Chemistry
What are the fundamental substances that make up all chemical compounds? (Hint: about 90 occur naturally)
The elements
Organisms that lack this part of the cell are called prokaryotes.
The nucleus.
It means, species are made up of organisms that inherit better traits to survive and reproduce.
Natural selection
A tool used to predict the probability of a genetic cross.
Punnett square
The term scientists use to describe the origin of the universe.
The big bang.
The name for this fundamental particle of matter means "not cuttable".
Atom
What separates the inside of a cell from the outside.
Cell membrane.
Term meaning all organisms must produce more offspring than will survive long enough to reproduce.
Overproduction
General term for the type of cells that fuse to form a zygote.
Gametes.
Age of the universe (within 10%).
13.77 billion years.
The most abundant element in the universe.
Hydrogen
Process by which cells copy their genetic material and make a new nucleus in preparation for cell division.
Mitosis
The differences between individuals in a population
Variation
Having two copies of every chromosome in a genome.
Diploid
How it was discovered that the universe is expanding?
Light from galaxies is more red-shifted the further away they are.
Because of this principle, the mass of reactants must equal the mass of products in any reaction.
Conservation of Matter
Small organelles that decode RNA to produce proteins.
Ribosomes
The cause of genetic variation.
Mutations
The probability of two heterozygous parents producing an offspring with a recessive phenotype.
25%
A star and all the planets, moons, asteroids, comets. and other smaller bodies that orbit it.
A solar system
What kind of bond holds the oxygen to the hydrogen in a water molecule?
Covalent bonds.
The network of passages that serves to transport materials through the cell.
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Any grouping of species all descended from one common ancestor.
A Clade
When both alleles of a gene are expressed in a phenotype.
Codominance.
What are the largest known structures in the universe?
A supercluster.
Bonus: What is the name of our supercluster?