For the Week ending 10/01/2004
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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a metabolic condition in which the capacity of the body to buffer changes in pH is diminished
A poor diet is one of many causes of _______. Alkaline foods, like fruits and vegetables, will strengthen the body. |
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insulin-producing cells in the pancreas
If _______ cells are destroyed in childhood, Type I diabetes results. |
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food plants that have been genetically altered by the addition of foreign genes to enhance a desired trait
Plant geneticists can isolate a gene responsible for drought tolerance and insert that gene into a different plant. The new _______ will gain drought tolerance as well. |
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a study of the manner in which genes operate and are transmitted from parents to offspring
_______ is a branch of biology that is concerned with heredity. |
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a structure in the nucleus of cells which contains genes.
Each _______ contains several thousand genes, and each gene is responsible for one small aspect of body chemistry. |