Exam Vocab Flashcards
prediction can be tested
Hypothesis
Regulation of an organisms internal life maintaining conditions
Homeostasis
Protective outer covering of all cells that regulate the interaction between the cell and the environment
Cell membrane
Structure in the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell that can act as a storage unit process energy move materials or manufacture substances
Organelle
A type of passive transport in which cell moleclues move from areas where there’re more of them to areas where there are fewer of them
Diffusion
Movement of substances through a cell membrane with out the use of cellular energy
Passive transport
A type of production in which a new organism is produced from one organism and has DNA identical to the parent organism
Asexual reproduction
Cell process in which the nucleus divides to form two nuclei identical to the original nucleus ,in a series of steps
Mitosis
The passing of traits from parent to offspring
Heredity
An alternate form that a gene may have from a single trait
Recessive
Any organism that user oxygen for respiration
Aerobe
Organism that uses dead organism as a food source and helps recycle nutrients so they are available for use by other organisms
Saprophyte
Muscle that can be consciously controlled
Voluntary muscle
Tough, flexible tissue that joins vertebrae and makes up all or part of the vertebrae endoskeleton
Cartilage
Food is mixed ,chewed, and churned
Mechanical digestion