Biology Now, 2e

Answers ■ A35 Figure 19.10 Q1: In what year did the bald eagle population rise to more than 2,000 breeding pairs? A1: About 1986 ...

A36fiffAnswers Figure 20.5 Q1: What species eats the coyote? A1: The gray wolf. Q2: What species does the coyote eat? A2: The vo ...

Answers ■ A37 bad-tasting prey will it learn to avoid anything that looks similar to the prey it encountered. Q3: Why is camoufl ...

A38fiffAnswers ANSWERS TO FIGURE QUESTIONS Figure 21.3 Q1: What percentage of the original 10,000 Kilocalories is available to a ...

Glossary ■ G1 Glossary A abiotic Nonliving. Compare biotic. acid A chemical compound that loses hydrogen ions (H+) in aque- ous ...

G2 fiffGlossary autosome Any chromosome that is not one of the sex chromosomes. autotroph A metabolic producer, an organism that ...

Glossary ■ (^) G3 cartilage A dense tissue of the skeleton that combines strength with flexibility. It is found almost everywher ...

G4 fiffGlossary condensation The transition from gas to liquid. Compare evap- oration. conjugation The physical process of trans ...

Glossary ■ (^) G5 dominant allele An allele that prevents a second allele from affecting the phenotype when the two alleles are ...

G6 fiffGlossary F F 1 generation The first generation of offspring in a series of genetic crosses. Compare F 2 generation and P ...

Glossary ■ (^) G7 glycolysis The first of three stages of cellular respiration. During glycolysis, sugars (mainly glucose) are s ...

G8 fiffGlossary intermediate fossil A fossil that displays physical characteristics in between those of two known fossils in a f ...

Glossary ■ (^) G9 different daughter cells. Each homologous chromosome lines up with its partner and then separates to the two e ...

G10fiffGlossary nucleotide pair See base pair. nucleus (pl. nuclei) 1. The dense core of an atom, which contains protons and neu ...

Glossary ■ (^) G11 pollen In plants, a microscopic structure containing sperm cells that can be lofted into the air in massive q ...

G12fiffGlossary recessive genetic disorder A genetic disorder that is inherited as a recessive trait on an autosome. Compare dom ...

Glossary ■ (^) G13 solution Any combination of a solute and a solvent. solvent The fluid, such as water, into which a substance ...

G14fiffGlossary vertebrates Chordates that possess a backbone. vesicle A sac, formed by the bulging inward or outward of a secti ...

Credits ■ C1 Credits Photos and Text Front Matter Page vii top: Jonathan Mays, Wildlife Biologist, Maine Department of Inland Fi ...

C2 fiffCredits Nishinaga/Science Source; center and bottom: David M. Phillips/Science Source. Chapter 5 Pages 78–79: Michael Mel ...