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Biology
Biology, duh
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Biology? | The scientific study of Life |
| What is a chromosome? | Organized structure of DNA, Protein, and RNA found in cells |
| What is a Nucleus? | A membrane enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells |
| What are genes? | Molecular units of heredity of an organism |
| What is a genotype? | It's the genetic make up of cells |
| What are phenotype? | Observable traits or characteristics |
| What is mitochondria? | Membrane bounds organelles in Eukaryotic cells? |
| What is Smooth ER(endoplasmic reticulum)? | Present in plant and animal cells; on outer surface |
| What is Rough ER(endoplasmic reticulum)? | Present in plants and animals cells; on inner surface |
| What is Golgi Apparatus? | Distribution and shipping department for the cell's chemical products |
| What are Lysosomes? | An array of enzymes capable of breaking down proteins |
| What are Centrioles? | Self-replicating organelles only found in animal cells |
| What is a Cell Wall? | Outer rim of cells; holds all part together |
| What is co dominance? | A single gene has more than one dominant allele |
| What is incomplete dominance? | form of intermediate inheritance that is not competeley dominant over a trait |
| What are sex linked traits? | Traits from genes found on sex chromosomes |
| What are Multiple alleles? | There are three or more forms of a gene for a trait existing |
| What is self-pollination? | Pollination that can occur when a flower has both stamen and a carpel |
| What is cross pollination? | Pollen is transferred for reproduction |
| What is Mitosis? | Process by which a cell duplicates into two daughter cells |
| What is Meiosis? | A cell division with two stages |
| What is a diploid? | The basic chromosome count within a cell |
| What is a haploid? | Half of a diploid's amount of chromosome |
| What are X Chromosomes? | A sex determining cell in reproduction |
| What are Y Chromosomes? | A sex determining cell in reproductions |