General Biology
These traits determine if an organism is considered living
What are the 8 characteristics of life?
The structural units of all organisms?
What are cells?
Studied pea plants to determine inheritance patterns in life
Who is Gregor Mendel
These cells can either be cocci, sprilli, and bacili.
What are bacteria?
This organ absorbed water in the digestive system
What is the large intestine.
One allele is considered dominant and the other is considered recessive
What is a heterozygous genotype.
This type of cell does not contain a nucleus
What is a prokaryote?
This tissue allows for the heart to contract
What is cardiac muscle tissue?
All living things have cells
The cell is the smallest unit of life
All cells come from pre-existing cells
What is the principles of the cell theory
A disease where the control mechanisms of cells becomes altered and cells do not stop dividing.
What is cancer?
What is the central dogma of Biology
This structure contains a protein coat that houses genetic material and does not have the ability to reproduce independently
What is a virus?
This process allows food to move through the digestive system so that humans can eat in any direction.
What is peristalsis?
Plant undergo a cellular process known as photosynthesis in order to obtain energy for life. Using the power of the sun, all plants can make their own food.
What is a autotroph
When a cell divides the cell will enter into G1, S, G2, mitosis, and cytokinesis
What is the cell cycle
This molecule is made of nucleotides that contain a phosphate, sugar, and a base arranged as a double helix structure.
What is DNA
This condition compromises the immune system of humans by synthesizing DNA from RNA.
What is a retrovirus?
When muscle fiber shorten so that the humans can move
What are muscle contractions?
In animal cells O2 and glucose are consumed, and CO2, water and ATP are produced
What is cellular respiration
In order for an organism to reproduce, the chromosome number must decrease by half.
What is haploid?
Glow in the dark pigs have been genetically engineered in a lab to contain the glow in the dark gene found naturally in jellyfish.
What is a transgenic organism?
A metabolic process that takes place when oxygen is not present and ethanol is made
What is alcoholic fermentation?
The acid in the stomach breaks down proteins
What is chemical digestion?