Intro. to Cell and Molecular Biology
Name one of the 4 phases of mitosis.
What is either Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, or Telophase?
Which scientist proposed the theory of natural selection?
Who is Charles Darwin?
Which organ pumps blood throughout the body?
What is the heart?
What organelle is used to convert sunlight to energy in plants?
What is the chloroplast?
What is term describes "the process when plants convert sunlight into energy?"
What is photosynthesis?
What molecule stores genetic information in cells?
What is DNA?
Name two mechanisms of evolution.
What is either natural selection, nonrandom mating, genetic drift, gene flow, or mutation?
Which hormone regulates blood sugar by helping cells absorb glucose?
What is insulin?
What is the ability for animals to blend in with their surroundings?
What is camouflage?
What is the term used to describe "the process of maintaining a stable internal environment?"
What is homeostasis?
Which nitrogenous base pairs with guanine in DNA?
What is cytosine?
What is the term used to describe "a heritable trait that improves an organism’s fitness in a particular environment?"
What is an adaptation?
What is the place where two bones meet called?
What is a joint?
What is the term used to describe "a seasonal movement of animals from one region to another?"
What is migration?
What is the largest organ in the human body?
What is the skin?
What term is used to describe "programmed cell death?"
What is apoptosis?
What is the term used to describe "a relationship where one species benefits and the other is harmed?"
What is parasitism?
What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange occurs called?
What are alveoli?
What are animals with a backbone called?
What are vertebrates?
What term describes "animals that eat both plants and meat?"
What is an omnivore?
Which double-membraned structure contains its own DNA and is believed to have originated from endosymbiosis?
What is either the mitochondria or chloroplast?
Natural selection depends on this kind of variation in traits.
What is genetic variation?
Which large organ makes bile and detoxifies chemicals in the blood?
What is the liver?
What is the science of naming and classifying organisms?
What is taxonomy?
How many bones are there in an average adult human body?
What are 206 bones?