Final Flashcards
(75 cards)
What are the steps in scientific method?
Hypothesis Problem Experiment Observation Conclusion
What is a planned way to test a hypothesis and find out the answer to the problem statement?
Experiment
What is something in an experiment that changed?
Variable
What is visible or provable fact?
Observation
What is it called when you think if animals as humans?
Anthropomorphism
Who are animal rights activists number one target?
Farm animal agriculture
What are characteristics of cells?
Smallest unit of living system
Blueprints of how animal is put together
Vital to all life functions
Can change the physical form of the animal
Viruses can be as small as?
20 nanometers
Organelle that is responsible for holding all the genetic information of blueprints
Nucleus
Help build proteins; organelle but doesn’t have a membrane
Ribosomes
Sort and package proteins from the ER
Golgi Apparatus
Site of ATP production from respiration and where food molecules are broken down to release energy
Mitochondria
Media for transporting intercellular substances, contains storage vacuoles and vesicles to store nutrients and waste, contains enzymes needed for metabolic reactions
Cytoplasm
Determine the hereditary characteristics of animals; transmitted to the offspring from parents
Genes
Contains 2 different genes for the same trait
Heterozygous
Contains 2 identical genes for the same trait
Homozygous
Location of a gene on the chromosome
Allele
Genetic classification of a gene
Genotype
The gene that is overshadowed by a dominant gene
Recessive
Recessive genes attached to the X and Y chromosomes
Sex-linked
Dramatically different from what is expected genetically
Mutation
Mating purebreds with grade animals
Upgrading
Both genes express themselves
Incomplete dominance
Consists of a body, cervix, and 2 horns
Uterus