Terms F - G

Question 1

Facilitated diffusion

Answer 1

Diffusion involving the presence of protein CARRIER MOLECULES to allow the passive movement of substances across plasma membranes

Question 2

Gamete

Answer 2

Reproductive (sex) cell that fuses with another gamete during fertilisation

Question 3

Gene

Answer 3

Section of DNA on a CHROMOSOME coding for one or more polypeptides

Question 4

Gene pool

Answer 4

The total number of ALLELS in a particular population at a specific time

Question 5

Glycolysis

Answer 5

First part of cellular respiration in which glucose is broken down anaerobically in the cytoplasm to two molecules of pyruvate