Process of copying a segment of DNA to RNA.
What is Transcription?
Process where green plants use sunlight to make their own food.
What is Photosynthesis?
Define phenotype.
What is the physical characteristics of an organism?
The powerhouse of the cell.
What is Mitochondria?
An egg or ova.
What is a Female Gamete?
Process in which ribosomes in the cytoplasm synthesize.
What is Translation?
Process by which organisms use oxygen to break down food molecules to get chemical energy for cell functions.
What is Cellular respiration?
The allele that expresses its phenotypic effect.
What is a Dominate allele?
Organelle that produces enzymes.
What is a ribosome?
Define genotype.
What is the genetic makeup of an organism?
The trinucleotide sequence of DNA or RNA that corresponds to a specific amino acid.
What is Codon?
In osmosis, the solvent moves from a _____ solute concentration to a _____ solute concentration.
What is lower, higher?
Purpose of a Punnett Square.
What is using mathematical probability to predict the genotype and phenotype combinations in genetic crosses?
Organelle that holds water, located in the cytoplasm.
What is a vacuole?
Organisms that have 2 different alleles for the same gene. (Gg)
What is Heterozygous?
The trinucleotide sequence on a tRNA molecule.
What is Anti-codon?
The exhalation of water vapor through the stomata.
What is Transpiration?
Process in sexual reproduction in which female and male reproductive cells join to form a new cell.
What is Fertilization?
This organelle is used to synthesize/store lipids and detoxify waste without ribosomes.
What is Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum?
Genetic code that doesn't create a phenotype if a dominate allele is present.
What is a Recessive allele?
The amino acid used for the mRNA codon A-U-G.
What is Methionine?
The three main types of diffusion.
What is expansion, relocation, and stimulus.
A trait controlled by two or more genes.
What is a polygenic trait?
This organelle is used to synthesize proteins, including ribosomes.
What is Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum?
About how many genes does a human body contain?
What is 20,000?