Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration (Ch. 6 & 7)
The organelle where light is captured in a plant cell.
What is chloroplasts.
What is the purpose of mitosis?
growth and repair
What makes up a DNA nucleotide?
Sugar, phosphate group, Nitrogenous base
What is the process in which individuals with certain inherited traits are more likely to survive and reproduce than individuals that do not have those traits?
Natural Selection
What are the 5 main organ systems we discussed in class?
Integumentary
Skeletal
Muscular
Circulatory
Respiratory
In which organelle does cellular respiration take place?
mitochondria
During which phase of mitosis are chromosomes lined up along the equator?
Metaphase
Which enzymes catalyzes the elongation of a new DNA strand?
DNA polymerase
How do organisms become part of the fossil record?
It is buried in fine sediments at the bottom of a lake.
It gets trapped in sap.
It is frozen in ice.
What are organs made up of?
tissues
What are the inputs of cellular respiration?
Glucose and Oxygen
What are the stages within interphase?
G1, S, G2
What are the processes of converting the following called? DNA → RNA → protein
DNA to RNA is transcription and RNA to Protein is translation
What is an example of homologous structures?
wing of a bird, limb of a cat, and fin of a whale
What are the major tissues in animals?
epithelial tissue
connective tissue
muscle tissue
nervous tissue.
Where do light dependent reactions take place?
Thylakoids
During which phase do most cells spend their time?
Interphase
Which molecule gets coded for uracil instead of thymine?
RNA
What is the trait called at the beginning of the cladogram that all the following organisms share?
ancestral trait
What is plasma?
The liquid part of human blood that consists of water, salts, and dissolved proteins
What is formed during glycolysis and then is broken down in the krebs cycle?
Pyruvate
What is one advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?
Sexual reproduction creates genetic variation
How are DNA molecules sorted during gel electrophoresis?
size
What is it called when there is a change in the gene pool of a population due to chance
Genetic drift
What is the main difference between smooth muscle and skeletal muscle?
smooth-involuntary
skeletal- voluntary