Scientific Vocab + Characteristics of Life
"Bio" in biology most directly means this.
What is life?
Which organelle controls all cell activities and stores DNA?
What is the nucleus?
What organelle is responsible for controlling what enters and exits the cell?
What is the cell membrane?
What is the original source of energy for all organisms on Earth?
What is the Sun?
What is the process by which cells undergo cell division called?
What is mitosis?
"Hetero-" in heterotroph most directly means this.
What is different?
Name an organelle that is found in plant cells but not animal cells.
What is cell wall, chloroplasts, large central vacuole?
The movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration.
What is diffusion?
What is:
Chloroplast: Photosynthesis
Cellular respiration: Mitochondria
How many daughter cells are produced by meiosis? Are they unique or identical?
What are four unique daughter cells?
Maintaining a stable internal blood glucose level is an example of this life function.
What is homeostasis?
Which organelle is responsible for digesting cellular waste?
What is lysosome?
What type of transport does NOT require the input of energy?
What is passive transport?
Where do the light-independent reactions take place? Be specific.
What is the stroma?
List the steps of the cell cycle in order.
What is:
Interphase-->Prophase-->Metaphase-->Anaphase-->Telophase-->Cytokinesis
What is a hypothesis?
What is a proposed, testable explanation for an observation or phenomenon, acting as an educated guess that guides scientific research or problem-solving?
Compare and contrast prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
Smaller vs. larger
Unicellular vs. multicellular
No membrane-bound organelles vs. membrane-bound organelles
An animal cell in this type of environment might burst due to osmosis.
What is hypotonic?
What are the reactants of cellular respiration?
What is glucose and oxygen.
How many chromosomes are in a normal human karyotype?
What is 46?
Provide three characteristics of life.
What is:
Respond to their environment.
Grow and develop.
Produce offspring.
Maintain homeostasis.
Have complex chemistry.
Consist of cells.
What type of cell are bacteria?
What are prokaryotes?
A plant cell in a hypertonic solution undergoes this process.
What is plasmolysis?
Write the equation for photosynthesis on the board.
What is CO2 + H2O + energy --> C6H12O6 + O2
What two processes produce genetic diversity during the production of gametes?
What is crossing over and independent assortment?