Random Facts
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Diamond
What does DNA stand for?
deoxyribonucleic acid
What is the term for one parent producing identical offspring?
asexual reproduction
What process produces new body cells like skin and muscle?
Mitosis
How many parents are involved in sexual reproduction?
two
What is the longest bone in the human body?
femur
Where in the cell are chromosomes found
the nucleus
bacteria commonly use what type of reproduction
binary fission
In which process are cells with half the original chromosomes created?
meiosis
A zygote is formed when what two cells combine?
egg and sperm
How many bones are in the human body
206
What base pairs with guanine in DNA
cytosine
What kind of asexual reproduction involves growing a new organism from a broken-off piece?
fragmentation
What is the name of the stage where DNA is copied before mitosis?
interphase
What type of cell has only one set of chromosomes?
Haploid
What pigment gives plants their green color?
Chlorophyll
Which of the following is not a feature of DNA: self-replication, being passed to offspring, coding for chromosomes, or being stored in the cell nucleus
coding for chromosomes
Growing new plants from stolons is an example of what type of asexual reproduction
vegetative reproduction
What are the protein structures that help pull chromosomes apart during mitosis?
spindle fibres
What is the main advantage of sexual reproduction?
Genetic Variation
Roughly how many cells are in the human body
37 Trillion.
What is the correct complementary strand for the DNA sequence GTGCAATCGCTT
CACGTTAGCGAA
A leaf growing into a new African violet plant is an example of which asexual method?
Vegetative Reproduction
What is it called when segments of DNA are exchanged between non-sister chromatids during meiosis?
crossing over
Each inherited trait is determined by what units passed from both parents?
Genes