Biology Vocabulary

 

active/passive transport

aerobic/ anaerobic respiration

allele

analogous

autotroph/heterotroph

biogeochemical cycle

biological succession

biomass

carrying capacity

catalyst

cell organelles (nucleolus,

Golgi apparatus,

endoplasmic reticulum)

cloning

concentration gradient

convergent/divergent evolution

DNA fingerprint

dihybrid cross

diploid/haploid

dynamic equilibrium

endo/exocytosis

enzyme

eukaryote/prokaryote

evolution

hetero/homozygous

homeostasis

homologous

hyper/hypotonic solution

innate/learned behavior

karyotype

Linnean taxonomy

macromolecules

meiosis

mitochondrial DNA

modes of inheritance

(incomplete dominance,

multiple alleles,

polygenic)

mutation

natural selection

nucleic acid

pedigree

phylogeny

plasmolysis

population growth curve

protein synthesis

RNA                                  

Academic Vocabulary