Cell Biology
This organelle is known as the "powerhouse of the cell."
What is the mitochondrion?
This scientist discovered the basic laws of heredity using pea plants.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
The non-living components of an ecosystem are collectively known as this.
What are abiotic factors?
The longest bone in the human body.
What is the femur?
This biologist is famous for his theory of evolution by natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
This structure controls the activities of the cell and contains DNA.
What is the nucleus?
A segment of DNA that codes for a specific trait.
What is a gene?
The process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy.
What is photosynthesis?
This muscle is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
This scientist co-discovered the structure of DNA.
Who is James Watson (or Francis Crick)?
These organelles are involved in protein synthesis.
What are ribosomes?
Organisms with two identical alleles for a trait are called this.
What is homozygous?
The relationship where one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.
What is commensalism?
The system responsible for the transportation of oxygen and nutrients in the body.
What is the circulatory system?
This scientist is known as the "father of microbiology.
Who is Antonie van Leeuwenhoek?
These are the two stages of photosynthesis.
What are the light-dependent and light-independent reactions?
This genetic disorder is caused by a single point mutation in the hemoglobin gene.
What is sickle cell anemia?
The role an organism plays in its environment.
What is a niche?
This organ filters waste products from the blood.
What is the kidney?
This scientist formulated the binomial nomenclature system for naming species.
Who is Carl Linnaeus?
This molecule carries genetic information from the nucleus to ribosomes for protein synthesis.
What is mRNA?
The type of inheritance where both alleles contribute equally to the phenotype, such as blood type AB.
What is codominance?
This biome is characterized by extremely low temperatures, permafrost, and short growing seasons.
What is the tundra?
This system helps the body defend against pathogens.
What is the immune system?
This scientist performed the first experiment demonstrating bacterial transformation.
Who is Frederick Griffith?