Scientists
What scientist discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection?
Who is Charles Darwin?
The study of microscopic organisms
What is microbiology?
Amount of space occupied by an object
What is volume?
The jelly-like substance inside a cell's membrane?
What is the ribosome?
Process by which plants convert light energy into chemical energy?
What is photosynthesis?
What two scientists discovered that DNA was a double-helix?
Who is James Watson and Francis Crick?
The science of life and living organisms
What is biology?
Standard unit of mass
What is the kilogram?
The difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
What is prokaryotic cells lack membrane-bound organelles and a nucleus, while eukaryotic cells have them.
What is mRNA and tRNA?
What scientist contributed to the development of cell theory using a microscope?
Who is Robert Hooke?
Biological macromolecule that carries hereditary information in many organisms
What is DNA?
Standard unit of volume
What is the liter?
Word equation for photosynthesis
carbon dioxide + water + light energy ----> glucose + oxygen
The membrane that surrounds the cell and regulates what goes in and out?
What is the cell membrane?
What scientist used X-ray crystallography to discover the structure of DNA?
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
Large organelle made of membranous sheets and tubules that begin near the nucleus and extend across the cell. It creates, packages, and secretes many of the products created by a cell
What is the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)?
1/1000 of a liter; equal to 1 cm^3
What is a milliliter?
Chemical equation for photosynthesis
6CO2 + 6H2O ---> C6H12O6+ 6O2
Two major types of biological cycles
What is the carbon and nitrogen cycle?
What scientist first used the term "gene" using his botany background to study the genetic traits of plants.
Who is Wilhelm Johannsen?
Expression of a number using powers of 10
What is scientific notation?
Best unit to measure most cells
What is the micrometre?
In a population of 100 butterflies, 40 are homozygous dominant for wing color (CC), 30 are heterozygous (Cc), and 30 are homozygous recessive (cc). What is the percent of the population that is expected to exhibit the recessive wing color trait?
The name of the process where cells divide?
What is mitosis?