Cell Organelles/Functions
Vocabulary
Meiosis and Mitosis
Genetics/Heredity
Cells
100
The mitochondria
What is the power house of the cell, providing the energy it needs to function?
100
Osmosis
______ is the movement of water through a cell from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
100
Metaphase
What is the second phase of cell division?
100
Pea plants
What did Gregor Mendel study when researching genetics?
100
A and T;C and G
What are the base pairing for DNA?
200
Plant cells
The cell wall is found in what type of cell? (Plant or animal?)
200
Fermentation
_______ is the process when cells release energy from sugar when there is no oxygen present.
200
Anaphase
What is the phase where the centromeres separate and move to opposite poles? (Apart)
200
By a capital letter
How is the dominant gene expressed when written?
200
Chromosomes
What is DNA packaged into in the nucleus?
300
Nucleus
Prokaryotic cells do not have a what?
300
Cellular respiration
What is the process by which cells use oxygen to get the energy they need to function?
300
Prophase
What is the longest phase of mitosis?
300
Heredity
______ is the passing of traits from parent to offspring.
300
Proteins
What is made up of amino acids that all cells need to function?
400
True
True or False: Does a plant cell have a central vacuole?
400
Gene
______ is a unit of heredity, which codes for a specific trait.
400
Meiosis
Do four gametes form during meiosis or mitosis?
400
Phenotype
Is being short an example of genotype or phenotype?
400
To replace old damaged cells, to continue growing, and to reproduce.
What are the three reasons why cells divide?
500
False
True or False: The Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) packages molecules and other things in the cell for transport later
500
Phenotype
The _____ of a organism is the physical appearance/traits.
500
True
True or false: Meiosis occurs during reproduction, while mitosis occurs during cell growth
500
False
True or False: Homozygous is when alleles occur in different forms.
500
Cells
_____ are the building blocks of life.
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