Welcome to the Cell
This organelle is famously known as the powerhouse of the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
The shape of DNA is described as this "twisted ladder" structure.
What is a double helix?
It protects you from the elements and is the largest organ of the human body.
What is the skin?
This process by which plants make their own food uses sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
What is photosynthesis?
Antibiotics are primarily used to treat infections caused by these single-celled microorganisms.
What are bacteria?
This rigid outer layer is found in plant cells but not in animal cells.
What is the cell wall?
These are the four nitrogenous bases in DNA: Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and this.
What is Guanine?
Located in the thigh, this is the longest and strongest bone in the human body.
What is the femur?
An organism that naturally consumes both plants and animals is known by this dietary term.
What is an omnivore?
This is a biological preparation, often a weakened or dead pathogen, introduced to the body to stimulate immunity.
What is a vaccine?
What is the nucleus?
This term describes the physical, observable expression of a genetic trait.
What is a phenotype?
These bi-concave blood cells are primarily responsible for carrying oxygen to tissues.
What are red blood cells (or erythrocytes)?
This ecological term describes the specific functional role or "job" of an organism within its ecosystem.
What is a niche?
These Y-shaped proteins are produced by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign invaders.
What are antibodies?
This network of membranous tubules comes in "rough" and "smooth" varieties.
What is the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)?
This biological process involves copying a segment of DNA into mRNA.
What is transcription?
This valve prevents blood from flowing backward into the left atrium from the left ventricle.
What is the mitral (or bicuspid) valve?
Bees pollinating flowers is a classic example of this type of symbiotic relationship where both species benefit.
What is mutualism?
This type of white blood cell, whose name literally means "big eater," engulfs and digests cellular debris and pathogens.
What is a macrophage (or phagocyte)?
These small structures found in the cytoplasm or on the rough ER are the sties of protein synthesis.
What are ribosomes?
This 19th-century Austrian monk used pea plants to become the father of modern genetics.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
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Located at the back of the brain, this structure controls fine motor skills, balance, and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
This represents the maximum population size of a species that an environment can sustain indefinitely.
What is carrying capacity?
This infectious agent consists solely of a misfolded protein and causes neurodegenerative diseases like Kuru and Mad Cow.
What is a prion?