Glossary Words

Question 1

Anaerobic

Answer 1

Very little or no oxygen

Question 2

Burn scar

Answer 2

Land that was previously burned and damaged by a forest fire

Question 3

Permafrost

Answer 3

Mix of ice, soil, peat, and rock on the surface of earth (must be frozen for 2-1000 yrs in a row)

Question 4

Fire Suppression

Answer 4

A policy to put out small fires immediately, intentional fires are outlawed. Prescribed burns are issued to burn underbrush or dead grass in order to decrease chance of large fires

Question 5

Spindle

Answer 5

Fibers that grow from each pole and attach to chromosomes during mitosis , pull apart identical chromosomes in anaphase

Question 6

Chromosome

Answer 6

A dense rod of a lot of DNA ( well organized, carries genes) copies before division

Question 7

Cell membrane

Answer 7

Outer layer of animal cells

Question 8

Mitosis

Answer 8

Cell division that creates 2 identical copies (1–> 2 cells)

Question 9

Meiosis

Answer 9

Cell division that creates 4 unique cells (sperm and egg)

Question 10

Apoptosis

Answer 10

Programmed cell death (mutated cell killing itself)

Question 11

Metastasis

Answer 11

Spread throughout multiple tissues

Question 12

Benign tumor

Answer 12

Non cancerous low risk tumor

Question 13

Malignant tumor

Answer 13

Tumor that has affected healthy cells

Question 14

Regulatory genes

Answer 14

Control cell division

Question 15

Chemotherapy

Answer 15

Targets and kills quickly dividing cells

Question 16

Cell cycle

Answer 16

The process of growth and division that cells undergo when creating new cells