Big Idea 3

1. Diploid: Diploid describes any organism with two sets of chromosomes such as this Texas privet.

3. Eukaryote: A eukaryote is any organism with a nucleus and other membraned organelles. All plants are eukaryotes, therefor this rosemary bush is a eukaryote.

5. Gamete: A gamete is a reproductive cell in organisms that reproduce sexually. The pollen on this red leaf photinia are gametes because pollen is the male sex cell of plants.

7. Evidence of different alleles: Different alleles for the same trait create different qualities for the same trait, such eye color or fur color such as the hamsters in the picture.

8. Flock, herd, or schooling: A schooling is a the movement of fish of the same species in groups for ecological advantages. Fish such as these in the picture move in schools.

9. Behavior: Behavior is the range of actions and mannerisms made by organisms in conjunction with their environment. This Short-hair hamster is reacting to the environment by hiding inside the little house.

11. Herbivory responses: Herbivory responses are the traits of a herbivore that allow for increased feeding on plants. These birds' beaks are adapted to best get food from their natural surroundings.

15. Meiosis: Meiosis is the process by which a germ-line cell is divided into sex cells. The germ-line cells of the flower of the Camellia in this picture went through meiosis to create the pollen that can be seen.

19. Seed dispersal method: Seed dispersal method is  the method of movement or transportation of seeds away from the parent plant. The foxtail pictured had seeds that are able to stick to fur and clothes so that animals and humans transport the seeds involuntarily.

20. Tropism: Tropism is the growth or turning of an organism in response to an environmental stimulus. These vines grow up towards the sun.