Cellular Biology
This is the process by which water moves through a semipermeable membrane.
What is osmosis?
In an experiment testing how fast bacteria grow in different conditions, this is the variable you would change.
What is the temperature?
This process results in two identical daughter cells with the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
What is mitosis?
These vessels carry blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
These are chemical substances used to kill pests like insects and fungi on crops.
What are pesticides?
A red blood cell shrivels in salt water using this type of solution.
What is a hypertonic solution?
This practice in labs reduces contamination by killing microbes on surfaces.
What is sterilization?
This structure is formed when DNA condenses during cell division and has two identical chromatids.
What is a chromosome?
This flap of tissue prevents food from entering the trachea (windpipe).
What is the epiglottis?
This technique involves attaching a branch from one plant to another to reproduce desirable traits.
What is grafting?
These cells contain more mitochondria than skin cells because they require more energy for movement.
What are muscle cells?
This is why is it important to flame the loop before and after collecting bacteria.
What is to avoid cross-contamination between samples?
This reproductive technology allows fertilization outside the body and implantation into the uterus.
What is in vitro fertilization (IVF)?
This term describes the rhythmic contraction of muscles that moves food through the digestive tract.
What is peristalsis?
This layer of cells protects a plant from water loss, microorganisms and physical damage.
What is the dermal tissue?
When we stain an onion skin slide using iodine, this organelle becomes most visible.
What is the cell wall?
This term describes the process by which bacteria reproduce asexually, resulting in two identical cells.
What is binary fission?
This is the name of the process where homologous chromosomes exchange genetic material.
What is crossover?
These structures in the small intestine increase surface area for absorption.
What are villi?
This type of pest control uses natural predators and parasites to reduce pests without chemicals.
What is integrated pest management (IPM)?
Unlike animal cells, plant cells resist bursting in hypotonic solutions due to the presence of the cell wall and this internal pressure-regulating organelle.
What is the central vacuole?
When testing different disinfectants on agar plates, this is the variable you would measure to determine effectiveness.
What is the size of the clear zone?
This term describes a mutation where a gene is inserted into a different chromosome.
What is translocation?
This specific circulatory pathway moves blood between the heart and lungs.
What is pulmonary circulation?
This type of genetically modified corn produces a toxin to reduce pesticide use.
What is Bt corn?