Random Biology
The phase where DNA replication occurs
Synthesis (s phase)
a movement of substances across cell membranes from high concentration to low concentration without need of energy input
What is passive transport (diffusion)
The splitting of the cytoplasm in cell division.
What is cytokinesis?
The phase in meiosis 1 where crossing over occurs.
What is prophase 1?
What is the central theme of biology that states that cellular information flows from DNA to RNA to protein?
The central dogma of biology
The concept that organisms who are the best suited to their environment will be the most successful
What is natural selection
What simple molecules are the basic units of proteins?
What are amino acids
The organisms that make their own food by use of sunlight or chemicals?
What are Producers?
What are autotrophs?
The products of cellular respiration.
What are ATP, water, and carbon dioxide?
In a cell, where or what structures make proteins for the cell?
What are ribosomes?
what is in all cells?
cytoplasm and DNA
During which phase of both meiosis and mitosis do the chromosomes line up at the middle?
Metaphase
The body's first energy source. (quick energy)
What are carbohydrates?
How many pairs of autosomes does a human cell contain?
What is 22?
Scientist who contributed to cell theory by stating that all animals were made of cells
Who is Theodor Schwann
This process produces four genetically unique cells, each with half the number of chromosomes as in the parent
meiosis
What is another name for the light independent reactions in photosynthesis
Calvin Cycle
Process by which organisms break down glucose, without the use of oxygen, to create minimal ATP and lactic acid.
What is anaerobic cellular respiration?
What is lactic acid fermentation?
The three organelles contained in a plant cell but not an animal cell
What are the Cell wall, central vacuole, and chloroplast?
Made of mostly phospholipid molecules embedded with proteins, this flexible boundary regulates what goes in or out of the cell
What is the plasma membrane (cell membrane)?
6CO2 + 6H2O —> C6H12O6 + 6O2
The equation of photosynthesis
Movement of large particles outside cell membrane from low concentration to high - with the input of energy
Exocytosis
Type of cell that is produced through Meiosis and has half the number of chromosomes as somatic cells
What is haploid?
What are gametes?
If a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, the cell will ___________ water and ___________ in shape.
What is lose and shrink