Download Key to the 13 Word Challenge Word Definition Neil 9e Hydrophyte

Key to the 13 Word Challenge
Word
Hydrophyte
Definition
Hydrophytes are plants
adapted to growing in water.
Includes floating, suspended,
& submerged plants.
Xerophytes are plants
adapted to survive in arid
conditions.
Neil 9e
Hydrophyte
is not in
Neil, but
xerophyte
is (p. G-37)
Endosymbiosis Process in which unicellular
organisms engulfed other
cells that became
endosymbionts and
ultimately organelles in the
host cell. Examples:
mitochondria & chloroplasts.
576
Imbibition
Uptake of water by a seed.
809
hCG
Human chorionic
gonadotropin. Synthesized
by the embryo, it keeps the
corpus luteum alive so that
estrogen and progesterone
are made and thus
menstruation does not occur.
1012
Sensory
adaptation
Decreased responsiveness
with continued stimulation.
1088
Centriole
Cylindrical microtubulebased organelles that act as
basal bodies to “sprout” cilia.
They are found within the
centrosomes at the poles of
the mitotic spindle.
116
centiMorgan
(cM)
Also called a map unit, a cM
is equal to 1% crossing over.
cM is not in
Neil, but
map unit is
(p. 296)
176
Chemiosmosis
Process in which protons
flow back down their
gradient via ATP synthase.
ATP synthase is an enzyme
complex that can bind ADP
and phosphate to make ATP.
Plasmid
A small circular DNA
molecule that replicates
separately from a cell’s main
chromosome(s). Were
discovered in bacteria; a few
plants and fungi are now
known to have them, too.
394
Okazaki
fragment
Segments of DNA synthesized
on the lagging strand during
DNA replication.
315
Ventilation
How we and other mammals
move our respiratory
medium (air) over our
respiratory surface (alveoli).
916
Digestion
Hydrolysis of polymers into
monomers. In animals,
occurs after ingestion but
before absorption.
880
LEO GER
Acronym that means, “Loss
of Electrons is Oxidation;
Gain of Electrons is
Reduction.”
LEO GER is
not in Neil,
but
oxidationreduction
is
explained
on p. 164.