Cells & Organelles
This organelle is the known as the “powerhouse of the cell"
What is the mitochondrion?
Molecule found in the nucleus that carries the genetic instructions
What is deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)?
This system pumps blood throughout the body
What is the circulatory system?
An organism that makes its own food
What is a producer/autotroph?
The largest organ in the human body
What is the skin?
The green pigment in chloroplasts that absorbs light for photosynthesis
What is chlorophyll?
The shape of DNA is called a ___.
What is a double helix?
The basic functional unit of the nervous system.
What is a neuron?
The role an organism plays in an ecosystem
What is a niche?
The process plants use to lose water through leaves
What is transpiration?
These organelles package and transport proteins
What are the Golgi bodies/apparatus?
A segment of DNA that codes for a trait
What is a gene?
The organ where gas exchange occurs
What are the lungs?
The maximum population size an environment can support.
What is carrying capacity?
The sugar produced in photosynthesis
What is glucose?
The fluid inside a cell where reactions occur
What is cytoplasm?
What does heterozygous mean?
Having two different versions of alleles (e.g. The alleles Bb represent this genetic condition)
The enzyme in saliva that helps digest starch
What is amylase?
Relationship where both species benefit
What is mutualism?
Scientist who proposed the theory of natural selection
Who is Charles Darwin?
This structure controls what enters and exits the cell
What is the cell membrane?
The process by which mRNA is made from DNA
What is transcription?
The part of the brain that controls balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
The process by which nitrogen gas is converted to a usable form by bacteria.
What is nitrogen fixation?
The kingdom of multicellular organisms that have cell walls made of chitin
What is Fungi?