Cells and Organelles
The organelle responsible for holding genetic information.
What is the nucleus?
The allele that is always expressed as a trait when present. This allele masks the presence of other alleles.
What is the dominant allele?
Tectonic plates that move towards each other.
What is a convergent plate boundary?
A type of reaction that changes the elemental composition of a molecule.
What is a chemical reaction or chemical change?
What is the independent variable?
The organelle responsible for releasing energy into the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
The allele that is masked by another allele if present.
What is the recessive allele?
When the moon's visible illumination is "shrinking".
What is waning?
Melting point is a __________ property.
What is a physical?
During an experiment, the variables that do not change and remain the same the entire time.
What is the controls or constants?
The two differences between plant and animal cell structures.
What is the cell wall and chloroplast in plant cells?
The name of the genotype Tt.
What is heterozygous?
The law that states that the oldest fossils will be found in the deepest layers in the ground if undisturbed.
What is the Law of Superposition?
A substance that goes through a reaction and emits an odor is a _____________ change.
What is a chemical change?
Organism that can produce its own food.
What is an autotroph?
The process through which energy is produced in all cells.
What is cell respiration?
The name of the genotype tt.
An area where a more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate.
What is a subduction zone?
When water is added to a cup with baking soda and citric acid, bubbles are formed. This is a ___________ change.
The two major differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
What is the nucleus vs. free-floating DNA and membrane bound organelles?
The processes for producing RNA and proteins in the cell.
What is transcription and translation?
A family tree that tracks a specific trait.
What is a pedigree chart?
A body of igneous rock formed within the Earth's crust.
What is an intrusion?
Flammability, or the ability for a substance to burn, is a ____________ property.
What is a chemical property?
The father of genetics, responsible for crossing pea plants.
Who is Gregor Mendel?