What is a specialized structure inside a living cell?
100
What is cell division called?
What is mitosis?
100
What is the nucleus?
What is a double membrane‐bound organelle that contains the genetic information of the cell?
100
Male haploid cells develop into gametes called what?
What are sperm cells?
100
What is the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction?
Asexual reproduction only involves one organism while sexual reproduction requires both a male and a female.
200
What is a vacuole?
What is a membrane-bound sac that stores water, nutrients and waste?
200
What must double before mitosis can occur?
What are chromosomes?
200
What is DNA?
What is the chemical that carries genetic information?
200
What is a zygote?
What is a diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes?
200
What are 3 advantages of asexual reproduction?
1. It saves time and energy
2. Mobility is not required
3. Numerous offspring can be produced at minimal cost to the parent.
4. Populations can grow quickly.
5. Offspring are genetically identical to their parent.
300
What do ribosomes do?
What is protein synthesis?
300
What are the 6 stages of mitosis?
What is the interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase?
300
What are chromosomes?
What is a structure that contains DNA?
300
When cells organize themselves into three layers around a hollow middle, what is it called?
What is a gastrula?
300
Reproduction takes longer; is that a disadvantage of sexual or asexual reproduction?
What is disadvantage of sexual reproduction?
400
The mitochondria is responsible for what?
What is cell respiration?
400
What is meiosis?
What is a type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell?
400
What are four nucleotide bases?
What is Thymine, Cytosine, Adenine and Guanine?
400
What was the name of the sheep that was the first mammal to be cloned from the DNA of an adult?
What is Dolly the sheep?
400
What are the 5 types of asexual reproduction?
What is budding, fragmentation, spores, vegetative reproduction and binary fission?
500
What is the difference between cytosol and cytoplasm?
Cytoplasm is the collective term for cytosol + the organelles in it.
500
How many chromosomes does a human haploid cell have?
What are 23 chromosomes?
500
What is the mRNA sequence for the DNA code: AAT GCT GAC TCA
What is UUA CGA CUG AGU?
500
What is In Vitro Fertilization?
What is a procedure where eggs are harvested from a woman's body, and fertilized in a laboratory with her partners sperm to create embryos that are later used for pregnancy
500
Why is genetic diversity important?
Genetic diversity means that in a population, there will be some individuals who are better suited to different environmental conditions. This gives the species as a whole a better chance of surviving.