nature of science
a conclusion you make based on your observations
What is an inference?
matter cannot be created or destroyed- it can only change forms
what is the law of conservation of matter?
healing, growth, and replacing cells
What is the goal of mitosis?
A genotype where the 2 alleles are the same
what is homozygous?
The phase of the cell cycle where the cell grows and does its job
What is interphase?
What is a line graph?
A molecule whose formula is C6H12O6
What is glucose?
a cell with half the number of chromosomes
what is a haploid cell?
the father of modern genetics
Who was gregor mendel?
What DNA stands for.
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
Lines on a bar graph that show the variability around the mean
What are error bars?
Something that has mass, takes up space and is made of atoms
What is matter?
The first phase of mitosis
What is prophase?
the spot on a tRNA that complementary base pairs with the mRNA codon
What is an anti-codon?
the number of chromosomes in human diploid cells
what is 46?
An observation that includes numbers
What is a quantitative observation?
the type of energy that is described as heat
What is thermal energy?
the number of cells that are produced in meiosis
The complementary RNA strand to this DNA strand: AAA TAT CGC
What is UUU AUA GCG?
energy cannot be created or destroyed- it can only be transferred or change forms
what is the law of conservation of energy?
the basic unit of structure and function in all living things
What is the cell?
the four types of macromolecules
what are lipids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids and proteins
Part of the cell cycle that allows or prevents cells from proceeding through the cycle
what is a checkpoint?
The enzyme that separates DNA strands during replication and transcription
What is helices?
Sunlight+ carbon dioxide +water---> Glucose + oxygen
What is photosynthesis?