This is the first of several Quizlet sets I'll make to help you for the final. I'll also make a set of identifications based on traits, a set of questions, etc.
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| organic molecule made of sugars - sugar, starch, and cellulose | ||
| organic molecules like fats, oils, and waxes | ||
| speeds up chemical reactions in the body | ||
| organic compound made of amino acids | ||
| building block of proteins | ||
| more than one chemical mixed together | ||
| a liquid mixture | ||
| chemical made of other chemicals that have reacted with each other | ||
| most abundant compound in living things | ||
| movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration | ||
| diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane | ||
| more than half of a solution | ||
| the stuff dissolved in a solution | ||
| evenly distributed mixture of two or more chemicals | ||
| cells contain nucleus and other organelles | ||
| organelle that contains DNA | ||
| found IN nucleus | ||
| organelle that makes ATP energy from sugar | ||
| organelle that makes sugar from light - found only in plants | ||
| organelle that makes protein | ||
| makes lipid bilayer | ||
| place where many ribosomes make proteins | ||
| gatekeeper for what goes in and out of cell | ||
| can burst a cell when too much water osmoses IN | ||
| cell divides into two daughter cells | ||
| series of events in the life of a cell | ||
| when cells can't control their growth rate | ||
| pH below 7 | ||
| pH above 7 | ||
| an idea you can test NOT the first step in the work of a scientist - that's OBSERVATION | ||
| the connecting point between two sister chromatids |  | |
| the steps from a cell's creation through cell division (mitosis) |  | |
| two identical alleles for a trait | ||
| two different alleles for a trait | ||
| the genetic material, made of nucleotides |  | |
| group of three bases in mRNA | ||
| carries info from nucleus to ribosome | ||
| brings amino acids to build the protein | ||
| the kind of RNA found in ribosomes | ||
| when some organisms survive challenges of life, and some don't | ||
| plant like moss with no vascular tissue (tubes to carry water) | ||
| carries water from roots to leaves | ||
| carries sugar from leaves to the rest of the plant | ||
| plants that have a one year life cycle | ||
| plants that keep going year after year | ||
| anchor plants to the ground, absorb water | ||
| xylem and phloem | ||
| makes all the new cells in a plant | ||
| the skin of a plant | ||
| long thick root |  | |
| a bunch of roots |  | |
| when plant stems get longer | ||
| lets gases in and out of plants, the hole between two guard cells |  | |
| round bacterium |  | |
| capsule shaped bacterium |  | |
| spiral shaped bacterium |  | |
| bacteria that break down nutrients in dead organisms | ||
| single celled organisms with no nucleus | ||
| virus injects genetic material, uses cell to copy, and bursts the cell | ||
| virus injects genetic material and then hides it in the cell's nucleus, then bursts the cell many generations later | ||
| multicellular heterotrophic eukaryote | ||
| organism that stays in one place | ||
| the nerve cells in a cnidarian | ||
| organism with both male and female gametes | ||
| annelids use them to remove nitrogenous waste | ||
| the thin layer of tissue covering a mollusk | ||
| spiders and horseshoe crabs |  | |
| the suction cup on a sea star also used for respiration | ||
| a chordate with a backbone | ||
| used to adjust a fish's buoyancy | ||
| hole that digestive waste, urine, and eggs pass through | ||
| amphibian eardrum | ||
| warm blooded animal | ||
| cold blooded animal | ||
| top (dorsal) part of a turtle shell | ||
| bottom (ventral) part of a turtle shell | ||
| largest taxonomic group | ||
| largest group of organisms within a kingdom | ||
| the groups inside a phylum | ||
| smallest blood vessels | ||
| carry blood back to the heart | ||
| carry blood away from the heart | ||
| concentration of sense organs and nerve cells at the front of the body | ||
| nervous system cell that carries information | ||
| recieves information from another neuron or sense organ | ||
| transmits information to another neuron | ||
| covered with ribosomes making proteins | ||
| muscle under lungs that allows us to breathe |  | |
| tube from mouth to lungs |  | |
| the small air sacs in the lungs where oxygen goes into blood and CO2 comes out |  | |
| prevents food from going into the trachea |  | |
| carries air from trachea into each lung | | |
| brain structure responsible for voluntary or conscious activities |  | |
| brain structure responsible for hunger, thirst, fatigue, anger, and body temperature | ||
| brain structure responsible for motor control and balance |  | |
| secretes bile for digestion of fats, detoxifies blood |  | |
| produces insulin that signals cells to take in sugar |  | |
| secretes acids and enzymes for food digestion, allows measured amounts of food into small intestine |  | |
| path from sensory neuron to spinal cord to motor neuron to muscle that reacts |  | |
| diagram that traces a single gene through many generations in a family tree |  | |
| animals with no backbones | ||
| contractions of the esophagus that move food to the stomach | ||
| stomach chamber in cows and related animals in which newly swallowed plant food is stored and processed | ||
| milk-secreting organ of all female mammals | ||
| membrane that keeps DNA in the nucleus, most other chemicals out | ||
| plant structures that carry out most photosynthesis | ||
| diverse, eukaryotic, mostly just one-celled | ||
| protozoa that moves using, wait for it... cilia | ||
| ripened ovary that usually contains seeds | ||
| vertebrate with dry scaly skin and amniotic egg | ||
| membrane in an egg whose function is to protect the egg | ||
| measures hydrogen ions in a solution | ||
| allows cells to take in food and water, get rid of waste, also keeps out foreign organisms | ||
| birds use them to stay warm | ||
| birds use them to fly |
