What are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids
100
the building blocks of DNA
What is a nucleotide, consisting of a phosphate, a sugar, and a nitrogenous base
100
organelle found in eukaryotes that is NOT found in prokaryotes
What is any membrane bound organelle. (nucleus, mitochonria, etc.)
100
If a scientist uses DNA from a prehistoric bird to compare with modern bird DNA, what type of evidence is being used to compare relatedness?
What is biochemical evidence
100
example of a producer
What is grass, or any organism that does photosynthesis (plants)
200
The monomer of carbohydrates
What is glucose
200
What did the original DNA that produced an mRNA strand with a sequence of AGUACA look like?
What is TCATGT
200
organelle where proteins are synthesized
What is ribosomes
200
Type of evolutionary evidence that uses the ability to compare bone structures from extinct organisms
What is fossil evidence
200
an organism that cannot make its own food
What is a heterotroph
300
CHO CHO CHON CHONP
What are the elements that make up the 4 biomolecules. Carbohydrates contain CHO
Lipids contain CHO
Proteins contain CHON
Nucleic Acids contain CHONP
300
process that occurs in cell the S phase of the cell cycle, in which DNA is copied
What is replication
300
organelle where cellular respiration occurs
What is mitochondria
300
the name of the process by which organisms best suited to their environment survive and reproduce
What is natural selection
300
the type of organism that "fixes" nitrogen so that it can be used by other organisms
What is nitrogen fixing bacteria
400
The three types of nucleic acids
What is DNA, RNA, & ATP
400
the process of DNA acting as a template fro creating an mRNA molecule
What is transcription
400
organelles found in plant cells that are not found in animal cells
What is cell wall and chloroplast
400
The name of the scientist that proposed the theory of natural selection
Who is Charles Darwin
400
Some birds live in close association with horses. The birds feed on insects that are parasites to the horses. What type of relationship exists between the horses and the birds?
What is mutualism
500
enzymes are an example of this type of biomolecule
What is proteins
500
If you cross a homozygous dominant tall pea plant with a homozygous recessive short pea plant, determine the probability of the genotypes of the offspring
What is 100% Tt, heterozygous
500
type of cell that can differentiate to form any other type of cell in the body
What is stem cell
500
One way that genetic variation can occur which may lead to evolution, in which there is a change in a DNA sequence
What is a mutation
500
The largest population that an environment can support over a long period.