Unit 1a
This process produces offspring with only one parent.
What is asexual reproduction?
The movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane.
What is osmosis?
The energy molecule of the cell.
What is ATP?
Cell division that produces two identical body cells.
What is mitosis?
What does compare mean?
This word means to tell how two things are alike.
The small building blocks that join together to make proteins.
What are amino acids?
The organelle known as the "powerhouse of the cell." Creates ATP for the cell
What is the mitochondria?
The process that breaks down glucose in the absence of oxygen
Pairs of chromosomes that carry the same genes but may have different alleles.
What are homologous chromosomes?
What does analyze mean?
This word means to carefully examine information and identify important parts or patterns
A single sugar molecule such as glucose. (aka monomer of a carbohydrate)
What is a monosaccharide?
Movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration without energy.
What is passive transport? (also will accept diffusion)
The first stage of both aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
What is glycolysis?
A group of three mRNA bases that codes for one amino acid.
What is a codon?
What does benefit mean?
something that is advantageous or good; an advantage
The process that keeps an organism's internal environment stable.
What is homeostasis?
Cells that do not have a nucleus belong to this type.
What is a prokaryote?
The organelle where photosynthesis occurs in
What is the chloroplast?
Cells with one set of chromosomes are described as this.
What is haploid?
What does contradict mean?
This word means to go against or say the opposite of what someone else is doing or saying
A molecule made of many repeating monomers.
What is a polymer?
This is the location where protein synthesis occurs. Aka the organelle responsible for making proteins
What are ribosomes?
The green pigment that absorbs sunlight.
What is chlorophyll?
These fibers pull chromosomes apart during cell division.
What are spindle fibers?
What does infer mean?
This word means to use clues from the text and background knowledge to draw a logical conclusion