Cell functions
Stores the DNA
Nucleus
What is the "father" of genetics?
Gregor Mendel
Green organelles inside the plant cell
Chloroplast
What is the purpose of mitosis?
To produce two identical daughter cells with exactly the same complement of chromosomes.
DNA is in the form of a
double helix
Energy production
Mitocondria
What is genetics?
The scientific study of the passing of physical characteristics from parent to offspring.
In photosynthesis the end product is the productions of:
sugar/glucose
What is the purpose of meiosis?
To produce gametes (sperm and egg cells)
Parents pass traits to offspring through ______
Chromosomes
Where the ribosomes are made
Nucleolus
What is the difference between dominant and recessive genes.
Dominant alleles show up visually but recessive alleles are hidden.
In stage 1 of photosynthesis _______ is given off as a waste product and ________ moves on to stage 2.
Hydrogen
Mitosis phase that copies the DNA
Interphase
What are the nitrogen bases of DNA?
adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T).
Protects and controls what goes in and out
Cell memebrane
What is the difference between geno and phenotype?
genotype is the set of genes that it carries. An organism's phenotype is all of its observable characteristics
The first stage of Cellular respiration happens in the ______________ of the cell. The second stage happens in the ______________
cytoplasm
mitocondria
In the metaphase stage of Meiosis what happens
Chromosomes line the middle
What is the difference between DNA and RNA?
DNA- double strand, stores your blueprint
RNA- single strand, reads the blueprint, has uracil not thymine
transports materials
golgi body
How many chromosomes do you get from the egg? How many form the sperm?
23/23
What is the end purpose of cellular respiration?
To make useable energy in the form of ATP
Which phase of Meiosis has 2 daughter cells?
Telophase
6 things that make something a living thing?
reproduce, cellular organization, chemical, use energy, grow and develop, respond to stimuli