Ecology
Cellular Energy and Genetics
Cells
Mitosis
Extra
100
Ecology is the study of interactions between.
What is living and nonliving things in an area?
100
In the following equation, the products are C6H12O6 + 6O2 --> 6CO2 + 6H2O
What is 6CO2 + 6H2O?
100
One reason many scientists think that prokaryotes are similar to the first organisms on Earth.
What is prokaryote cells have no nucleus?
100
Process by which cells divide making more cells.
What is mitosis?
100
What is the original source of all energy needed for life?
What is the sun?
200
Humans must be able to release heat to the environment. This adaptation is necessary for maintaining_________________ .
What is homeostasis?
200
A product of photosynthesis
What is glucose?
200
The plasma membrane of a cell organized with...
What is two layers of phospholipids, with their polar hydrophilic heads facing away from each other?
200
Stage of mitosis where chromosomes are lined up along the center of the cell.
What is metaphase?
200
Which terrestrial biome houses the greatest biodiversity?
What is the tropical rain forest?
300
A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring is a(n).
What is a species?
300
The equation below represents a biological process. This process is completed which organelle. carbon dioxide + water  glucose + oxygen
What is the chloroplast?
300
What term is used to describe pairs of chromosomes having DNA segments, or genes, for the same traits?
What is homologous chromosomes?
300
The activity of a cell during interphase.
What is the cell carries on metabolism (normal functions)?
300
Describes different populations of organisms interacting within the same biome.
What is a community?
400
The portion of Earth that supports the existence of living things is the_____________.
What is the biosphere?
400
The tall allele, T, is dominant to the short allele, t, in Mendel’s pea plants. You examine a pea plant that exhibits the tall phenotype. What is its genotype?
What is Tt or TT?
400
Characteristic of the plasma membrane describes the ability of a cell to maintain homeostasis by controlling what enters and exits the cell.
What is selective permeability?
400
Carcinogens cause a failure in the regulation of cell growth and development, what condition might occur?
What is uncontrolled cell growth in the form of cancer?
400
What are forest fires, temperature fluctuations, and floods all examples of__________ (abiotic, density-dependent factors or abiotic, density-independent factors)
What is abiotic, density-independent factors?
500
Which is a biotic factor that might affect the life of a water-dwelling organism? pollutants in water or bacterial population in water
What is bacteria?
500
The complimentary mRNA sequence to the DNA sequence A-T-T-G-C-A
What is U-A-A-C-G-U?
500
Homeostasis is the process of maintaining a cell’s environment. This includes the regulation of sodium ion (Na+) concentration within the cytoplasm. If too much Na+ is inside a cell, how can the concentration be changed?
What is excess Na+ ions will be transported out through membrane protein channels?
500
Describes the number of chromosomes in a newly formed cell after mitosis.
What is they are equal to the number of the parent cell?
500
Happens to a population at zero population growth.
What is Birthrate equals the death rate?
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