Organelle that stores DNA
What is the nucleus?
What is the definition of diffusion?
Movement of molecules from an area of high concentration of an area of low concentration
Adenine always pairs with this base
The phase of mitosis in which chromosomes are lined up by spindle fibers along the centerline of the cell
What stage of the cell cycle do cells spend most of their life in?
interphase
Organelle studded with ribosomes that processes proteins
What is rough ER
Movement of water from areas of high to low concentration
What is osmosis
Cytosine always pairs with this base
The phase of mitosis in which the nuclear envelope dissolves and DNA condenses into chromosomes
prophase
What type of cells can differentiate into any kind of specialized cell?
Stem cells
Two organelles that responsible for generating (or converting) energy for the cell
What are chloroplast and mitochondria?
A cell that is floating in a hypertonic solution of sugar has ________ sugar than the solution
less
The name for the overall structure of DNA
What is a double helix?
The phase of mitosis in which nuclear envelopes reform and the process that follows it.
telophase and cytokinesis.
List the steps for putting away a microscope safely
Turn the microscope off
Switch to lowest power objective lens
Lower the stage all the way
Carry to cabinet holding the arm and base
Membrane bound organelle used for storage of things like water and nutrients
vacuole
What would have to happen for a cell in a hypotonic sugar solution to be isotonic with the solution?
Sugar would move out of the cell
DNA codes for this
The input(s) and output(s) of mitosis.
Input: 1 parent cell
Outputs: 2 identical daughter cells
During which phase AND sub-phase of the cell life cycle is DNA replicated?
Penultimate destination for proteins; responsible for final packaging
What is Golgi apparatus?
What results were we expecting to get for the membrane movement lab and why
Sugar can cross membrane because it is a small molecule but starch can't because it's a large molecule
What are a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base?
During _________, chromosomes are split into __________ ___________ at their ____________.
Anaphase, sister chromatids, centromeres
Three things plant cells have that animal cells don't
What are large central vacuoles, chloroplasts, and cell walls?