BioS 101
9A spring 2008 exam 1 vocabulary
abundance,
N
acid
acute
age
specific
aging
agriculture
annual
antibiotic
antibody
antigen
apomixis
aquatic
aquifer
Archaea
attribute
authority
backbone
base
pairing
batch
culture
biennial
biological
species
breed
calorie
categorical
variable
Celsius
scale
clay
clonal life cycle
combinations
complementary
consecutive
contagious
continuity
of life
control
conventional wisdom
cultural growth
cycle
cycle (in
biology)
density
direct
sequencing
directional
DNA
sequence
doubling
time
electrophoresis
endosymbiosis
energy
epidemic
equilibrium
erosion
evapotranspiration
experimental design
exponential
growth
fecundity
flower
& sexes
gametes
genetic
uniqueness
genus
geometric
growth
groundwater
half life
haploid
hierarchical =nested
homology
horizontal
gene transfer
host
(biology)
hydrogen bond
hypothesis
incidence
infectious
intelligent
design
invasive
species
kcalorie =Calorie
Koch’s
postulates
lineage
loess
soil
log
growth
lysis
malaria
mating
mating
types
maximum
growth rate
mean
measurement
variable
median
mitosis
mutation
natural
selection
nested
net
reproductive rate
nitrogen
fixation
NPP
null
hypothesis
observation
offspring
oxidation
paraphyletic
parthenogenesis
per
capita rate
pH
phenotype
phylogeny
plasmid
polar/non-polar
pollination
population
prevalence
primary
structure
probability
productivity
public
health
quarantine
radioactive
decay
randomization
relative
humidity
repeatability
replication
reproducibility
reproduction
residence
time
resistant
reverse
transcriptase
Rhizobium
sand
scientific
name
selfing
sequence
sex
sexes
sexual
dimorphism
silt
species
specific
epithet
stable
isotopes
survivorship
symbiosis
syndrome
testable
hypothesis
treatment
group
tree of
life
vaccination
vector
virulent
wastewater
water treatment
zygote