Vocab Quiz 3 Cell Cycle & Mitosis

carrier of genetic information;

deoxyribonucleic acid

• RNA

• DNA

• Carbohydrates

• Polypeptide

A process in which DNA has the unique ability to make an exact copy of itself.

• Replication
• Translation
• Transcription

Consists of the following stages: Interphase, Mitosis and Cytokinesis that cells will go through to grow and divide

• hydrolysis

• protein synthesis

• dna replication

• cell cycle

part of the cell cycle when the nucleus of the cell divides

• mitosis

• cytoplasm

• G1 phase

• cellular respiration

thread-like structures of DNA that contain genes tightly coiled together

• ribosomes

• bacteriophage

• mitochondria

• chromosomes

Cancer is a result of uncontrolled or unregulated cell growth

• TRUE

• FALSE

these cells are ALL the cells of the body except sex cells. they include heart cells, skin cells, nerve cells and stomach cells.

• somatic cells

• gamete cells

• cancer cells

• apoptosis

Students are observing particles moving against the concentration gradient (from low concentration to high concentration) in a lab investigation.  Which type of transport at they observing?

• diffusion

• facilitated diffusion

• passive transport

• active transport

The diffusion of water through a semipermeable membrane is

• hypotonic

• active transport

• osmosis

• exocytosis

this cellular organelle is the site of aerobic cellular respiration.

it is also known as the power house of the cell because of its ability to create a usable form of energy

• photosynthesis

• mitochondria

• golgi apparatus

• chloroplast