| A | B |
|---|
| Independent Variable | Cause |
| Dependent Variable | Effect |
| Constant | Stays the same |
| Control | Receives no treatment |
| Variable | Changes |
| Volume | Occupied space |
| Mass | Amount of matter |
| Accurate | On point |
| Precise | Consistent |
| Protein Calories | 4 calories/gram |
| Carbohydrate Calories | 4 calories/gram |
| Fat Calories | 9 calories/gram |
| Enzyme Function | Speeds up a reaction |
| Prokaryote | No nucleus |
| Eukaryote | Nucleus present |
| Energy storing molecule | ATP |
| Energy releasing molecue | ADP |
| Has 3 phosphates | ATP |
| Has 2 phosphates | ADP |
| Contains a large vacuole | Plant cell |
| Contains chloroplasts | Plant cell |
| Contains a cell wall | Plant cell |
| Contains a small vacuole | Animal cell |
| Double stranded nucleic acid | DNA |
| Single stranded nucleic acid | RNA |
| Contains ribose | RNA |
| Contain deoxyribose | DNA |
| Somatic cell division | Mitosis |
| division that results in 2 daughter cells | Mitosis |
| division that results in 4 daughter cells | Meiosis |
| Division that results in diploid cells | Mitosis |
| 2N | Diploid |
| Twice the number of chromosomes | Diploid |
| Divison that results in identical daughter cells | Mitosis |
| Somatic | Body Cells (NOT gametes) |
| Gamete cell division | Meiosis |
| Division that results in haploid cells | Meiosis |
| N | Haploid |
| Half the number of chromosomes | Haploid |
| Division that results in NON-identical daughter cells | Meiosis |
| Another word for gamete | Sex Cell |
| A sperm this type of cell | Gamete |
| An egg is this type of cell | Gamete |
| Meta- | Middle |
| Glucose is a reactant | Cellular Respiration |
| Water and CO2 are reactants | Photosynthesis |
| Water and CO2 are products | Cellular Respiration |
| Glucose and O2 are products | Photosynthesis |
| Interphase | DNA Replication |
| Anaerobic | No Oxygen |
| Anaerobic ATP production | very little |
| Aerobic | Oxygen |
| Aerobic ATP production | A LOT |
| Active transport | ATP required |
| Passive transport | No ATP required |
| Osmosis | Water |
| Endocytosis | Moves IN |
| Exocytosis | Moves OUT |
| Adenine-Thymine-Guanine-Cytosine | DNA |
| Adenine-Uracil-Guanine-Cytosine | RNA |
| Genotypes | Letters (alleles) |
| Phenotype | What you see |
| Variation | Differences |
| Allele | Form of a trait (letters) |
| Homozygous | Same alleles (letters) |
| Heterozygous | Different alleles (letters) |
| Dominant | Capital letter |
| Recessive | Lowercase letter |
| Incomplete Dominance | In between |
| Co-Dominant | Both dominant |
| Crossing Over | DNA Exchange |
| Making a DNA compliment | Transcription |
| Making an amino acid chain (use the "decoder chart" | Translation |
| Abiotic | non-living |
| Biotic | living |
| Parasitism | one organism benefits, one harmed |
| Commensalism | one organism is helped, one neither benefits nor is harmed |
| Mutualism | both organisms benefit |
| Predator | the hunter |
| Prey | they hunted |
