Semester 1 Vocab (so far)

This is a list of all of the vocabulary that you are responsible for this semester.  You will need to know and understand what each term means and when/how it was used in class.  It is recommended that you create flash cards.  If you create flashcards and show them to me by Jan 10th you will have your lowest quiz score raised by 10%

Biotech Vocab:
1. selective breeding
2. hybridization
3. inbreeding
4. biotechnology
5. Polymerase chain reaction
6. recombinant DNA
7. plasmid
8. genetic marker
9. transgenic
10. clone
11.  gene therapy
12. DNA micro array
13. DNA fingerprinting
14. forensics

Genetics Vocab:
1.  Genetics
2.  fertilization
3.  trait
4.  hybrid
5.  gene
6.  allele
7.  gamete
8.  Principle of Dominance
9.  Segregation
10.  Probability
11.  Homozygous
12.  Heterozygous
13.  Phenotype
14.  Genotype
15.  Base Pairing
16.  replication
17.  DNA Polymerase
18.  RNA
19.  messenger RNA
20.  ribosomal RNA
21.  transfer RNA
22.  nucleotide
23.  Transcription
24.  RNA polymerase
25.  intron
26.  Exon
27.  protein
28.  enzyme
29.  translation

Macro-Molecule Vocab:
1.  Protein
2.  lipid
3.  Nucleic Acid
4. carbohydrate
5. monomer
6.  polymer
7.  saccharide
8.  Disaccharide
9.  denature
10.  enzyme
11.  protein structure (primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary)

Scientific Methods Vocabulary:
1.  observation
2.  inference
3.  hypothesis
4.  controlled experiment
5.  independent variable
6.  dependent variable
7.  control group
8. data
9.  theory
10.  biology
11.  DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
12. stimulus
13. homeostasis
14.  metabolism
15. biosphere