Chapter 6
the process of converting sunlight into chemical energy (food)
what is photosynthesis
cellular respiration effcientcy percentage
what is 66 percent
programmed cell death
what is apoptosis?
The trait that can be inherited
What is the gene
The four types of nitrogen containing bases ("ladder")
What is Adenine, Guanine, Thymine, Cytosine
the series of chemical reactions that depend upon one another
what is biochemical pathway
requires glucose from photosynethesis
what is the biochemical pathway
longest part of the cell's life cycle
what is interphase?
genotype where the alleles are different
What is heterozygous
The start codon
What is AUG (Methionine)
Stomatas definition
what are underside of leaves are covered in tiny pores
where does the Krebs cycle occur
what is the matrix
the failure of chromosomes to separate properly (tend to be random)
what is nondisjunction
definition of a dihybird cross
DNA's full name
what is deoxyribonucleic acid?
what cycle uses carbon dioxide
what is the Calvin Cycle
complex process in which cells make ATP by breaking down organic compounds
what is cellular respiration?
what is synapsis
what are the 3 blood type phenotypes
what are Ia, Ib, and i
The process by which genetic information is copied from DNA to RNA
What is transcription
occurs in the stroma
what is the Calvin Cycle
what is regenerates NAD+ for glycolysis
good for microrganisms energy needs
four stages of mitosis
what are prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase
difference between genotype and phenotype
what is genotype is genetic makeup, phenotype is genetic expression
The phase where DNA is copied
S phase