Chapter 2
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| microorganism | an organism that is microscopic, or not visible to the unaided eye
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| microbe | another term for a microscopic organism
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| unicellular | organisms that are single-celled
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| binary fission | a type of asexual reproduction is which the organism divides into two
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| conjugation | a process in which the organisms fuse, or attach themselves to each other, and exchange some of their genetic information
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| budding | some fungi, such as yeast reproduce asexually by
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| cell | the basic unit of life and the smallest part of a living thing that is capable of life
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| tissue | a group of similar cells that work together to perform the same function
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| organ | a group of two or more types of of tissue that work together to carry out one specific function
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| organ system | a group of organs working together
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| passive transport | the movement of substances through membranes without the use of the cell's energy
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| osmosis | the movement of water particles through a membrane
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| cellular respiration | plants and animals use the energy from glucose through a process called
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| active transport | when energy is required to move materials through a cell membrane
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| cell cycle | the process of growth, division and replacement of a cell
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| mitosis | the division of the nucleus while the cell is dividing into two identical cells
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| zygote | in sexual reproduction, the cell formed when a sperm and an egg cell join
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| meiosis | a special kind of cell division in which the sex cells are reproduce with half as many chromosomes as in other cells
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| fertilation | when a sperm cell joins an egg cell
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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