characteristics of life
This is the state of steady internal, physical, chemical, and social conditions maintained by living organisms. Includes body temperature, blood pressure, ect.
What is homeostasis?
These are also known as sugars, and are sorted into three categories: Monosaccarides, disaccarides, and polysaccarides.
What are carbohydrates?
This nitrogenous base pairs with adenine(A).
What is thymine?
This type of cell is unicellular, has no nucleus, free floating DNA, and doesnt have membrane bound organelles.
What is Prokaryotic?
This nitrogenous base takes the place for thymine in DNA.
What is uracil?
The production of offspring sexually or asexually.
What is reproduction?
These store energy, and the plasma membrane is mostly composed of them.
What are lipids?
This nitrogenous base pairs with guanine(G).
What is cytosine?
This type of cell can be multicellular or unicellular, has a nucleus, has en endoplasmic reticulum, and has a mitochondrion.
What is Eukaryotic?
This is what the code in RNA is used for.
What is protein synthesis?
This is the adjustment of organisms to their environment in order to improve their chances at survival.
What is adaptation through evolution?
These provide structure, regulate body processes, and transport materials, all while being made up of amino acids.
What are proteins?
There are four of these in the parts of DNA.
What are nucleotides?
This is the first cycle in mitosis where cells grow and copy DNA.
What is Interphase?
This is used instead of the deoxyribose found in DNA.
What is sugar ribose?
This is the process by which food and drink is converted to energy.
What is metabolism?
These hold genetic code and are comprised of nucleotides.
What are nucleic acids?
This is the unnabreviated name for DNA.
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
During cellular respiration, Glucose + Oxygen create Carbon dioxide, water, and this, which creates energy for the cells.
What is ATP?
RNA makes up about 50% of the structure of this.
What are ribosomes?
This is when something responds to something else. Example: A dog salivating at the smell of food.
What is responds to the environment?
This is a very large molecule, that is important to biological processes.
What is a macromolecule?
This is the shape that DNA is in.
What is a double helix?
This is the final phase in mitosis, where the cells split.
What is telophase?
This is the shape that RNA is in.
What is single-stranded?