Science Vocab🦠
What does Mitosis mean?
A process of a cell division that forms two new nuclei
What does tariff mean?
Tax on imports or exports
What did Gregor Mendel discover about heredity?
Gregor Mendel, through his work on pea plants, discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance.
What is a cell?
A cell is the smallest unit that can live on its own and that makes up all living organisms and the tissues of the body.
Who was John Locke?
John Locke was an English philosopher
What does Prokaryote mean?
A single-celled organism that does not have a nucleus or a membrane-bound organelles
What does accumulate mean?
To collect, gather
What is the role of DNA in determing an organisms traits?
DNA carries all the information for your physical characteristics
A molecule that contains information that determines traits
DNA
Whos foreces defeted by Anthony Wayne in the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
St. Clairs
What does chromosome mean?
In a eucaryotic cell, one of the structures in the nucleus that are made up of DNA and protein
What is a tradition?
Cultural beliefs and practices
What does Dominant mean?
In genetics, describes a allele that is fully expressed whenever the allele is present in a individual
What is the difference between meiosis and mitosis?
Mitosis is a type of cell division for somatic cells and the asexual reproduction of unicellular eukaryotic cells. Meiosis is the type of cell division that occurs during the production of gametes in sexual reproduction.
Which document first attempted to stop slavery in the US?
The northwest ordinance
What does heredity mean?
The passing of genetic material from parent to offspring
What does impeachment mean?
the bringing of charges against an official
What is incomplete dominance?
A condition in which two alleles are expressed such that the phenotype of a heterozygous individual is an intermediate of the phenotypes of the two homozygous parents
What does PMAT stand for?
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
What was the armed protest of western Pennsylvania farmers in 1794 called?
Homologous chromosomes
chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structure
What is the committee of correspondence?
An organization that spread political ideas through the colonies
What gene is this:
dd
dominant recesive
___ is this process in which plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to make food
What made Americans cautious about placing too much power in the hands of a single ruler?
The experience of the British rule