a compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms; types of nutrients that is a major source of energy for the body.
What is a carbohydrate
100
process that changes, or transforms, one set of chemicals into another set of chemicals
What is chemical reaction?
100
fundamental concept of biology that states that all living things are composed of cells; that cells are the basic unit of structure and function in living things.
What is cell theory?
100
one of a number of different forms of a gene
What is allele?
100
unicellular organism that doesn't have a nucleus
What is prokaryote?
200
macromolecules made mostly from carbon and hydrogen atoms; includes fats, oils, and waxes
What is a lipid?
200
elements or compounds produced by a chemical reaction
What is product?
200
physical characteristics of an organism
What is phenotype?
200
larger, more exclusive taxonomy category than a kingdom
What is dominant?
200
organism who cells contain a nucleus
What is eukaryote?
300
period of the cell cycle between cell divisions
What is interphase?
300
substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction
What is a catalyst?
300
genetic makeup of an organism
What is genotype?
300
characteristics controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents
What is recessive?
300
type of reproduction in which cells from two parents unit to form the first cell of an organism
What is sexual reproduction?
400
part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides
What is mitosis?
400
protein catalyst that speeds up the rate of specific biological reactions
What is enzyme?
400
situation in which allele is not completely dominant over another
What is incomplete dominance?
400
term used to refer to a cell that only contains a single set of genes
What is haploid?
400
specialized structure that performs important cellular functions within a cell
What is organelle?
500
process of reproduction involving a single parent that results in offspring that are genetically identical
What is asexual reproduction?
500
reactant of an enzyme catalyzed reaction
What is a substrate?
500
a gene that has more that two alleles
What is multiple-allele?
500
term used to refer to a cell that contains two sets of homologous chromosomes