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HOW MANY PAIRS OF CHROMOSOMES ARE IN OUR BODIES?
2 PAIRS OF 23 ... 46 TOTAL
HOW MANY SEX CHROMOSOMES ARE FOUND IN THE HUMAN BODY?
TWO
HOW MANY AUTOSOMES ARE FOUND IN HUMANS?
44
CELL
BUILDING BLOK OF LIFE
METABOLSIM
THE SUM OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN AN ORGANISM
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
PRODUCS ENLARGE 3D IMAGE OF AN OBJECT BY USING BEAN OF ELECTRONS RATHER THAN LIGHT
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
TRANSMITS BEAM OF ELECTRONS THROUGH A VERY THIN SLICE OF SPECIMEN AND THAT CAN MAGNIFY UP TO 200,000 TIMES
NATURAL SELECTION
PROCESS BY WHICH INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BETTER ADAPTED TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE MORE SUCCESSFULLY THAN LESS WELL ADAPTED INDIVIDUALS DO
EVOLUTION
HERITABLE CHANGE IN THE CHARACTERISTICS WITHIN A POPULATION FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT, NEW TYPES OF ORGANISMS FROM PREEXISTING ORGANISMS
HYPOTHESIS
EDUCATED GUESS BASED ON OBSERVATION AND CAN BE TESTED
PREDICTION
STATEMENT MADE IN ADVANCE THAT EXPRESSES THE RESULTS THAT WILL BE OBTAINED FROM TESTING A HYPOTHESIS IF HYPOTHESIS IS SUPPORTED, THE EXPECTED OUTCOME IF HYPOTHESIS IS CORRECT
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
IN EXPERIMENT, THE FACTOR THAT IS DELIBERATELY MANIPULATED
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
IN AN EXPERIMENT, THE FACTOR THAT CHANGES AS A RESULT OF MANIPULATION OF ONE OR MORE OTHER FACTORS
THEORY
EXPLANATION FOR SOME PHENOMENON THAT IS BASED ON OBSERVATION, EXPERIMENTATION, AND REASONING, SUPPORTED BY LARGE BODY OF EVIDENCE, DOESN'T CONFLICT WITH EXISTING EVIDENCE
OBSERVATION
OBTAINING INFO FROM SENSES
ORGAN
COLLECTION OF TISSUES THAT CARRY OUT A SPECIALIZED FUNCTION OF THE BODY
ORGANELLE
ONE OF THE SMALL BODIES THAT ARE FOUND IN THE CYTOPLASM OF A CELL AND THAT ARE SPECIALIZED TO PERFORM A SPECIFIC FUNCTION
BIOLOGY
THE STUDY OF LIVING THINGS
CONTROL GROUP
RECEIVES NO EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT
HOMEOSTASIS
MAINTENANCE OF CONSTANT AND STABLE INTERNAL CONDITIONS
DEVELOPMENT
THE PROCESS BY WHICH AN ORGANISM BECOMES A MATURE ADULT
REPRODUCTION
ORGANISMS MAKE MORE OF THEIR OWN
ECOLOGY
STUDY OF THE INTERACTIONS OF LIVING ORGANISMS WITH EACH OTHER AND TEIR ENVIRONMENT
EXPERIMENT
PLANNED PROCEDURE TO TEST A HYPOTHESIS
ADAPTATION
TRAIT THAT IMPROVES AN INDIVIDUAL'S ABILITY TO SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE
RESOLUTION
THE POWER TO SHOW DETAILS CLEARLY IN AN IMAGE
ION
ATOM OR MOLECULE THAT HAS LOST OR GAINED ONE OR MORE ELECTRONS
ATOM
SIMPLEST PARTICLE OF AN ELEMENT
COMPOUND
SUBSTANCE MADE OF THE JOINED ATOMS OF TWO OR MORE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS
ENERGY
ABILITY TO DO WORK
COVALENT BOND
CHEMICAL BOND IN WHICH ELECTRONS ARE SHARED
IONIC BOND
ATTRACTION BETWEEN OPPOSITELY CHARGED IONS
ELEMENT
SUBSTANCE THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN DOWN BY CHEMICAL MEANS
SOLUTION
ONE SUBSTANCE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED IN ANOTHER
ISOTOPES
ATOMS OF THE SAME ELEMENT THAT HAVE DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF NEUTRONS
METABOLISM
ALL THE CHEMICAL REACTONS THAT TAKE PLACE IN AN ORGANISM
CLOUD OR ORBITAL
THREE DIMENSIONAL REGION AROUND A NUCLEUS THAT INDICATES THE PROBABLE LOCATION OF AN ELECTRON
MASS NUMBER
TOTATL NUMBER OF PROTONS AND NEUTRONS
SATURATED SOLUTION
ONE IN WHICH NO MORE SOLUTE CAN DISSOLVE
CAPILLARITY
ATTRACTION BETWEEN MOLECULES OF A LIQUID THAT CAUSES ITS SURFACE TO RISE WHEN IN CONTACT WITH A SOLID
ACID
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HYDRONIUM IONS WHEN DISSOLVED IN WATER
BASE
INCREASES NUMBER OF HYDROXIDE IONS WHEN DISSOLVED IN WATER
COHESION
HOLDS A SINGLE MATERIAL TOGETHER
ADHESION
ATTRACTIVE FORCE BETWEEN 2 SUBSTANCES THAT ARE IN CONTACT
ENZYME
SPEEDS UP METABOLISM
CATALYST
LOWERS THE ACTIVATION ENERGY TO HELP A REACTION TO TAKE PLACE
ACTIVATION ENERGY
ENERGY THAT STARTS A REACTION
PROTON
POSITIVE CHARGE
NEUTRON
NO CHARGE
ORGANIC COMPOUND
COMPOUNDS MADE PRIMARILY OF CARBON ATOMS
CONDENSATION REACTION
CHEMICAL REACTION IN WHICH TWO OR MORE MOLECULES COMBINE TO PRODUCE WATER OR ANOTHER SIMPLE MOLECULE
ATP
ORGANIC MOLECULE THAT ACTS AS THE MAIN ENERGY SOURCE FOR CELL PROCESSES; COMPOSED OF A NITROGENOUS BASE, A SUGAR, AND THREE PHOSPHATE GROUPS
AMINO ACIDS
BUILDING BLOCKS OF PROTEIN
FUNCTIONAL GROUP
CLUSTER OF ATOMS THAT INFLUENCES THE CHRACTERISTICS OF A MOLECULE
ACTIVE SITE
PLACE WHERE A SUBSTRATE FITS INTO AN ENZYME
HYDROLYSIS
PROCESS USED TO BREAK DOWN A POLYMER
NUCLEOTIDES
BUILDING BLOCKS OF DNA
REACTANT
SUBSTANCE ON WHICH AN ENZYME ACTS DURING A CHEMICAL REACTION
CARBOHYDRATES
ORGANIC COMPOUND WITH A RATION OF ONE CARBON ATOM TO TWO HYDROGEN ATOMS TO ONE OXYGEN ATOM
MONOSACCHARIDE
MAJOR SOURCE OF ENERGY IN CELLS
LIPIDS
ORGANICE COMPOUND THAT IS NOT SOLUBLE IN WATER
POLYPEEPTIDES
LONG CHAIN OF AMINO ACIDS
NUCLEIC ACIDS
DNA IS ONE AND COTAINS GENETIC INFORMATION
PEPTIDE BOND
CHEMICAL BOND THAT FORMS BETWEEN THE CARBOXYL GROUP OF ONE AMINO ACID AND THE AMINO GROP OF ANOTHER AMINO ACID
POLYPEPTIDE
LONG CHAIN OF AMINO ACIDS
FATTY ACID
ORGANIC ACID CONTAINED IN LIPIDS, SUCH AS FATS OR OILS
LIPID
FATS, STEROIDS, STORE ENERGY AND MAKE UP CELL MEMBRANES
DISACCHARIDE
SUGAR FORMED FROM TWO MONOSACCHARIDES
DNA
MATERIAL THAT CONTAINS THE INFORMATION THAT DETERMINES INHERITED CHARACTERISTICS
RNA
NATURAL POLYMER PRESENT IN ALL LIVING CELLS THAT PLAYS A ROLE IN PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
CARBOHYDRATE
ORGANICE COMPOUND MADE OF CARBON, HYDROGEN, AND OXYGEN THAT PROVIDES NUTRIENTS TO THE CELLS OF LIVING
THYLAKOIDS
FLATTENED SAC IN CHLORPLAST
TISSUE
GROUP OF CELLS THAT CARRY OUT SPECIFIC FUNCTION
CYTOSOL
PART OF THE CYTOPLASM
CHLOROPHYLL
GREEN PIGMENT
CELL THEORY
ALL THINGS ARE MADE UP OF CELLS
PLASMA MEMBRANE
REGULATES WHAT ENTERS AND LEAVES A CELL
RIBOSOMES
STRUCTURE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
PROKARYOTE
SINGLE CELLED ORGANISM THAT LACKS A MEMBERNE BOUND NUCLEUS
FLAGELLAN
PROTRUDES FROM CELL'S SURFACE AND ENABLES MOVEMENT
CILLUM
SHORT HAIRLIKE STRUCTUR
EUKARYOTE
ORGANISM WHOSE CELLS EACH HAVE A MEMBRANE BOUND NUCLEUS
NUCLUES
HOUSES THE CELL'S DNA
CYTOPLASM
INTERIOR OF THE CELL
CYTOSKELETON
KEEPS CELL MEMBRANE FROM COLLAPSING
PLASTID
A CHLOROPLAST IS ONE
PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER
DOUBLE LAYER OF PHOSPHOLIPIDS
CENTRIOLE
FOUND IN ANIMAL CELLS BUT NOT PLANT CELLS
NUCLEOLUS
DENSE AREA OF THE NUCLEUS
MICROTUBULE
HOLLOW TUBE THAT ACTS LIKE A TRACK
CHROMOSOME
STRUCTURE CONTAINING CONDENSED DNA
ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
EXTENSIVE SYSTEM THAT MOVES PROTEINS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES THROUGH THE CELL
NUCLEOPLASM
JELLYLIKE LIQUID IN THE NUCLEUS
GOLGI APPARATUS
PACKAGING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER
LYSOMES
ORGANELLE CONTAINS THE CELL'S DIGESTIVE ENZYMES
MITOCHONDRIA
TRANSFER ENERGY FROM ORGANICE TO ATP
CHLOROPLAST
USE LIGHT ENERGY TO MAKE CARBOHYDRATES FROM CARBON DIOXIDE
CENTRAL VACUOLE
STORES WATER AND MAY CONTAIN MANY SUBSTANCES, SUCH AS ENZYMES, WATER, AND WASTES
CELL WALL
PROTECTS THE CELL
COLONIAL ORGANISM
COLLECTION OF IDENTICAL CELLS THAT LIVE TOGETHER IN A CONNECTED GROUP
NUCLEAR ENVELOPE
DOUBLE MEMBRANE COVERED WITH PORES
MICRO FILAMENTS
LONG THREADS MADE OF ACTIN
ORGAN SYSTEM
GROUP OF ORGANS THAT PERFOMR RELATED TASKS
SIZE OF CELL LIMITED BY
FELATIONSHIP TO SURFACE AREA TO VOLUME

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