Taboo!

1. Taboo! Vocabulary Review Game

2. 1. • Nucleus - The structure that directs all the cell activities. Also known as the “brain” of the cell. • Taboo words – brain, directs

3. 2. • Cell membrane - a structure that forms the outer boundary of all cells. It allows certain materials to move into and out of the cell. • Taboo words – move, boundary

4. 3. • Tissue - A group of similar cells that work together to do the same job • Taboo words – similar, together

5. 4. • Biogenesis - The idea that living things come only from other living things. • Taboo words - living

6. 5. • Spontaneous generation - The idea that living things come from NON-living things. • Taboo words – living

7. 6. • Homeostasis - An organism’s ability to keep the proper conditions inside and organism no matter what is going on outside the organism. • Taboo words – proper, ability

8. 7. • Cell - The smallest unit of an organism that carries on the functions of life. • Taboo words – organism, functions

9. 8. • Organism - Any living thing. • Taboo words - living

10. 9. • Theory - An explanation of things or events based on scientific knowledge that is the result of many observations or experiments. • Taboo words – experiment, things

11. 10. • Hypothesis - A prediction that can be tested. (An educated guess). • Taboo words – guess

12. 11. • Scientific method - A series of procedures, or steps, used to solve a problem. • Taboo words – problem, steps

13. 12. • Kingdom – The first and largest of the taxonomical categories. • Taboo words – first, categories

14. 13. • Taxonomy – The science or study of the classification of living things. • Taboo words – living things

15. 14. • Binomial Nomenclature – The two-word naming system used to give organisms their scientific name. • Taboo words – system, organisms

16. 15. • Genus – 1st word in an organism’s scientific name. Group of different organisms with similar characteristics. • Taboo words – organism, scientific

17. 16. • Dichotomous Key – A tool used for identifying different organisms. • Taboo words - tool

18. 17. • Classify – To put similar things into groups. • Taboo words – similar, groups

19. 18. • Species – 2nd word in an organism’s scientific name. The smallest, most precise taxonomical category. • Taboo words – organism, smallest

20. 19. • Cytoplasm - the gelatin-like substance that fills up the inside of the cell. • Taboo words – gelatin, fills

21. 20. • Mitochondria - organelles that break down food and turn it into energy. Also known as the “powerhouse” of the cell. • Taboo words – food, powerhouse

22. 21. • Passive transport - The movement of substances through the cell membrane without the use of energy. • Taboo words – energy, substances

23. 22. • Diffusion - The random movement of molecules from where there are relatively more of them to where there are relatively fewer of them. • Taboo words – more, fewer

24. 23. • Osmosis - The diffusion of water through a membrane. • Taboo words – water

25. 24. • Respiration - Chemical reactions that occur using oxygen that break down food molecules and release energy • Taboo words – energy, food

26. 25. • Photosynthesis - When producers use light energy to make sugars, which can be used as food. • Taboo words – sugars, light

27. 26. • Asexual reproduction - A type of reproduction such as fission, budding, and regeneration in which a new organism is produced from one parent and has DNA identical to the parent. • Taboo words – reproduction, identical

28. 27. • Mitosis - The cell process in which the nucleus divides to form two nuclei identical to each other and identical to the original nucleus. • Taboo words – divides, identical

29. 28. • Diploid – Normal body cells that have pairs of similar chromosomes. • Taboo words – pairs

30. 29. • Haploid - Sex cells that do not have pairs of chromosomes. • Taboo words – pairs

31. 30. • Chromosome - The structure in the cell’s nucleus that contains the genetic material. • Taboo words – nucleus, genetic

32. 31. • Gene - A section of DNA on a chromosome that contains instructions for making • specific proteins and controlling specific traits. • Taboo words – DNA, traits

33. 32. • Allele - The different forms of a trait that a gene may have. • Taboo words – trait

34. 33. • Heredity - The passing of traits from parents to offspring. • Taboo words – offspring

35. 34. • Genetics - The study of how traits are inherited through the interactions of alleles. • Taboo words – traits

36. 35. • Dominant - A trait that dominates, or covers up, another form of that trait. • Taboo words – dominates

37. 36. • Recessive - A trait that is covered up, or dominated, by another form of that trait and seems to disappear. • Taboo words – disappear, covered

38. 37. • Genotype - An organism’s genetic makeup. • Taboo words – genetic

39. 38. • Phenotype - The outward physical appearance and behavior of an organism. • Taboo words – physical

40. 39. • Homozygous - An organism with two alleles that are the same for a trait. • Taboo words – same

41. 40. • Invertebrate – an organism without a backbone. • Taboo words - bone

42. 41. • Heterozygous - An organism with two alleles that are different for a trait. • Taboo words – different

43. 42. • Gradualism - evolution as a slow change of one species to another • Taboo words – slow

44. 43. • Punctuated Equilibrium - rapid evolution with few intermediate forms. • Taboo words - rapid

45. 44. • Variation - a trait that makes an individual different from other members of its species. • Taboo words – different

46. 45. • Vaccine - Preparation made from killed or damaged bacteria or viruses that can prevent someone from catching a disease. • Taboo words – prevent

47. 46. • Adaptation - a trait that makes an individual different and better than other members of its species. • Taboo words – better

48. 47. • Binary fission (or just fission) - Simplest form of asexual reproduction in which two new cells are produced with genetic material identical to each other and to the parent cell. • Taboo words – split, identical

49. 48. • Vertebrate – an animal with a backbone. • Taboo words – back

50. 49. • Epidermis - The outer, thinnest layer of skin. • Taboo words – thinnest