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PBHS Biology
Question | Answer |
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The structural and functional units of all living organisms | Cell |
Single-celled | Unicellular |
Having more than one cell | Multicellular |
lack a membrane-bound nucleus and intracellular organelles | Prokaryotic/Prokaryotes |
having membrane-bound nuclei and distinct organelles | Eukaryotic/Eukaryotes |
Nuclear DNA during Interphase | Chromatin |
Cell division forming 2 identical daughter cells maintaining the number diploid of chromosomes | mitosis |
Form of DNA immediately before and during cell division | chromosomes |
Cell division forming the sex cells; reduces the number of chromosomes to the haploid (1/2 #)number | meiosis |
Reproduction that does not involve sex cells (gametes) | asexual reproduction |
Cell organelle that is the director/control center of the cell | nucleus |
Site of protein synthesis | Ribosome |
Organelle that stores water, food, waste. Few or none in animal cells | vacuole |
Gel-like substance outside the nucleus NOT including the organelles | cytosol |
Stack of membrane bound vesicles that "packages" proteins | Golgi Apparatus |
Gel-like substance outside the nucleus INCLUDING the organelles | cytoplasm |
Continuation of outer nuclear membrane-(transport passageways for proteins) | endoplasmic reticulum |
contain hydrolytic enzymes for intracellular digestion | lysosomes |
rigid, protective structure made of polysaccharides giving plant cells a box-like shape | cell wall |
inner membrane forms folds (cristae); site of energy production; powerhouse of the cell | mitochondria (plural) mitochondrion (singular) |
lipid bilayer enclosing all cells | cell membrane |
site of photosynthesis | chloroplast |
organized network of protein filaments that helps to maintain cell shape | cytoskeleton |
pigment that captures sunlight needed for photosynthesis | chlorophyll |
Process producing energy for the cell; occurs in mitochondria | cellular respiration |
process that produces food for cells having chlorophyll | photosynthesis |
simple sugar initially produced through photosynthesis; most simple sugar | glucose C6-H12-O6 |
Energy from glucose is used to produce _____ which supplies the energy needs of cells | ATP adenosine triphosphate |
DNA stands for | deoxyribonucleic acid |
mRNA | messengerRNA ribonucleic acid |
form dense stacks called grana inside chloroplasts | thylakoids |
Austrian monk, Father of Genetics; studied pea plants | Mendel (Gregor) |
phylum containing all sponges | porifera |
All have nematocysts (stinging cells) | cnidaria (cnidarians) |
All water dwellers and sessile (immobile); collect food through flagellated choanocytes | porifera |
sea anemones, Portuguese man-o-war, jellyfish, hydra, corals | cnidarians |
produces ribosomes | nucleolus |
nematocysts | stinging cells of cnidarians |
phylum of flatworms | platyhelminthes |
Soft body covered by a thin mantle with a muscular foot and internal visceral mass... | Molluscs |
Many molluscs have a shell composed of___and secreted by the mantle | calcium carbonate (CaCO3)and proteins |
3 classes of molluscs | Gastropods (slugs, snails) Cephalopods (squid, octopi, nautilus) Bivalves (clams, scallops, oysters) |
tapeworms, flukes, and planaria | platyhelminthes |
phylum of segmented worms (having nephridia and blood vessels) | annelida |
earthworms and leeches | annelids |
phylum of roundworms (unsegmented) | nematoda |
hookworms and parasites causing trichinosis, river blindness, and elephantitis | nematoda |
most recently named phylum | cycliophora |
symbion pandora identified in 1995 living on mouth parts of Norwegian Lobster | cycliophoran |
traits are notochord, pharyngeal gill slits, post-anal tail, hollow dorsal nerve chord | chordata |
Subphyla are urochordata, cephalochordata, and vertebrata (true vertebrates) | chordata |
sea squirts | urochordata |
lancelets | cephalochordata |
mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles,fish are all in which phylum | chordata |
he saw cork (wood) cells and coined the term "cell" | Robert Hooke |
he was the first to see a living cell | Anton Von Leeuwenhoek |
cell division that occurs in 2 stages | meiosis |
cell division that produces 4 gametes with the n number of chromosomes. | meiosis |
general term for all sex cells | gametes |
term for initial fertilized egg | zygote |
cell that have the 'n' number of chromosomes; haploid cells | gametes |
cell resulting from fusion of gametes | zygote |
term that means having the 'n' number of chromosomes; 1/2 the total number of chromosomes | haploid |
term that means having the 2n number of chromosomes; having the 'total' number of chromosomes | diploid |
whip-like structure that grows out of a cell used for cell movement | flagellum (singular) plural = flagella |
tiny, short hair-like structures projecting from a cell body | cilia (plural) cilium (singular) |
4 nucleic acids which are the bases of DNA | Adenine Thymine Guanine Cytosine |
How do the nucleic acids pair in DNA? | A with T and C with G |
Name the stages of mitosis in order | P(P)MAT Prophase (Prometaphase) Metaphase Anaphase Telophase |
Meiosis produces how many gametes? | 4 |
Three types of symbiosis | parasitism, commensalism, mutualism |
Symbiotic relationship: one benefits, one is harmed | parasitism |
Symbiotic relationship: both benefit | mutualism |
Symbiotic relationship: one benefits, one is unaffected | commensalism |
Discrete units of genetic material (code for a particular protein) | gene |
All chromosomes are within the nucleus, but there is also ______________DNA, mtDNA, an exact copy of the mother's mtDNA. | mitochondrial (DNA) |
Forming mRNA from DNA inside the nucleus | Transcription |
Process of synthesizing a chain of amino acids to build a protein from mRNA | Translation |
Phylum of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids | Arthropoda |
Most Arthropods have this type of external skeleton | exoskeleton |
Lobster, crayfish, etc. are which subphylum of arthropods | crustaceans |
mRNA carries the DNA code for synthesizing one of these | a protein |
The section or segment of a DNA molecule that has the entire code for synthesizing a protein is a ___. | gene |
synthesis or synthesizing means ___. | process of putting preexisting parts together (like the pieces of a puzzle)to build something, not creating something |
Longest phase within the cell cycle; precedes mitosis | Interphase |
Phase of the cell cycle during which all growth and normal functioning of a cell occurs | Interphase |
porifera are sessile which means | immobile |
flagellated cells that collect food via sweeping motions for porifera | choanocytes |
most diverse and successful animal phylum | arthropoda |
jointed foot/feet | arthropoda |
body segments of insects | head, thorax, abdomen |
now extinct arthropod phylum | trilobitomorpha (trilobites) |
mollusc shell is secreted by the | mantle |
five-fold radial symmetry | echinodermata |
spiny skin | echinodermata |
sea urchin scraping device | Aristotles's lantern |
feeding adaptation of everting stomach | echinodermata |
moving by tube feet connected to the WVS | echinodermata |
most diverse SUBphylum | vertebrata (true vertebrates) |