CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
MECHANISMS OF GENETICS
EVOLUTION AND CLASSIFICATION
PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS
ECOLOGY
100
Cell division that creates two daughter cells identical to the original parent cell.
a) meiosis
b) mitosis
What is mitosis?
100
The process by which DNA is rewritten into mRNA in the nucleus of the cell.
a) transcription
b)translation
What is transcription?
100
List the taxonomic classification categories from broadest to most specific.
What is domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species?
100
Biomolecule used for quick source of energy, made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
What is a carbohydrate?
100
Type of succession that generally will be inhabited first by lichen.
What is primary succession?
200
cell division in which the four daughter cells are unique and contain half the genetic information
a) meiosis
b) mitosis
What is meiosis?
200
A form of dominance in which there are two dominant alleles. Both traits will be expressed.
a) codominance
b) incomplete
What is co dominance?
200
When looking at rock layers, this is where are the oldest fossils found.
a) top
b) bottom
What is the bottom?
200
The biomolecule that forms enzymes and muscle tissue.
What is protein?
200
An organism's particular role in an ecosystem; or how it makes its living.
a) population
b)niche
What is a niche?
300
A cell that contains a membrane, ribosomes, but no nucleus.
a)eukaryotic
b) prokaryotic
What is a prokaryotic cell?
300
The mRNA complement the DNA codon AAT.
What is UUA?
300
Change in the gene pool caused by chance
a) genetic drift b)genetic flow
What is genetic drift?
300
These two systems are involved when the temperature is cold to the touch, and more blood is sent to the fingertips until they warm.
What are nervous and circulatory?
300
Relationship between two organism where both organisms benefit. Example: cow and E.coli in its intestines.
What is mutualism?
400
This biomolecule is found in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, and contains information about the entire organisms
A) carbohydrate
B) nucleic acid
What is a nucleic acid?
400
A type of mutation in which only one nucleotide is changed for another.
a) substitution
b) deletion
What is a substitution?
400
When only the most fit in a population survive and reproduce.
a) natural selection
b) evolution
What is natural selection/survival of the fittest?
400
A long molecule consisting of many similar or identical monomers linked together.
What is a polymer?
400
Percent of energy that transfers up a trophic level in an energy pyramid
What is 10%?
500
This single strand of genetic material is used by most cells to deliver the message from the nucleus to the ribosome.
a) mRNA
b) DNA
What is mRNA?
500
The ratio of the offspring in the AaBb x AaBb cross with both recessive traits.
a) 9/16
b) 3/16
c)3/16
d)1/16
What is 1/16?
500
Structures like a human arm, a bat wing, and a whale flipper have similar bone structure. Even though their uses are different they indicate common ancestry.
What is homologous?
500
A monomer of nucleic acids made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base.
What is a nucleotide?
500
Organisms which use solar or chemical energy to produce their own food.
What is a producer/autotroph?
600
The virus life cycle of HIV, in which the the virus remains dormant for weeks or years. (lysogenic, or lytic)
lysogenic cycle
600
This part of DNA determines the traits of an organism.
a) phosphate
b) bases
What are the nitrogen bases (A, T, C, G)?
600
Type of selection that is not natural, in which humans pick and choose which traits are favorable.
What is artificial selection?
600
Plant vascular tissues that help transport water and sugar.
What are xylem and phloem?
600
Name one way carbon is released into the atmosphere.
What is cellular respiration or burning fossil fuels?