Characteristics of Life
What is SPONCH?
Sulfer, phosphate, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen
What is the special surface of water called?
Surface tension
Name the 2 basic types of cells
Prokaryotic and eukaryotic
What does DNA stand for?
deoxyribonucleic acid
What does unicellular mean?
Made of one cell
What is a lipid?
Type of fat
Water has a very high ______________ capacity.
Heat capacity
What is the powerhouse of the cell?
The mitochondria
What makes up a nucleotide?
Phosphate, 5 carbon sugar and a base
What is the name of the energy that is used in cells?
ATP
True or False: All living things grow and develop
True
What property of water attracts water molecules to other water molecules?
Cohesion
What breaks down things in the cell (the "trash can")?
Lysosome
Name the 3 kinds of RNA.
mRNA, tRNA and rRNA
What is diffusion?
Diffusion is the movement of molecules orfrom a higher concentration to a lower concentration.
What is it called when everything is balanced or equal in a living thing?
Homeostasis
What does a solvent do?
Dissolves things
What is it called when cells divide to grow or repair?
Mitosis
Where does protein synthesis take place?
Ribosomes
What is the difference between a genotype and phenotype?
Genotype is the genes or alleles, phenotype is what the organism looks like
Which characteristic of life relates directly to evolution?
Adapts
What types of bonds are in a water molecule?
Hydrogen bonds
What kind of cell division produces gametes?
Meosis
Watson and Crick, based on Franklin's X-Ray christalography, were the first to suggest that DNA is __________________?
Shaped like a double helix
Words that end with "-ase" are _______________?
enzymes