Cells
The smallest structural and functional unit of living organisms
What is the cell?
This organ is responsible for perception and behavior
What is the BRAIN?
This elementary particle has a negative sign
What is an electron?
This man revolutionized the study of inheritance and also grew a lot of peas
Who is Gregor Mendel?
This neurological disorder is characterized by dementia, memory loss, mood problems, and eventually death
What is Alzheimer's?
Surrounds the cell?
What is the cell membrane?
Part of the circulatory system, this organ is responsible for moving oxygenated blood throughout the body
What is the heart?
This is a generic term for a charged molecule
What is an ion?
On this ship, Darwin sailed to the Galapagos islands where he studied the origin of species
What is the HMS Beagle?
Symptoms include repeated, involuntary movements called "tics." Profanity is only one such tic
What is Tourette's syndrome?
The powerhouse of the cell
What are mitochondria?
These organs are responsible for producing force on the skeletal system, generating movement
What are muscles?
This term means the flow of charged particles
What is current?
The process by which different individuals survive and reproduce depending on their phenotype
What is natural selection?
Caused by the death of dopamine neurons, this disorder is characterized by shaking, tremors, and difficulty moving
What is Parkinson's?
The site of all translation in the cell (turning RNA to proteins)
What is the ribosome?
This organ is responsible for extracting oxygen from the air
What are lungs?
The difference in electric potential between two points
What is voltage?
The genetic makeup of an individual
Also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, this disease causes the progressive death of motor neurons, and ultimately paralysis and death?
What is Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)?
A cytoskeletal filament, these structures give the cell its shape and integrity, and are used to transport cargo long distances
What are microtubules?
Underneath your rib cage, this organ is responsible for filtering blood and recycles old blood cells
What is the spleen?
This equation, known as Ohm's Law, relates voltage, current, and resistance
What is V=IR?
This term refers to change in an organism caused by changes in the regulation of gene expression, rather than changes to genes themselves
What is epigenetics?
This disease causes patients to lose touch with reality
What is schizophrenia?