The Inner Cell
This organelle contains the cell's genetic material and acts as the control center.
What is the Nucleus?
The cell membrane is primarily composed of this "double-layer" of lipids.
What is the Phospholipid Bilayer?
This is the shape of a DNA molecule, discovered by Watson, Crick, and Franklin.
What is a Double Helix?
This type of cell division is used for growth and repairing damaged tissues in the body.
What is Mitosis?
This "Father of Genetics" studied pea plants to understand inheritance.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
These small structures are the site of protein synthesis.
What are Ribosomes?
This term describes the diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane.
What is Osmosis?
In DNA base-pairing, Adenine always pairs with this base.
What is Thymine?
Unlike mitosis, this process results in four daughter cells that are genetically different from the parent.
What is Meiosis?
This term refers to the physical appearance or visible traits of an organism.
What is a Phenotype?
This is the correct order of multicellular organization from smallest to largest.
What are Cells, Tissues, Organs, Organ Systems, Organism?
This type of transport uses a protein channel but does not require energy.
What is Facilitated Diffusion?
This process turns an mRNA sequence into a chain of amino acids.
What is Translation?
Before a cell can divide, it must do this to its DNA so that each new cell has a full set of instructions.
What is Replication or Copying DNA?
If you cross two heterozygous (Aa) parents, this is the percentage chance of a recessive (aa) offspring.
What is 25%?
In cell signaling, this type of molecule binds to a receptor to send a message.
What is a Ligand?
A cell placed in this type of solution will swell and potentially burst.
What is a Hypotonic Solution?
This three-base sequence on mRNA codes for a specific amino acid.
What is a Codon?
These specific types of cells (sperm and egg) are produced through the process of meiosis.
What are Gametes?
This type of inheritance occurs when both alleles are expressed equally, like a speckled chicken.
What is Codominance?
This type of feedback loop intensifies a response until a final goal is reached, like childbirth or blood clotting.
What is Positive Feedback?
These "water channels" allow water to move quickly through the cell membrane.
What are Aquaporins?
This enzyme is responsible for "unzipping" the DNA double helix during replication.
What is Helicase?
This disease is essentially "the cell cycle gone wrong," where cells divide uncontrollably without stopping.
What is Cancer?
A mutation that results in the same amino acid being produced is known as this type of mutation.
What is a Silent Mutation?