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Quinn Vocabulary
Part 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Endocytosis | the cell membrane surrounds a particle and encloses itin a vesicle this is how large particles such as other cells can be brought into a cell |
| Exocytosis | vescles that are formed at the endoplasmic reticulum or golgi complex and carry the particles to the cell membrane |
| Potisynthesis | plants are able to capture light energy from the sun and change it into food through a process |
| Cellular Respiration | it uses energy |
| Fermentation | doesn't use energy |
| Cell Cycle | the life cycle of a cell |
| Chromosomes | the DNA of a cell is organized into structures |
| Binary Fission | which means splitting into two parts |
| Homologous Chromosomes | these pairs are made up of similar chromosomes |
| Chromatids | are held together at a region called centromere |
| Mitosis | ensures that each new cell recieves a copy of each chromosomes |
| Cytokinesis | a process |
| DNA | it is short for deoxyribonucleic acids |
| Nucleotide | DNA is made of only for subunits, which are known as nucleic |
| Adenine | One of the four bases |
| Thymine | Another one of the four bases |
| Quanine | the third base of the four bases |
| Cytosine | the fourth base |
| Mutation | occur when there is a change in the order of base in an organisms DNA |
| Mutagen | Anything that can cause a mutation in DNA |
| Pedigree | is a tool for tracing a trait throgh generation of a family |