Cell Structure and Function
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
Cell Growth and Division
Genetics, DNA, and RNA
Famous Figures
100
What are the basic units of life?
Cells
100
What is the principal compound used to stored and reslease energy in the cell?
ATP
100
What is the process by which the cell divides?
Cell Division.
100
What is the scientific study of heredity?
Genetics
100
Who used X-Ray diffraction to gain infomation about DNA molecules?
Rosalind Franklin
200
The cell is divided into two main parts. What are they?
The cytoplasm and nucleus.
200
Photosynthesis occurs in what organelle?
Chloroplasts
200
What is the series of events a cell goes through as it grows and divides?
The Cell Cycle
200
What diagram is used to show the possible outcomes of a genetic cross?
Punnett Square
200
Who used a compound microscope to look at thin slices of cork and observed cells?
Robert Hooke
300
What organelle is the "powerhouse of the cell"?
The Mitochondria
300
Oxygen must be present in order for the cell to carry out what process?
Cellular respiration.
300
What are the two stages in cell division?
Mitosis and Cytokinesis
300
Give one difference between DNA and RNA.
Thymine and Uracil Double and Single stranded Deoxyribose and Ribose
300
Who discovered the Citric Acid Cycle?
Hans Krebs
400
What is the movement of particles from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration?
Diffusion
400
What process releases energy from food molecules without using oxygen?
Fermentation.
400
What is the final stage of mitosis?
Telophase
400
What is the main enzyme in DNA replication?
DNA Polymerase
400
What two men developed the double helix model of a DNA molecule?
James Watson and Francis Crick
500
Active transport requires what?
Energy
500
What uses high-energy electrons to convert ADP into ATP?
Electron Transport Chain
500
As this decreases it becomes harder for the cell to move materials in and out of the cell.
Ratio of surface area to volume
500
What kind of mutation shifts the entire genetic message of a DNA molecule?
Frameshift Mutation.
500
Who experimented with genetics using peas in his garden?
Gregor Mendel
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