Organelles
Mystery
Cell Division
Genes
100
A thin, flexible barrier that surrounds a cell and controls which substances pass into and out of a cell
cell membrane
100
All living things are made of
cells.
100
When body cells divide and create two new cells with a complete set of chromosomes.
Mitosis
100
The stronger trait expressed with a capital letter
Dominant
200
What is the control center of the cell?
Nucleus
200
Which process creates cell with half the number of chromosomes?
2
200
The process when reproductive cells divide and create four new cells with half the number of chromosomes.
Meiosis
200
Mendel
Monk who discovered recessive and dominant traits by studying pea plants.
300
Bean-shaped organelle that releases stored energy.
Mitochondria
300
_____________are passed down from the parents to the offspring.
Genes
300
Does picture 1 or picture 2 show mitosis?
1
300
The weaker trait expressed with a lowercase letter
Recessive
400
Colorless, jellylike substance inside of cells holds the organelles in place
cytoplasm
400
What are the three parts of the cell theory.
1. All living things are made of cells.
2. All life activities take place in cells.
3. All new cells are produced by existing cells.
400
A complex chemical that contains the genetic information about the organism
DNA
400
Reginald Punnett
Scientist who created a diagram to help see the possibilities of inherited traits.
500
Cell organelle that stores materials such as food, water, and waste
Vacuole
500
Which two organelles are found in plant cells but not animal cells?
Cell wall and chloroplast
500
Which picture shows the process which creates reproductive cells and half the number of chromosomes?
2
500
A blue fruit and a pink fruit produce blue fruit. Which color fruit is dominant?
blue