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Scientific method and the study of life
Cell biology
Cellular energies
Cell reprduction
Heredity and Molecular genetics
100
A possible answer to a scientific question.
What is hypothesis.
100
A thin coat of lipids that surrounds the cell.
What is plasma membrane.
100
A multi-step process in which the nucleus of the cell divides.
What is mitosis.
100
The process in which one cell divides to make two new cells.
What is cell division.
100
Tiny grains that are male gametes of plants.
What is pollen.
200
The variable that is affected during the experiment.
What is dependent variable.
200
Cells that contain a nucleus.
What is Eukaryotic cells.
200
Coiled structures made of DNA and proteins.
What is chromosomes.
200
Most prokaryotic cells divide this way.
What is binary fission.
200
The fertilization step in the sexual reproduction of plants.
What is pollination.
300
Any type of data that may either agree or disagree with a prediction.
What is evidence.
300
A structure in the cytoplasm that is surrounded by a membrane and contains DNA.
What is nucleus.
300
Chromosomes in a pair.
What is homologous chromosomes.
300
The process in which DNA is copied.
What is DNA replication.
300
The position of a gene on a chromosome is called.
What is locus
400
A statement that describes what always happens under certain conditions in nature.
What is scientific law.
400
An organelle that makes energy available to the cell.
What is mitochondria.
400
The process in which two gametes unite.
What is fertilization.
400
A disease that occurs when the cell cycle is no longer regulated.
What is cancer.
400
A chart that allows you to easily determine the expected percents of different genotypes in the offspring of two parents.
What is punnett square
500
A special type of scientific investigation that is performed under controlled conditions.
What is experiment.
500
Plastids that contain the green pigment chlorophyll.
What is chloroplasts.
500
Phase in mitosis where chromosomes begin to uncoil and form chromatin.
What is telophase.
500
The first and longest phase of mitosis.
What is prophase.
500
Occurs when the dominant allele is not completely dominant.
What is incomplete dominance.