Cells
The process by which cells divide to create identical daughter cells.
What is Mitosis?
The building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
The shape of DNA is known as this.
What is a double helix?
The scientist that proposed the theory of natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
The organelles that carry out photosynthesis.
What are chloroplasts?
The 4 nitrogen bases found in DNA.
What are Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine?
The two types of cell division.
What are Meiosis and Mitosis?
An organism that can produce its own food.
What is an autotroph?
The green pigment in plants.
What is chlorophyll?
The jelly-like substance that fills a cell.
What is cytoplasm?
This organ filters waste from blood and produces urine.
What is the kidney?
Chart used to predict genetic traits of future offspring.
What are Punnett Squares?
The term for a species that plays a critical role in its ecosystem.
What is a keystone species?
The chemical equation for photosynthesis.
6CO2 + 6H2O —> C6H12O6 + 6O2
What is 6 Carbon Dioxide + 6 Water -> 1 Glucose + 6 Oxygen?
The structures that help cells move, used like tails by certain bacteria.
What are Flagella/cilia?
The process by which the body maintains a stable internal environment despite external changes.
What is homeostasis?
The 'father' of genetics.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
The term for the maximum number of individuals an environment can support.
What is carrying capacity?
The process where water evaporates from a plant’s leaves, helping pull water up from the roots.
What is transpiration?
The organelle found in plant cells but not in animal cells, responsible for storing water.
What is the central vacuole?
This organ system regulates hormones to maintain bodily functions.
What is the endocrine system?
The law that states that the alleles of different genes segregate independently of one another.
What is the law of independent assortment?
The symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.
What is commensalism?
The small openings on leaves that regulate gas exchange and water loss.
What are stomata?