the whole is greater than the sum of its parts is due to this
What is emergent properties?
100
this is the word describing when water sticks to xylem or a capillary tube due to its polarity and hydrogen bonds
What is adhesion?
100
A group of genetically identical organisms or cells derived from the same cell
What is a clone?
100
a group of populations living and interacting with each other in the same area
What is a community?
100
An organism or virus that causes a disease
What is a pathogen?
200
Organelle which is the site of protein synthesis
What is a ribosome?
200
A polysaccharide used by animals as an energy storage molecule (mostly in the liver and lungs)
What is glycogen?
200
the technique used to copy many DNA molecules from a small sample of DNA (often used to solve crimes)
What is PCR (polymerase chain reaction)?
200
an organism that lives on non-living organic matter by secreting enzymes onto it, and absorbing the digested nutrients
What is a saprotroph?
200
The hormone released by the pituitary gland that rises sharply just before ovulation
What is LH (leutenizing hormone)
300
the fatty molecule found within the phospholipids which stabilizes the cell membrane
What is cholesterol?
300
The full name of the nitrogenous base in mRNA that is complimentary to Adenine (A) in DNA
What is Uracil?
300
The method to find out if an organism with a dominant characteristic is homozygous or heterozygoous for the trait, by mating it with a homozygous recessive individual and looking for recessives in the offspring
What is a test cross?
300
If the effects of a human induced change could be disasterous, the organisation suggesting the change must prove that it would be harmless.
What is the precautionary principle?
300
The name of the specific cells in the pancreas that release a hormone when blood sugar is low
What are the Alpha islet cells?
400
the area where two sister chromatids are joined during prophase and metaphase
What is a centromere?
400
the color of light that is absorbed best by chlorophyll
What is blue?
400
A picture of all the paired homologous chromosomes, where chromosomal abnormalities can be seen
What is a karyotype?
400
the name of the group of plants that have vessels, but reproduce with spores (usually in groups on the bottom of their leaves
What is filicinophyta?
400
the chamber of the heart that sends the blood directly to the lungs to be oxygenated
What is the right ventricle?
500
this is the size of viruses in the correct units
What is 100 nanometers?
500
the molecule that glucose is broken down into in the cytoplasm during glycolysis
What is pyruvate?
500
The creation of an embryo to supply embryonic stem cells for medical use
What is therapeutic cloning?
500
a group of organisms with bilateral symmetry, but only one opening and a flat body
What is platyhelminthes?
500
the word for heart muscle that can contract on its own, without influence from nerves