"30 Terms"

Question 1

active site

Answer 1

The part of the enzyme where the substrate will bind.

Question 2

Active transport

Answer 2

The movement of molecules across the cell membrane with the use of ATP.

Question 3

Anticodon

Answer 3

The three nucleotide combination on the transfer RNA that matches up with the three letter combination on the messenger RNA

Question 4

Antigen

Answer 4

The foreign particles or substances that trigger an immune response.

Question 5

ATP

Answer 5

A high energy molecule that can be split apart to release energy for many different processes in living things.

Question 6

Autotroph

Answer 6

An organism that makes its own food.

Question 7

Auxins

Answer 7

Plant hormones that lead to phototropism by elongating the dark side of the plant.

Question 8

Catalyst

Answer 8

A molecule that speeds up a chemical reaction by lowering the activation energy

Question 9

Cell cycle

Answer 9

The continuous series of events that all somatic cells go through that includes mitosis, cytokinesis, and interphase.

Question 10

Cellular respiration

Answer 10

The process of breaking down glucose to make ATP.

Question 11

Codon

Answer 11

The three nucleotide combination on the messenger RNA that matches up with the three letter combination on the transfer RNA and
has the information to code for one amino acid

Question 12

Cohesion

Answer 12

The attractive force between polar molecules of the same substance

Question 13

Dehydration synthesis

Answer 13

The type of reaction that links together monomers to make polymers and release water in the process.

Question 14

Diploid

Answer 14

Cells that have two copies of each kind of chromosome.

Question 15

DNA ligase

Answer 15

The enzyme that splices DNA together in genetic engineering and the okazaki fragments of replication

Question 16

*Endosymbiosis

we had a response on this once

Answer 16

The theory that eukaryotic cells arose from prokaryotic cells that lived closely together to the point that we now call these
former cells “mitochondria” and “chloroplasts”

Question 17

Enzyme

Answer 17

An organic catalyst that lowers the activation energy of chemical reactions in organisms thus increasing the rate of reaction

Question 18

Facilitated transport

Answer 18

The movement of molecules across the cell membrane without the use of ATP, but with the help of a protein

Question 19

Incomplete dominance

Answer 19

The type of inheritance where the heterozygous individual has a blend of the dominant and recessive trait.

Question 20

Natural selection

Answer 20

IT’S A MECHANISM!!!!!

The theory that states explains how a population changes over time to reflect the individuals who are most successful.

Question 21

Passive transport

Answer 21

The transport of molecules across the cell membrane without the use of energy.

Question 22

Ribosome

Answer 22

The part of the cell responsible for dehydration synthesis of proteins using the mRNA template.

Question 23

Species

Answer 23

A group of similar looking organisms that can reproduce to make fertile offspring

Question 24

Symbiosis

Answer 24

A long term relationship between organisms of two different species where at least one of the organisms benefits.

KNOW ALL OF THE DIFFERENT INTERACTIONS

Question 25

Transcription

Answer 25

The making of RNA from DNA.

-explain how…

Question 26

Translation

Answer 26

The process of making proteins from the mRNA template

Question 27

Transpiration

Answer 27

The evaporation of water from the stomata of a leaf that allows water to be pulled up a stem.

Question 28

Xylem

Answer 28

The vascular tissue in a plant that carries water up from the roots to the rest of the plant.

Question 29

Zygote

Answer 29

The fertilized egg

Question 30

Mutation

Answer 30

A change in the DNA either by changing a chromosome’s structure or the order of nucleotides.