Cell Structure & Processes
The "brain" or control center of the eukaryotic cell.
What is the Nucleus?
The molecule that carries genetic information in all living things.
What is DNA?
An organism that makes its own food, usually through sunlight.
What is a Producer?
The organ responsible for pumping blood throughout the body.
What is the Heart?
The process of a cell dividing into two identical daughter cells.
What is Mitosis?
The powerhouse of the cell where ATP energy is produced.
What is the Mitochondria?
The shape of the DNA molecule.
What is a Double Helix?
An animal that eats only plants.
What is an Herbivore?
The system that breaks down food into nutrients.
What is the Digestive System?
The green pigment required for photosynthesis.
What is Chlorophyll?
Organelle found in plant cells but not animal cells that performs photosynthesis.
What is the Chloroplast?
A different form of a gene, often described as dominant or recessive.
What is an Allele?
The living components of an ecosystem (plants, animals, fungi).
What are Biotic factors?
Tiny sacs in the lungs where oxygen is exchanged for carbon dioxide.
What are Alveoli?
The structural unit of most organisms.
What is a Cell?
The process of water moving across a semi-permeable membrane.
What is Osmosis?
The set of observable characteristics of an individual (physical traits).
What is a Phenotype?
The non-living components of an ecosystem (sunlight, water, soil).
What are Abiotic factors?
Blood components that play a significant role in blood clotting.
What are Platelets?
A protein that acts as a biological catalyst to speed up reactions.
What is an Enzyme?
The gel-like substance that fills the cell and surrounds the organelles.
What is Cytoplasm?
In a Punnett Square, this type of allele is only expressed if two copies are present.
What is a Recessive allele?
An organism that breaks down dead organic matter.
What is a Decomposer?
The body's maintenance of a stable internal environment, such as temperature.
What is Homeostasis?
The theory that explains how species change over time.
What is Evolution?