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Who was the first person to see and describe cells?
Robert Hooke
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Which gene hides the effect of the other gene?
The Dominant Gene
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Name the three types of blood cells.
Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Platelets
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What is a permanent change in DNA that occurs when DNA copies itself called?
A mutation
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What is fertilization?
The joining of an egg cell and sperm cell.
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What is the job of the ribosomes?
To produce protiens
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What gene has its effects hidden?
The Recessive Gene
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What is the job of the white blood cells?
To fight disease in the human body
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The human genome contains how many organized patterns of chromosomes?
46 chromosomes
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Why does your body grow as you get older?
Your number of cells increase
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What is the control center of the cell?
The Nucleus
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What is a section of DNA strand that controls a trait?
A gene
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What is the job of the red blood cells?
To carry oxygen and wastes to and from other body cells
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A cell's function determines what two things?
Its size and shape.
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During photosynthesis, light energy changes into what kind of energy?
Chemical Energy
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What part releases stored energy in the cell?
The Mitochondria
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What is a hybrid?
An organism with one dominant and 1 recessive gene
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What is one type of waste that the red blood cell removes?
Carbon Dioxide
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A cell's level of activity determines what?
The number of mitochondria it has
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Who was the compound microscope invented by and when?
A Dutch eyeglass maker around 1590
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Which part of the cell stores waters, nutrients, and waste?
The Vacuole
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What is a purebred?
An organism with 2 dominant or 2 recessive genes.
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What stops bleeding and becomes scabs?
Platelets
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What is the definition of species?
A group of organisms that have the same characteristics and can produce similar offspring that can reproduce
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What is the cell theory?
The cell theory states that the cell is the basic unit of all living organisms and only living cells can produce new living cells.