaporation |
| The gas required as an input of respiration is | Oxygen |
| A combination of minerals, rocks and humus make up | Soil |
| The method of obtaining energy without the use of sunlight is | Chemosynthesis |
| Water would be classified as ______________ because it has never been alive | Abiotic |
| The most abundant gas located in Earth's atmosphere is | Nitrogen |
| The average weather of an area can be described as | Climate |
| The gas released as an output of respiration is | Carbon Dioxide |
| The conversion of water vapor to liquid water is | Condensation |
| Reference to the proximity of a location on Earth between the equator and the poles is | Latitude |
| Reference to a location on Earth and its proximity to sea level is | Elevation |
| Water that falls from the atmosphere to Earth's surface is | Precipitation |
| Sunlight heating up the surface of a puddle causing it to dry up would be which phase of the water cycle | Evaporation |
| The grass being covered in dew in the morning after a clear night without rain would be which phase of the water cycle | Condensation |
| A plant's leaves starting to wilt during a hot summer day would be which phase of the water cycle | Transpiration |
| Snow falling during a cold winter day would be which phase of the water cycle | Precipitation |
| Which process would describe energy being released from glucose molecules | Respiration |
| Which process would describe light energy being converted into chemical energy | Photosynthesis |
| Which process would describe bacteria releasing energy from sulfur molecules | Chemosynthesis |
| Which process would describe bacteria releasing nutrients that are usable for plants | Nitrogen Fixation |
| Tool used to predict the possible offspring of a mating | Punnett Square |
| The way an organism looks and behaves | Phenotype |
| Allele represented with a capital letter (T) | Dominant |
| Genetic makeup of an organism | Genotype |
| An organism that receives different genetic information from each parent | Hybrid |
| Many genes working together to produce a trait | Polygenic Inheritance |
| The allele for color blindness found on the X chromosome | Sex-linked Gene |
| Same combination of alleles (TT, tt) | Homozygous |
| Allele represented with a lower case letter (t) | Recessive |
| Used with bacteria to make insulin | Rocombinant DNA |
| Passing on traits from parents to offspring | Heredity |
| Different combination of alleles (Tt) | Heterozygous |
| He crossed pea plants | Gregor Mendel |
| Method of reproduction used by yeast | Budding |
| Used by amoebas to move | Pseudopod |
| Reproductive cell of a fungus | Spore |
| Plant-like protists | Algae |
| Used by euglenas to move | Flagella |
| Breaks down dead organisms | Saprophyte |
| Produced by an imperfect fungi | Antibiotic |
| Fungal association with plant roots | Mychorrizae |
| Animal-like protists | Protozoan |
| Spore case used by yeast | Ascus |
| The "roots" of a fungus | Hyphae |
| Used by a paramecium to move | Cilia |
| The mushrooms that you eat on a pizza would be classified as what type of fungi | Club |
| The combination of fungus and a green algae or cyanobacterium is classified as a | Lichen |
| Animal-like protists are classified based on | How they move |
| Slime molds move using | Pseudopods |
| The structure used by club fungi to hold their spores is a | Basidium |
| Which type of protist contains silica in its protective covering | Diatoms |
| Protozoans that cannot move on their own are | Parasites |
| The type of algae that can be found in the deepest part of the ocean is | Red |
| A protist capable of making its own food and eating bacteria is | Euglena |
| The three main groups of fungi | Sac fungi, Club fungi & Zygote fungi |
| Rod shaped bacteria | Bacillus |
| Swelling on a plant root containing bacteria | Nodule |
| Used to treat a bacteria disease | Antibiotic |
| Any poisonous substance | Toxin |
| Bacteria that does not require oxygen | Anaerobe |
| Breaks down dead organisms | Saprophyte |
| Bacteria that makes nitrogen for plants | Nitrogen-fixing |
| Anything that causes disease | Pathogen |
| Sphere shaped bacteria | Cocci |
| Protective coating on a bacteria | Endospore |
| Used to help bacteria move | Flagella |
| Bacteria that requires oxygen | Aerobe |
| The method of cleaning up an ecosystem using bacteria to break down harmful compounds is | Bioremediation |
| The term that describes most bacteria is | Beneficial |
| The structure that allows bacteria to stick to surfaces is | Gel capsule |
| What organisms can grow as blooms in ponds | Cyanobacteria |
| Which organism is a recycler in the environment | Saprophyte |
| What is caused by a pathogenic bacterium | Botulism |
| The two kingdoms of bacteris include archaebacteria and | Eubacteria |
| The type of bacteria most likely to be found in a deap ocean vent is | Anaerobic bacteria |
| Two foods made by bacteria include | Sauerkraut and cheese |
| The three main shapes of bacteria are | Rod, sphere and spiral |
| Rod shaped bacteria are called | Bacilli |
| Sphere shaped bacteria are called | Cocci |
| Spiral shaped bacteria are called | Spirilla |
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