Cell Processes
The movement of particles from high concentration to low concentration
What is diffusion?
This shape describes the structure of DNA
What is double helix?
This stage of the cell cycle includes growth and DNA copying.
What is interphase?
A trait that masks another trait is described as this.
What is dominant?
Living things can produce offspring. This characteristic is called ____________.
What is reproduction?
This process allows water to move across a membrane
What is osmosis?
The sides of the DNA ladder are made of sugar and this molecule
What is phosphate?
During this mitosis stage, chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell.
What is metaphase?
The physical appearance of a trait.
What is phenotype?
Why is fire not considered living even though it uses energy?
What is it is not made of cells?
Cells divide for growth, repair, and replacement by this process.
What is mitosis?
These molecules make up the "rungs' of the DNA ladder.
What is nitrogen bases or adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine?
This stage forms two new nuclei.
What is telophase?
When both alleles are the same.
What is homozygous?
A plant bending toward sunlight is an example of which characteristic?
What is response to stimuli?
This process of mitosis is when the sister chromatids pull apart to opposite ends of the cell.
What is anaphase?
These two scientists discovered the double helix shape.
Who is Watson and Crick?
If a parent has 36 chromosomes, how many chromosomes would each daughter cell have at the end of mitosis?
What is 36?
Different forms of a gene are called this.
What are alleles?
What two levels of classification make of the scientific name?
What is Genus and Species?
Before a cell divides, it must copy this material during interphase. Give the full name.
Deoxyribonucleic acid
This process allows DNA to make an exact copy of itself. Give process and the 1st step of the process.
What is DNA replication and enzymes unzips the double helix?
During interphase, DNA exists in this loose, thread-like form AND what is the structure that helps pull apart chromosomes during mitosis.
What is chromatin and spindle fibers?
When two dominant alleles are both expressed. Give name and an example.
What is codominance and examples will vary?
What is the name of the science of sorting organisms into groups AND why do scientists use scientific names in Latin instead of common names in English?
What is taxonomy and what is they are universal and avoid confusion?