Charecteristics
What is the term for the ability to respond to changes in the environment?
What is Sensitivity
The basic unit of life.
The cell
The movement of water across a partially permeable membrane.
What is osmosis?
The three main macronutrients in a balanced diet.
What are Carbohydrates, fats, and proteins
A segment of DNA that codes for a protein
What is a gene?
The process that makes more of the same kind of organism.
What is reproduction?
Key difference between plant and animal cells.
What is cell wall?
Key transport structures in plants.
What are xylem and phloem
The process by which plants synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water using sunlight
What is photosynthesis?
The genetic makeup of an organism
What is genotype?
The process organisms use to release energy from nutrients
The function of ribosomes
What is protein synthesis?
The movement of particles against a concentration gradient, using energy.
What is active transport?
Are highly specific and have a role in all metabolic reactions.
What are enzymes?
A double helix composed of nucleotides.
What is DNA?
Two characteristics that differentiate living organisms from non-living things.
What are Growth and Movement
It regulates what enters and exits the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
The loss of water vapor from leaves that helps in nutrient uptake.
What is transpiration
It helps in maintaining gut health and regularity.
What are fibres
The process of nuclear division leading to two genetically identical cells.
What is mitosis
Organisms are grouped based on shared characteristics and common ancestry.
What is classification?
It packages and modifies proteins
What is Golgi apparatus
Mechanisms include diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
What is gas exchange in the alveoli of the lungs
Consequences of insufficient vitamin D.
What is rickets?
Traits are inherited through dominant and recessive alleles, following specific ratios.
What is Mendel's law of dominance