Biology Regents 6-10-13

Carries on the process of cell respiration converting glucose to ATP energy the cell can use

Found on the endoplasmic reticulum and free within the cell

Responsible for the synthesis of proteins for the cell

Found in any single celled aquatic organisms

Pumps out wastes and excess water from the cell

A type or protein allowed for changes to occur within a cell

The production of more complex substances by combining two or more simpler substances

The control of the various activities of an organism

Simple sugars

Amino acids

Fatty acids and glycerol

A microscopic hole in a plant leaf which allows gases to enter and leave and water vapor to leave as well.

Open and close the stomate

Reaction in which large molecules are broken down into smaller molecules

The combining of simpler molecules to form a more complex molecule

Inorganic or organic substance which speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction without entering the reaction itself

Involves an equal division of both the organism cytoplasm and nucleus to form two identical organisms

Involves one parent dividing its nucleus equally, but cytoplasm unequally

The three parts of a cell's cycle

Changes in an ecosystem over time

The parasite benefits at the expense of the host

Both organisms benefit from the association

One organism is benefited and the other is unharmed

Planting one variety of a species over a huge area

Neuron branch which detects stimuli

Body of the neuron where normal metabolic activities occur

Longest branch covered by a myelin sheath

Release nerve chemicals called neurotransmitters which stimulate adjacent dendrites on the next neuron or a muscle cell

Provides electrical insulation

Tube carrying sperm away from the testes