Biology Semester Test
Across
- 7. gradient, difference in concentration from one area to another
- 9. contains chlorophyll and is the place where photosynthesis takes place
- 11. a mixture where a substance (solute) in dissolved in a solvent (water)
- 15. bonding, the force that holds water molecules to each other and other objects.
- 16. Membrane, Maintains homeostasis by controlling what enters and leaves the cell
- 17. a highly condensed (packed) form of DNA
- 20. Cycle, a repeated pattern of growth, DNA duplication, and cell division that occurs in eukaryotic cells
- 21. is any living thing
- 23. energy, the energy needed to start a chemical reaction.
- 24. building up and breaking down of molecules.
- 27. Water Fearing
- 29. Transport, movement into and out of the cell
- 30. organisms that make their own food.
- 31. The process of programmed cell death
- 32. diffusion, is the movement of molecules from a higher concentration to a lower concentration using a protein.
- 33. process in which organisms use energy from sunlight to make the sugar glucose.
- 34. small structures inside a cell that have specific functions
- 35. allows some substances to pass through the cell membrane but not others
Down
- 1. cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus.
- 2. uncontrolled cell division is known
- 3. is the diffusion of water across a semipermeable membrane
- 4. large molecules that are critically important to all living things.
- 5. the framework for making explanations in the science classroom
- 6. an optical instrument used for viewing very small objects
- 8. factors, are proteins that stimulate cell division.
- 9. molecule is attached to phospholipids or proteins and is used for cell identification
- 10. a pigment that absorbs light energy.
- 12. is stable internal conditions
- 13. the basic unit of life.
- 14. mosaic model, The phospholipid bilayer of the cell membrane
- 18. fluid that surround the thylakoids
- 19. the study of all forms of life.
- 22. Water Loving
- 25. proteins that speed up chemical reactions
- 26. coin-shaped membrane that contains chlorophyll
- 28. substances that are known to cause or lead to cancer