DNA
Organelles
Vocab Terms
Genetics
Cells
100

The shape of a DNA molecule

Double Helix

100

The storage center for the cell

Vacuole

100

The study of cells

cytology

100

The trait that does not show up with the dominant allele is present

Recessive

100

Where proteins are made

Ribosomes

200
The base that pairs with guanine

Cytosine

200

Makes ATP, is the "powerhouse" of the cell

Mitochondria

200

The Father of Genetics

Gregor Mendel

200

When two different alleles are present

heterozygous

200

The cell membrane is made of __________________ that cluster back-to-back, forming a two-layered structure

Phospholipids

300

The phase of the cell cycle in which replication occurs

Sythesis

300

"shipping center of the cell"; packages proteins into vesicles and sends them to their final locations

Golgi Apparatus

300

The first to see and describe a cell under a microscope

Robert Hooke

300

When both alleles are identical

homozygous

300

catalysts that break down old proteins for recycling

Enzymes

400

The location where DNA is found

The nucleus

400

The jellylike fluid inside the cell

Cytosol

400

1.  All living things are made of cells

2. All cells come from preexisting cells

The cell theory

400

The actual combination of the alleles

genotype

400

The cytoskeleton is composed on these

microtubules

500

Nucleotides are made up of these three parts

phosphate group, sugar, and nitrogen base

500

This is a network of flexible reinforcement fibers beneath the phospholipid bilayer

membrane skeleton

500

The membrane around the nucleus

Nuclear Envelope

500

The physical expression of the alleles

phenotype

500

The contents of animal cells are separated from the outside environment by this barrier

Cell membrane