Foundations of Science
The Cell
Biological Processes
Body Systems
Genetics
Evolution
Ecology
100
This tool is used to measure volume of a liquid
What is a graduated cylinder?
100
These small structures inside the cell carry out life functions
what are organelles
100
What biological process results in new cells used for growth and tissue repair
What is mitosis?
100
These two body systems work closely together to allow for cellular respiration
What is the circulatory and respiratory systems?
100
This is the number chromosomes in a normal human body cell
What is 46
100
This is the oldest level
What is level P
100
An organism that can make its own food.
What is an autotroph or producer?
200
This variable is located on the X axis of a graph
Independent variable
200
The powerhouse of the cell
What are mitochondria?
200
This biological process results in 4 haploid gametes used for sexual reproduction
What is meiosis?
200
This body system includes the brain and spinal cord
What is the nervous system?
200
What is the function of this molecule?
To store and transmit hereditary information
200
This adaptation in ducks allows them to move through water easily
What are webbed feet
200
The study of how organisms interact with their environment
What is Ecology
300
This portion of the microscope is responsible for changing the amount of light you see
What is the diaphragm?
300
This organelle houses the DNA and is the control center for all cell activities
What is a nucleus?
300
This biological process takes place in smooth muscles and results in movement of food through the digestive tract
What is peristalsis?
300
The part of the blood that is considered liquid
What is Plasma?
300
This half of DNA reads:
TAG-CAT
ATC- GTA
300
This scientist came up with the principles of Evolution by Natural Selection after going on a trip to South America
Who was Charles Darwin?
300
This amount of energy is passed from one trophic level to the next
What is 10%
400
Which enzyme will function best in the stomach?
Pepsin (green)
400
This semi permeable organelle will allow osmosis and diffusion of materials
What is the cell membrane?
400
What process gathers energy from the sun and converts it into chemical energy
Photosynthesis
400
This organ is responsible for the chemical digestion of food and its diffusion into the capillaries to travel throughout the body
What is the small intestine?
400
Two heterozygous individual are crossed for a trait. What percentage of the offspring are homozygous dominant?
25%
400
Antibiotic Resistance is an example of this evolutionary principle - where something in the environment chooses which organisms survive and reproduce
What is Natural Selection?
400
After something dies, the matter is consumed, broken down and returned to the environment by this class of organisms
What is a decomposer
500
Why is it important to prepare a wet mount as pictured?
Reduce air bubbles
500
This green organelle is only present in plants and gathers energy from the sun
What is the chloroplast?
500
What is the formula for cellular respiration
Glucose + Oxygen --> Carbon dioxide + Water + ATP
500
This macromolecule is composed of long chains of amino acids and is commonly found in meat and eggs
What is protein
500
This macromolecule is created based on the code in the DNA
What is protein
500
Mutations and sexual reproduction cause this biological principle - giving the first step of the evolutionary process?
What is genetic variation?
500
Lionfish were released accidentally/on purpose in the waters off Florida. Since then they have spread throughout the Caribbean because they have no natural predators. The lionfish is an example of
invasive species