Biology
The role mitochondria play in cells
What is the site of aerobic respiration in cells, where ATP is produced?
This is the basic unit of life
What is the cell?
The process by which plants make their own food using sunlight
What is Photosynthesis?
This term refers to when organisms that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and produce more offspring
What is natural selection?
The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy?
What is Cellular respiration?
What is the protein that carries oxygen and what type of cell is this protein present in?
What are hemoglobin and red blood cells?
The system in the human body responsible for defending against disease and infection
What is the immune system?
The natural movement of water molecules across a semipermeable membrane from high to low concentration is called...
What is Osmosis?
This term describes the process of an organism's physical characteristics changing over time to adapt to its environment
What is Evolution?
The process converts light energy into chemical energy
What is Photosynthesis?
The molecule that carries genetic information in all living organisms
What is DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)?
The shape of DNA
What is a Double-Helix?
What is the test for protein called?
What colour changes do you see if a food contains protein?
What is the Biuret test?
The reagent starts off a blue colour and turns violet/purple in the presence of protein
What is the function of enzymes, in general, in the body?
What is...
to reduce the energy required to start a chemical reaction?
The process that produces gametes (sperm and egg cells) in animals
What is Meiosis?
The gas plants absorb from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
What is Carbon dioxide (CO2)?
The molecule other than fatty acids in triglycerides
What is glycerol?
What is the term for the process by which a single cell divides to form two identical cells?
What is Mitosis?
Which part of the cell is responsible for regulating all functions?
What is the Nucleus?
This is the type of RNA involved in protein synthesis
What is mRNA
This is the balanced chemical equation for photosynthesis
What is 6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2?
This is the difference between a communicable and non-communicable disease
What is...
Communicable diseases are caused by pathogens and can be spread between people, while non-communicable diseases cannot be transmitted and usually develop over time?
The molecule that carries energy within cells
What is ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)?
The organelle in a cell that is the site of protein production
What are Ribosomes?
Two (of three) organelles that are present in plant cells but not animal cells
What are the chloroplasts, large central vacuole, and cell wall?