Random Biology
The phase where DNA replication occurs
Synthesis (s phase)
a movement of ions and other atomic or molecular substances across cell membranes without need of energy input
What is passive transport
____________is the splitting of the cytoplasm in cell division.
cytokinesis
Name 1 types of transport { Diffusion}
passive or active transport
What blood vessel is the smallest
capillary
The concept that organisms who are the best suited to their environment will be the most successful
What is natural selection
What simple molecules are the basic units of proteins?
What are amino acids
Which organisms have the most available energy in a food pyramid?
Producers
What are the products of cellular respiration?
water and carbon dioxide
oil is polar or nonpolar
nonpolar
what is in all cells?
cytoplasm and DNA
A biomolecule that serves as a fast source of energy?
What are carbohydrates
Any inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival is known as this.
An adaptation
Name the four base nucleotides
cytosine, guanine, adenine, thymine
This process produces four genetically unique cells, each with half the number of chromosomes as in the parent
meiosis
what is the first cell in your body called
Zygote
process by which organisms break down glucose, without the use of oxygen, to create ATP
What is anaerobic cellular respiration
The three organelles contained in a plant cell but not an animal cell
Cell wall, central vacuole, chloroplast
Made of mostly phospholipid molecules embedded with proteins, this flexible boundary regulates what goes in or out of the cell
What is the plasma membrane (cell membrane)?
CO2 + H2O —> C6H12O6 + O2
What are the two types of simple carbohydrates
monosaccharides and disaccharides
Name all the miotic phases in mitosis
prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase
Name 4 main macromolecules
carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids