Cell Function
The study of cells
What is cytology
A tiny cellular structure that carries out a specific function necessary for the cell to survive.
What is organelle?
An organic compound giving a specific color to plant or animal cells.
What is pigment?
The science that studies how characteristics are passed from parent to offspring.
What is genetics?
Two-letter set that represents the alleles an organism possesses for a certain trait.
What is a genotype?
What is ingestion?
A cell with a membrane-bound n nucleus and other distinct, membrane-bound organelles.
What is eukaryotic cell?
A group of pigments found in algae, green plants, and cyanobacteria. It is necessary for photosynthesis, allowing for the absorption of energy from light.
What is chlorophyll?
The basic unit of heredity; a section of DNA that contains the code to produce a protein or a portion of a protein, thereby causing a trait.
What is a gene?
The observable expression of an organism's genes.
What is phenotype?
The ability to release energy from the breakdown of food molecules
What is respiration?
A jellylike fluid inside the cell in which the organelles are suspended.
What is cytoplasm?
Without oxygen.
What is anaerobic
A three-base sequence on mRNA that codes for a specific amino acid.
What is a codon?
An allele that will determine phenotype if just one is present in the genotype.
What is a dominant allele?
The ability to remove nonsoluble, undigested waste from the cell.
What is excretion?
Non-membrane-bound organelles responsible for protein synthesis.
What are ribosomes?
A cellular process producing ATP without oxygen.
What is fermentation?
A process of asexual reproduction in eukaryotic cells.
What is mitosis?
A diagram that follows a particular phenotype through several generations.
What is a pedigree?
The ability to respond to stimuli.
What is irritability?
A network of fibers that holds the cell together, helps the cell to keep its shape, and aids in movement.
What is cytoskeleton?
The stage of cellular respiration where carbon dioxide is used to complete the breakdown of pyretic acid molecules, releasing energy.
What is the Krebs cycle?
The result of sexual reproduction when each parent contributes half of the DNA necessary for the offspring.
What is a zygote?
A cross between two individuals, concentrating on two definable traits.
What is a dihybrid cross?