Biology Final Review
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
m
i
t
s
s
Cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes
2.
c
l
l
Tiniest unit of living things
3.
r
a
c
n
t
s
A chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical ___ (plural)
4.
p
h
t
s
t
e
s
i
s
How plants make food from sunlight
5.
o
s
m
s
i
Diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to
6.
h
o
z
y
g
u
s
Having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci
7.
e
z
y
e
s
Any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific (plural)
9.
c
o
o
p
l
a
t
Plastid containing ___ and other pigments
11.
r
i
b
s
o
An organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell
12.
p
o
t
e
n
Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle
13.
r
e
p
i
c
i
n
The process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division
16.
m
i
c
r
c
p
e
Magnifier of the image of small objects
18.
t
t
r
a
The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
19.
m
e
i
s
i
Understatement for rhetorical effect
20.
h
o
m
s
t
s
s
Metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via
21.
m
e
t
l
i
s
m
The marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
22.
v
a
i
b
e
Something that is likely to vary
23.
p
a
r
Located at or near or coming from the earth's poles
24.
c
e
l
h
e
o
r
The ___ that ___ form the fundamental structural and functional units of all living organisms