Biochemistry/Sci Meth
What does a scientist do to test their hypothesis?
Perform an experiment
What is one way to remove Carbon from the atmosphere?
photosynthesis
What organelle gives the cell energy?
Mitochondria
gametes
Name one piece of evidence for evolution
fossils, DNA, embryology, anatomy
What is the monomer of a protein?
Amino acid
How much energy is transferred between each trophic level of an energy pyramid?
10%
What type of transport moves water from high to low?
osmosis
T is tall, t is short, which phenotype is dominant?
Tall
Similar structures that show common ancestry are called?
Homologous structures
What property of water allows it to stick to itself?
cohesion
What is the difference between a biotic factor and an abiotic factor?
biotic-living, abiotic, non-living
Name two organelles that work together to make protein in a cell
Nucleus, ribosome, ER, Golgi Body
Human height is controlled by many genes. What type of inheritance is this?
Polygenic trait
What is natural selection
Survival of the fittest
Name two functions of a protein.
Structure, cell transport, enzyme, etc.
Name the type of symbiosis in which both species benefit.
mutualism
What is cellular process makes ATP (energy)?
Cellular Respiration
What separates during anaphase I of meiosis?
Homolgous Chromosomes
What type of isolation prevents species from mating due to a barrier (river, canyon, mountain)
geographic isolation
Name the three parts of a nucleotide.
Phosphate, sugar, and base.
List the levels of organization of ecology.
population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
Name all four phases of mitosis and describe something that happens in two.
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
Cross a red flower, RR, with a white flower, WW, How many offspring will be pink RW?
100%
What is it called when a random event changes the gene pool of a population?
genetic drift