Properties of Water
Adhesion
Water sticking to other objects
homeostasis
Maintaining equilibrium
ATP stands for
Adenosine Triphosphate
Ribosome
Synthesizes proteins
Mitosis
The process of cell division
Polarity
Molecule that has a positive side and a negative side
What is reproduction?
An organism is able to produce an offspring
Photosynthesis
The process of plants creating usable energy from sunlight, CO2, & Water
Golgi Apparatus
Packaging center. Materials for the cell and organized, packaged and shipped
Interphase
Cell spends the most time in this stage
Surface Tension
The "skin" like surface on the top of a body of water that is caused by the cohesive forces between the water molecules
Hypothesis
An educated guess on what you predict will happen
Cellular Respiration
Organisms converting O2 and Glucose into usable energy, producing CO2 and Water
Nucleus
Holds all DNA and genetic information. Control center for the cell
Metaphase
Chromosomes are lined up in the middle
Hydrogen bonds
found between water molecules
External Stimuli
Organism responding to external changes in their environment
Homotropy
Creates own energy
Vacuole
Storage of materials and water for the cell. *Plant cells only have one
Chromosome
Coiled up DNA
Cohesion
water sticking to other water molecules
Living things have to be made up of _________.
Cells or DNA
Chloroplast
Where photosynthesis takes place
Cell membrane is made up of a ______________ __________.
phospholipid bilayer
Cytokinesis
The division of the cells