Classification
The last word in an organism’s scientific name represents this.
What is the species?
The cell membrane has been described as a fluid ________________ model.
What is the fluid mosaic.
Two big groups of vascular plants
angiosperm and gymnosperm
The control center, or brain of the cell.
nucleus
Base ranges from what pH to what pH?
7.1-14
Name the three major parts of cell theroy
all living organisms are made of cells, the cell is the basic unit of life, and all cells arise from pre-existing cells
Which cell division produces diploid cells, and which produces haploid cells?
Mitosis produces diploid cells
Meiosis produces haploid cells.
An organism that can produce its own food.
What is an autotroph?
An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations.
What is Genotype?
Eukaryotes that have cell walls and are heterotrophic
Kingdom Fungi
The cell membrane is composed of a ___________ bilayer.
What is a phospholipid
The process in which plants lose water from the leaves
Transpiration
The outer layer that maintains the cell's shape and protects it from mechanical damage.
cell wall
Water sticking to other surfaces/substances is known as
adhesion
The biomolecules that are used for insulation, waterproofing and long term energy storage.
lipids
During the cell cycle in prokaryotic organisms, describe the three (3) stages in order?
What is interphase, cell division, and cytokinesis
The role, or way of life of a species within its environment.
What is a niche?
An organism that has a pair of identical alleles for a character is said to be what for the gene controlling that character.
What is homozygous
What are the levels in classification in order from most broad to least?
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species.
The diffusion of water across a semipermeable membrane.
What is osmosis?
Plants growing toward light is called
phototropism
Long tail-like structures that allow the cell to move with greater ease.
Water is sticking to other water molecules is known as?
Cohesion
The biomolecules that contain genetic information.
What are nucleic acids?
What are the stages of mitosis?
What is Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase
Only one species benefits without harming or benefitting the other.
What is commensalism?
Name the 3 parts of the nucleotide
What is Phosphate group, 5-carbon sugar, nitrogenous bases
Archaea and Bacteria are both this type of cell.
What are prokaryotic cells?
Type of transport that requires energy.
What is active transport?
The part of the stamen where pollen is produced
anthers
Organelle where cellular respiration occurs and most ATP is generated.
mitochondria
What type of bond is formed from the attraction between the positive end of one water molecule and the negative end of another water molecule?
hydrogen bonds!
The name for a chemical compound that speeds up a chemical reaction.
What is catalyst?
What is the difference between homologous chromosomes and sister chromatids?
Homologous chromosomes are pairs (one from each parent), sister chromatids are identical copies joined together
What is a change in a gene that results in a new trait?
A mutation
Explain how two organisms can have the same phenotype but different genotypes.
A heterozygous organism will have the same phenotype as an organism that is homozygous for a dominant allele.
These are the six kingdoms for organisms.
What are Bacteria, Archaea, Protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia?
The type of a solution wherein a cell shrinks due to water loss.
What is a hypertonic solution?
What does this chemical reaction represent?
6H2O + 6CO2 + Light ---> C6H12O6 + 6O2
Photosynthesis
The organelle that is the site of photosynthesis in plant cells
chloroplasts
Capillary action is made possible due to which two properties of water?
adhesion and cohesion
The elements present in proteins.
C, H, O, N
During which stage of meiosis is "crossing-over" experienced?
What is Prophase I of Meiosis I?
What is the endosymbiotic theory?
Eukaryotes evolved from prokaryotes when a larger prokaryote engulfed a smaller one.
What is the complementary DNA strand of CGTATG?
GCATAC
Bonus, would it change if it was RNA?