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The Cell
How Cells Function
Vocabulary
Patterns of Heredity
DNA and Modern Genetics
100
This states that all cells come from other cells, cells come from pre-existing cells and carry out the functions of life.
What is the cell theory?
100
Name the products of photosynthesis.
What is glucose and oxygen gas?
100
Cell division in bacteria is called this.
What is binary fission?
100
Various forms of the same gene are called this.
What is an allele?
100
Any change in DNA is called this.
What is a mutation?
200
The protective covering that encloses every cell is called this.
What is the cell membrane?
200
Cellular respiration takes place in this organelle.
What is the mitochondria?
200
When offspring are genetically identical to their parents they are produced by this process.
What is asexual reproduction?
200
The likelyhood of a specific trait being inherited.
What is probability?
200
Choosing organisms to make offspring with certian traits is called this.
What is selective breeding?
300
This cell does not have a true nucleus.
What is a prokaryotic cell?
300
Proteins are assembled by this organelle.
What is a ribosome?
300
Genes are carried form parent to offspring on this rod shaped structure.
What are chromosomes?
300
A chart used to determine the likelyhood of a possible genotype is called this.
What is a punnett square?
300
Showing how a trait is passed in several generations is called this.
What is a pedigree?
400
This process uses sunlight to make food for the cell.
What is photosynthesis?
400
The movement of substances from high concentration to lower concentration is called this.
What is diffusion?
400
The process of obtaining energy when no oxygen is present.
What is fermentation?
400
The union of sperm and egg is called this.
What is fertilization?
400
The process of cell division where the offspring are identical to the parent cell.
What is mitosis?
500
This process breaks down sugar to release energy for a cell.
What is cellular respiration?
500
Using energy to move materials across the cell membrane is called this.
What is active transport?
500
The trait expressed in an organism is called this.
What is the phenotype?
500
Gametes are produced during this process.
What is meiosis?
500
A trait that only expresses when no traits overpower it.
What is recessive?