Biology and You
Chemistry of Life
Cell Structure
Cells in Their Environment
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
100
The sum of all chemical reactions that happen in an organism
What is metabolism
100
Carbon dioxide, oxygen gas and water
What are molecules
100
The interior of the cell
What is cytoplasm
100
Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane
What is osmosis
100
A cell's process of taking energy from food
What is cellular respiration
200
The passing of traits from parent to offspring
What is heredity
200
The main energy currency of cells
What is ATP
200
A cell's digestive enzymes are packaged and distributed by this organelle
What are lysosomes
200
This transport does not require energy from a cell
What is passive transport
200
The process of converting light energy to chemical energy
What is photosynthesis
300
Organisms produce more of their own kind
What is reproduction
300
A solution containing lime juice and water
What is acidic
300
A single-celled organelle that does not have a nucleus
What is a prokaryote
300
Molecules that are too large to be moved through the cell membrane can be transported into the cell by this means
What is endocytosis
300
This is used in the electron transport chain of aerobic respiration
What is oxygen
400
Through time, the change in traits passed on from parent to offspring
What is evolution
400
A stable internal condition
What is homeostasis
400
A cell's DNA is in this organelle
What is the nucleus
400
A cell's membrane allows the passage of some substances and not others
What is selectively permeable
400
The pigment involved in photosynthesis
What is chlorophyll
500
The change in the DNA of a gene
What is a mutation
500
The cause of the attraction between water molecules
What is hydrogen bonds
500
Proteins are made on this organelle
What are ribosomes
500
This protein transmits information into the cell by responding to signal molecules
What is a receptor protein
500
These get excited when a chlorophyll molecule absorbs light
What are electrons
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