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Crookse 7S3
Seventh Grade Science Set 3
Question | Answer |
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A process done by living things to convert glucose (sugar) to energy, usually using oxygen and glucose to produce ATP, carbon dioxide, and water. | Cellular Respiration |
Water molecules passing through membranes naturally to the side with the highest concentration of dissolved materials. | Osmosis |
Movement of a substance across a cell membrane, which doesn’t require energy. | Passive Transport |
Movement of a substance across a cell membrane, which requires energy. | Active Transport |
A type of cell that has the potential to create other specialized cell types (like nerve cells, blood cells, muscle cells, bone cells, etc.). | Stem Cell |
The study of living organisms. | Biology |
The passing of traits or characteristics from parent to offspring. | Heredity |
A portion of DNA that provides the code for a type of protein. These proteins can affect how an organism looks or behaves. | Gene |
A tightly packed strand of DNA. These form when a cell is going to divide. | Chromosome |
When a cell divides into two cells (daughter cell) and each new cell has the same copies of DNA in the nucleus as the original cell (parent cell). | Mitosis |