Cell Structure and Function | Cell Process and Energy | Genetics: the science of heredity | Modern Genetics | Changes Over Time |
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What are cells
The Basic Unit of Structure and Function in Living Things
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What is photosynthesis
6 CO2+6 H2O yields C6H12O6+ 6 O2
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What is mendel's pea experiment
When two pea plants were crossed producing varying results.
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What are sex chromosomes
X and Y are these.
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What are evidence that things have evolved over time.
Fossils. patterns in early development, and similar body structure.
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What is a cell membrane
This is what protects the animal cell
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What is respiration
C6H12O6+ 6 O2 yields 6 CO2+ 6 H2O+ Energy
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What is a punnet square
A chart that shows all possibilities of a genetic cross
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What is a pedigree
A chart that tracks which members of a family have a certain trait.
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What are homologous structures.
Similar structures that related species have inherited.
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What is a lipid
This has more energy stored in it than carbohydrates
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What is the cell cycle
Interphase,mitosis, and Cytokinesis
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What is codominant
When niether allele is dominant nor recessive
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What is the human genome project
A project that wants to identify every sequence in the human genome
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What are three types of fossils.
Petrified Fossils, preserved remains, and molds and casts.
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What is diffusion
This process causes things to spread out so it is all equal
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What are the four nitrogen base pairs
Guanine,Adenine,Cytosine, and Thymine.
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What is meiosis
The process by which cels are ruduced by half to form egg and sperm cells.
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What is a carrier
a person who has one recessive allele for a trait and one dominant allele.
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What are Eras in time.
what are Paleozoic, Precambrian time, Mesozoic, and Cenezoic.
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Who are Hooke and Leeuwenhoek
These two men made some of the biggest discoveries about cells.
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What is cancer
A disease when cells grow and divide rapidly affecting the body.
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What is Messanger RNA and Transfer RNA
RNA that copies a coded message from DNA and RNA that carries amino acids to the ribosome and adds to the growing protein.
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What are Genetic Techniques
Selective Breeding, Cloning, and Genetic Engineering
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What are Darwin's Observations
The Diversity of Living things, the remains of ancient orgasnisms, and the characteristics of animals on the galapagos islands.
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