Making predictions of future weather

Air mass

Front

cold front

Warm front

thin, feathery, high level clouds

layered low level clouds

puffy low level clouds

clouds that produce thunder and lightning

violent spinning winds forming a funnel cloud over land

extremely large rotating storm that forms over warm ocean water

an area is over come with more water than it can handle by absorption or runoff

Air quality

Agency that protects humans and the environment

Heat rises, cooler air/liquid falls

Strong winds that form a narrow zone in the upper troposphere

Warm ocean current in the Atlantic

The Earth's rotation causing wind and water to move

a steady, continuous flow of air or ocean water

A cell that lacks a true nucleus and membrane bound organelles

A cell that contains a true nucleus

An organism made up of one cell

An organism made up of more than one cell

Unicellular prokaryotes that live nearly everywhere, some helpful, some harmful

Unicellular eukaryotes that are specialized to live in many different environments

Membrane-bound structures in a cell that carry out the cell's processes

Surrounds the cell membrane in plant cells for support and structure

Semi-permeable layer surrounding all cells

Gel-like material in all cells

Control center of eukaryotic cell

contains digestive enzymes to help a cell break down materials

Genetic material that codes for traits

Allows plants to make their own food using sunlight

Energy from broken chemical bonds is used to power the cell here

takes in excess water in a cell through osmosis; can store materials

Eukaryotic cell wall and chloroplasts.

Eukaryotic cell without chloroplasts or cell wall

Simplest unit of life

A group of cells working together to perform a function

A group of the same type of cells working together to achieve a function

A functioning part of an organism that carries out a specific task for its survival

A collective group of similar organs working together to achieve a greater function

The outermost covering of the human body

Provides support and protection, anchors muscles

Allows organisms to take in oxygen for metabolic purposes

Cycles blood throughout the body to supply cells with oxygen

Processes food and allows it to be converted to usable energy

Removes waste and toxins from the body

Allows organisms to pass on genetic information to offspring

Protects organisms from pathogens that may harm it

Allows cell to cell communication; sends impulses along nerves

process of making new somatic (body) cells

2 identical daughter cells produced from one parent cell

process of making gametes (sex cells)

4 genetically different daughter cells produced from one parent cell

Bundles of genetic information (X's, Y's)

Cell that contains only one copy of a chromosome set

Human cell that contains 23 chromosomes

Cell with pairs of homologous chromosomes

Human cell with 46 total chromosomes

Sperm or egg--always haploid

Segment of repeating nucleotides in DNA that contributes to the expression of a trait

Alternative form of a gene: brown, blue and green eyes are examples

Trait that appears over or blocks another form when both are present

Trait that does not appear unless it is the only one present

HH or hh

Hh or Dd

Genetic makeup of a trait

Physical appearance of a trait (round or tall)

A diagram used to predict the outcome of a pair of mating individuals based on one trait

The transmission of traits from parent to offspring

A map of a family tree tracing the inheritance of a single trait