Vocabulary
The material that forms genes; stores the information needed to build a cell
DNA
Organisms made up of many cells and live by eating food
Animals
An example of a moneran
Bacteria
Tiny unit of living matter, basic building block of all life, contains the nucleus
Cell
How do genes always occur?
DNA stands for...
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Living things that have many cells and carry out photosynthesis
Plants
An example of a protist
Algae
X shaped bundles of DNA found in the nucleus
Chromosomes
From parents to offspring
A set of instructions that tell your body how to develop; found on the chromosomes
Genes
Organisms that absorb food and reproduce by making spores
Fungi
An example of an organism made up of many cells that lives by eating food
Humans
The name for tightly packed DNA that makes up chromosomes
Coiled Chromatin
Genes
Bundles of DNA that can be found in the cell's nucleus; they work together to tell an organism how to develop
Chromosomes
Microscopic organisms that have a simple, single cell
Monerans
An example of living things that have many cells and most carry out photosynthesis
Trees
Two interlocked strands that twist around each other in a double helix structure are called...
a DNA Strand
Where are chromosomes found?
In the nucleus
A variety of complex, but mainly single-cells organisms
Protists
An example of an organism that absorbs food and reproduces by making spores
Mold, mushrooms, yeast
The part of the cell that controls all activities and contains chromosomes
Nucleus
What is the structure of DNA?
A double helix