Characteristics of Life
All living things are made of:
Cells
The powerhouse of the cell
Mitochondria
Stage the nucleus breaks down
Prophase
The study of life
Two types of reproduction:
Sexual and Asexual
Regulates what goes in and out of the cell
Cell membrane
Monomer of protein
Amino Acids
Stage spindle fibers pull chromosomes to opposite poles
Anaphase
Single-celled organisms
prokaryotes
The hereditary information all organisms carry.
DNA
An organelle in the center of the cell that holds all of its information
Nucleus
Monomer of carbohydrates
Stage spindle fibers connect to chromosomes and the nucleus disappears
metaphase
Examples of nucleic acids
DNA and RNA
The name of a living thing with all seven characteristics of life
Organism
Structures that carry out specific functions in the cell
Starch and fiber are examples of what biomolecule?
Carbohydrates
Stages of mitosis after interphase in order
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase (PMAT)
What's a theory?
Conclusion backed up with extensive experimentation
All living things _________ to their environment.
Respond
A part of the plant cell not in the animal cell
Chloroplast and/or cell wall
Four major elements that make up biomolecules
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen (CHON)
The stage where the cytoplasm splits and the cell splits into two daughter cells
Cytokinesis
The correct order of biological organization
cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism