DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid
What is the abbreviation
Its portion of a chromosome that is made up of DNA
What is a gene?
Its the process by which organisms create offspring
What is meiosis?
The process where one cell divides to become two cells
What is Mitosis
These are the building blocks of matter
What are atoms
Where the DNA is located in the cell
What is Nucleus?
Its the study of how genes interact with one another and heredity
What is genetics?
46 chromosomes
What is human body cell
The process where cell division produces identical cells
What is mitosis
This is a mixture of 2 or more elements with the same exact proportion
What are compounds
A C T G C G T A T A C C A C T G
What is T G A C G C A T A T G G T G A C?
Its how traits are passed down from parents to offspring
What is heredity?
Cells that each have 23 chromosomes
What are Gametes?
The process when a cell duplicates itself
What is the cell cycle
This supplies the energy needed for the cell processes
What are carbohydrates
Strands of genetic material that store hereditary information
What is DNA?
Genes that come in pairs
What is an allele?
Meiosis I
What is the first cell division
Cellular DNA is stored here
Where is the chromosomes
These store long term energy
What are lipids
Adenine Thymine Cytosine Guanine
What is nitrogenous bases?
Its used to discover the probability that an offspring will express a specific trait
What is a Punnett Square?
These have 46 chromosomes
What are starter cells
The cell that is dividing
What is the parent cell
These regulate chemical reactions in cells
What are proteins