Cell Biology
This is the powerhouse of the cell.
What is the Mitochondria?
This organelle stores genetic information.
What is the Nucleus?
This insulating covering around axons increases the speed of nerve impulse conduction.
What is Myelin?
Global warming involves depletion of this atmospheric layer.
What is the Ozone Layer?
This infectious agent is not considered a living organism, yet it can reproduce inside a host cell.
What is a virus?
This macromolecule composes the majority of cellular membranes.
What are Phospholipids?
Genetic material is wrapped around these proteins in eukaryotic cells.
What are Histones?
This muscle is the primary muscle responsible for breathing.
What is the Diaphragm?
This renewable energy source harnesses heat from Earth's interior to generate electricity or provide heating.
What is Geothermal Energy?
These viruses specifically infect bacterial cells.
What are Bacteriophages?
This type of transport utilizes ATP to push molecules against their respective gradients.
What is Primary Active Transport?
These alterations are how an organism’s cells show different phenotypes despite possessing the same genetic code.
What are Epigenetic Modifications?
This gland releases cortisol into the bloodstream.
What is the Adrenal Gland?
The ability of Earth's surface to reflect incoming solar radiation is known by this term.
What is Albedo?
This organism is formed by a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and an alga or cyanobacterium.
What is a Lichen?
This stem cell gives rise to all blood and immune cells.
What are Hematopoietic Stem Cells?
The protein modification resulting from a one-base insertion or deletion in a coding sequence.
What is a Frameshift Mutation?
This gas exchange process occurs between the alveoli and pulmonary capillaries.
What is external respiration?
The maximum population size an environment can sustainably support is known as this.
What is Carrying Capacity?
This process allows bacteria to take up free DNA from their environment and incorporate it into their own genome.
What is Translocation?
The product of glycolysis is converted into this molecule before entering the citric acid cycle.
What is Acetyl-CoA?
This enzyme methylates and degrades catecholamines such as dopamine and is a candidate gene for schizophrenia susceptibility.
What is COMT?
This valve closes when ventricular pressure exceeds atrial pressure at the beginning of the ventricular systole.
What is the Atrioventricular (AV) Valve?
Excess nutrients in a body of water leading to algal blooms and oxygen depletion is called this.
What is Eutrophication?
This molecule is found in the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria and can trigger a strong immune response.
What is Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)?