Terms
The smallest unit of life in creation.
What is the cell?
The outer covering surrounding a cell.
What is a membrane?
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use the energy of the sun and simple chemicals to produce their own food.
What is photosynthesis?
What is a double helix?
A cell that has no distinct, membrane-bound organelles.
What is a prokaryotic cell?
A method of sorting things according to shared qualities or characteristics.
What is classification?
A jelly-like material that fills the cell.
What is cytoplasm?
This chemical gives leaves their green color.
What is chlorophyll?
This DNA molecule pairs with adenine.
What is thymine?
In the 3-domain classification system, it is the only one to have kingdoms which further divide it.
What is Domain Eukarya?
The study of living organisms too small to see without magnification.
What is microbiology?
Specialized structures that keep the cell alive.
What are organelles?
This molecule is the name for food produced by plants.
What is glucose?
This molecule is found in the nucleus of most cells and carries hereditary information from parents to offspring.
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
These organisms are often referred to as "extremophiles" because they live in otherwise inhabitable places.
What is Domain Archaea?
This process of regulation describes an organism's ability to maintain a stable internal environment.
What is homeostasis?
This is where an organism stores its DNA within the cell.
What is the nucleus?
This chemical is produced by plants as a form of extra energy, and is found in potatoes.
What is a starch?
These 2 molecules link together to form the backbone of DNA.
What are sugar and phosphate groups?
This category of prokaryotic microorganisms do NOT live in extreme environments and are sensitive to antibiotics.
What is Domain Bacteria?
This region of your brain regulates many bodily functions, including breathing rate, blood sugar, and energy consumption.
What is the hypothalamus?
These 2 types of cells contain a nucleus.
What are animal and plant cells?
What are receptors?
These units carry the genetic code necessary to build and control the molecules of living organisms.
What are nucleotide bases?
This Latin-based classification system references a organism's genus and species.
What is binomial nomenclature?