Biology Midterm

hypothesis

theory

independent variable

dependent variable

transmission electron microscope

compound light microscope

calcium

iron

iodine

magnesium

ionic bonding

properties of water

acid

base

pH scale

buffer

carbon

dehydration synthesis

hydrolysis

Benedicts Solution

isomer

polysaccharides

glycogen

cellulose

energy storage in plants

chitin

carboxyl group

lipids

proteins

amino acid

nucleic acids

nucleotides

prokaryotic cell

nucleus

rough ER

smooth ER

ribosomes

site of protein synthesis

lysosomes

golgi bodies

mitochondria

vacuole

fluid-mosaic model

passive transport

diffusion

osmosis

the diffusion of water

hypertonic

hypotonic

isotonic

active transport

endocytosis

exocytosis

secretion

endocrine

exocrine

enzyme

protein

substrate

pepsin

ATP

light reactions

calvin cycle

chloroplasts

cellular respiration

cell division

binary fission

chromosomes

cell cycle

DNA replication

mitosis

cytokinesis

prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

interphase

prophase

metaphase

anaphase

telophase

cancer

benign tumor

malignant tumor

cancerous tumor

angiogenesis

metastasis

apoptosis

programmed cell death

oncogene

tumor-suppressor gene

biopsy

meiosis

gametogenesis

2

prophase I

metaphase I

anaphase I

anaphase II

Mendel's Law of Segregation

autosomes

dominance

incomplete dominance

codominance

multiple alleles

pedigrees

test cross

linked genes

karyotype

autosomal

autosomal recessive

autosomal dominant

sex-linked

nondisjunction

trisomy

monosomy