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FINALS study stack
christopher mainelli's study stack
Question | Answer |
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cell | the smallest unit that can preform a life process. |
stimulus | anything that causes a reaction or change in an organism or any part of an organism |
homeostasis | the maintenance of a conmetabolismstant internal state in a charging environment. |
sexual reproduction | reproduction in which the sex cells from two parents unite, producing an offspring. |
asexual reproduction | reproduction that doesn't invole the union of sex cells to produce offspring. |
Heredity | the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring. |
metabolism | the sum of all chemical processes that occur in an organism |
producer | an organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surrounding |
consumer | an organism that eats other organism. |
decomposer | an organism that gets enery by breaking down the remains of dead organism. |
Proteins | a molecule that is made up of amino acids needed to build up and repair boddy structures. |
carbohydrate | a class of energy giving nutrients that includes sugars, starthes, and fiber. |
Lipid | a type of biochemical that does not dissolve in water. |
phospholipid | a lipid that contains phosporus and that is structuralcomponent in cells. |
ATP | a molecule that acts as the main energy source for cell processes |
nucleic acids | a molecule made up of subunits called nucloetides |
Prokaryotes | an organism that consists of a single cell that does not have a nucleus |
eukaryotes | an organism made up of cells that have a nucleus enclosed by membrane |
cell wall | a rigid structure that surrounds and protects the cell |
ribosomes | cell organelle composed of rna and protein |
endoplasmic reticulum | a system of membranes that is found in the cell's cytoplasm and that assists in the production, processing, and transport of proteins |
mitochondrion | in eukaryote cells, the cell organelle that is surrounded by two membranes and that is the site of cellular respiration |
Golgi complex | cell organelle that helps make and package materials to be transported out of the cell |
vesicle | a small cavity or sac that contains materials in a eukaryotic cell |
Lysosomes | a cell organelle that contains digestive enzymes |
tissue | a group of similiar cells that perform a common function |
organ | a collection of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body |
organ system | agroup of organs that work together to preform body functions |
organism | a living thing |
structure | the arrangment of parts in an organism |
Function | the special normal, or proper activity of an organ or part |
diffusion | the movement of particles from regions of higher density to regions of lower density |
osmosis | the diffusion of water through a semipermeable membrane |
passive transport | the movement of substances across a cell membrane without using energy |
active transport | the movement of substances across a cell membrane, using energy |
endocytosis | the process in which the cell takes in particles |
exocytosis | the process in which the cell releases a particle |
photosynthesis | the process in which plants make there own food |
cellular respiration | the process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from energy |
fermentation | the breakdown of food without the use of oxygen |
cell cycle | the life cycle of a cell |
chromosomes | in a eukaryotic cell, one of the structures in the nucleus that are made up of DNA |
homologous chromosomes | chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structure |
mitosis | in eukaryotic cell, a process of cell division that forms two new nuclei |
cytokinesis | the division of the cytoplasm of a cell |
heredity | the passing of genetic traits from parents to off spring |
dominant trait | the trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred |
recessive trait | a trait that reappears in the second generation after disappering in the first generation |
gene | one set of instructions for an inherited trait |
allele | one of the alternitive forms of a gene that governs a characteristic |
phenotype | an organism's apperance |
genotype | the entire genetic make up of an organism |
probability | the likelihood that a possible future event will occur in any given instance of the event |
meiosis | a process in cell division during which the number of chromosomes decreases to halfby two divisions of the nucleus |
sex chromosomes | one pair of chromosomes that determine the sex of an individual |
pedigree | a diagram that shows the occurance of a genetic trait in several generations of a family |