Biology Mid Year

Digestive organ in which most chemical digestion and nutrient absorption takes place.

• esophagus

• stomach

• small intestine

• large intestine

The process in which a cell makes an an identical strand of DNA from an original strand of DNA.

• homeostasis

• DNA replication

• metabolism

• respiration

Hereditary material, building block is nucleotides, contains the genetic code.

• carbohydrates

• lipids

• protein

• nucleic acid

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Larger more complex cells that have both a nucleus and organelles

• prokaryote

• eukaryote

• bacteria

Protein in living organisms that can speed up a chemical reaction by lowering the activation energy needed to get the reaction started.

• reactant

• product

• enzyme

• DNA

A double layer of fats that is the flexible inner part of cell membranes.

• carbohydrate

• protein

• phospholipid bilayer

• cholesterol

A form of diffusion in and out of cells involving the passive movement of molecules through a protein channel.

• passive transport

• active transport

• facilitated diffusion

• osmosis

Organelle in autotrophs that contains chlorophyll for use in photosynthesis

• lysosome

• mitochondrion

• cell membrane

• chloroplast

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

A cell organelle that contains enzymes for down digesting macromolecules and recycling non-functional cell organelles

• lysosome

• vacuole

• chloroplast

• prokaryote

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Movement of materials through the cell membrane that requires energy and materials move against the concentration.

• facilitated diffusion

• diffusion

• passive transport

• active transport