Biology
Large central vacuole, a cell wall, and chloroplasts
What are the features of a plant cell?
An organelle found in plant cells that is the site of photosynthesis
What is chloroplast?
An organelle that is involved in producing the cell’s energy
What is mitochondrion?
Genetic material all living cells contain
its unique shape
What is DNA?
what is double helix?
Segments of dna that are codes for specific proteins
What are genes?
A cell that has a nucleus or other membrane bound organelles
What is a eukaryotic cell?
A fertilized egg cell
What is a zygote?
The phase of the cell cycle when the nucleus divides
What is mitosis?
A compound that accepts a proton when dissolved in a solution
What is a base?
The link between dna in the nucleus and protein synthesis
What is RNA?
The movement of molecules in a fluid or gas from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration
What is diffusion?
A structure that is involved in making proteins in the cell
What is a ribosome?
Controls movement of substances into and out of the cell
What is the plasma membrane?
A cell that can divide for long periods of time while remaiming undifferentiated
What is a stem cell?
The four different types of nucleotides in dna
What are adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine?
This process, a type of diffusion, in which water molecules move across a semipermeable membrane from an area of higher water concentration to an area of lower water concentration
What is osmosis?
The release of substances out of a cell by the fusion of a vesicle with the membrane
What is exocytosis?
A substance that decreases the activation energy needed to start a chemical reaction
What is a catalyst?
One phosphorus with four oxygens
what is a phosphate group?
The two main steps of protein synthesis
What are transcription and translation?
The process of taking liquids or large molecules into a cell by engulfing them in a membrane
What is endocytosis?
The name given to a group of related cells organized together to perform a specific function
What is tissue function?
The portion of the cell cycle where cells grow, carry out normal functions and prepare for cell division
What is interphase?
Monomer that forms dna and has a phosphate group, a sugar and a nitrogen containing base
What is a nucleotide?
Molecules that make up proteins
What are amino acids?