This organelle is often called the “powerhouse of the cell” because it produces most of the cell’s ATP.
What is the mitochondrion?
This process allows plants to use sunlight to produce sugars.
What is photosynthesis?
This positively charged subatomic particle is found in the nucleus of an atom.
What is a proton?
The prefix tachy- means this
What is fast or rapid?
This animal is famous for changing color, although it often does so for communication and temperature regulation rather than camouflage alone.
What is a chameleon?
This type of molecule makes up most of the cell membrane and has both a hydrophilic head and hydrophobic tails.
What is a phospholipid?
Organisms that make their own food from sunlight or inorganic chemicals are called this.
What are autotrophs?
The number of protons in an atom determines this value on the periodic table.
What is the atomic number?
The suffix -itis indicates this condition.
What is inflammation?
Humans normally have this many chromosomes in a typical somatic cell
What is 46?
During this stage of mitosis, chromosomes line up along the middle of the cell.
What is metaphase?
This evolutionary process occurs when individuals with favorable traits survive and reproduce more successfully than others.
What is natural selection?
A bond formed when electrons are transferred from one atom to another is called this type of bond.
What is an ionic bond?
The medical term bradycardia describes an abnormally slow rate of this organ.
What is the heart?
This is the largest organ of the human body.
What is the skin?
This process moves water across a selectively permeable membrane from an area of lower solute concentration to higher solute concentration.
What is osmosis?
This evolutionary process occurs when individuals with favorable traits survive and reproduce more successfully than others.
What is natural selection?
According to the ideal gas law, this variable is represented by the letter R.
What is the universal (or ideal) gas constant?
The prefix hyper- in a term such as hypertension generally means this. *brownie points if you can say what hypertension is! :p*
What is excessive, above normal, or high?
*high blood pressure*
This marine animal has three hearts and blue blood.
What is an octopus?
In cellular respiration, this stage occurs in the cytoplasm and breaks one glucose molecule into two molecules of pyruvate.
What is glycolysis?
Two different species that evolve similar traits independently because they experience similar environmental pressures demonstrate this type of evolution.
What is convergent evolution?
A solution with a hydrogen ion concentration of
1.0 x 10-3 M has this pH.
What is 3?
Break down the term hepatomegaly: it refers to abnormal enlargement of this organ.
What is the liver?
This tiny animal can survive extreme dehydration and even exposure to the vacuum of space by entering a state called cryptobiosis.
What is a tardigrade?