Basic Biology Terms
The study of living organisms.
The control center of the cell.
What is the Nucleus?
The main energy source made of sugars.
What are Carbohydrates?
A membrane that only allows certain materials through.
What is Semipermeable?
Why viruses are not considered living.
What is they cannot reproduce on their own?
The green pigment that absorbs light energy.
What is Chlorophyll?
Leaves with one single blade.
What are Simple Leaves?
The study of fungi.
What is Mycology?
Consisting of a single cell.
What is Unicellular?
The jellylike material inside the cell.
What is Cytoplasm?
Hydrophobic molecules that store long-term energy.
What are Lipids?
The structure that protects and surrounds the cell.
What is the Cell Membrane?
How viruses reproduce.
What is by invading a host cell and taking over its processes?
The process plants use to make food.
What is Photosynthesis?
Leaves divided into multiple leaflets.
What are Compound Leaves?
The study of immunity.
What is Immunology?
The study of animals and their habits.
What is Zoology?
The “powerhouse” of the cell.
What are Mitochondria?
Molecules made of amino acids that act as enzymes.
What are Proteins?
Organelles that store materials in sacs.
What are Vacuoles?
A harmful organism that lives on or in another organism.
What is a Parasite?
A plant that lives for only one year.
What is an Annual?
The three main leaf arrangements.
What are Alternate, Opposite, and Whorled?
The branch of biology focused on cell structures.
What is Cytology?
The passing of characteristics from parents to offspring.
What is Heredity?
Structures that make proteins.
What are Ribosomes?
Molecules that store genetic information (A, T, C, G).
What are Nucleic Acids?
Organelles containing digestive enzymes.
What are Lysosomes?
Three ways diseases can spread.
What are infected people, animals, and contaminated food/water?
A plant that comes back every year.
What is a Perennial?
Vein pattern where veins run side by side.
What is Parallel Venation?
Organisms that feed on dead matter.
What are Saprophytes?
Threadlike structures made of DNA and protein in the nucleus.
What are Chromosomes?
Organelle where proteins and lipids are modified and stored.
What are Golgi Bodies?
Name all four chemicals of life.
What are Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids?
Organelle where photosynthesis occurs.
What are Chloroplasts?
A substance that prepares the body to fight disease.
What is a Vaccine?
Three functions of plant roots.
What are absorbing water, anchoring the plant, and storing food?
Vein pattern branching like a feather.
What is Pinnate Venation?
The process where cells use oxygen to release energy.
What is Cellular Respiration?