Unit A
Consumers that feed at all trophic levels
What are decomposers?
A system in which a 2-word name (genus plus species) is used to identify an organism
What is binomial nomenclature?
The location of the Krebs Cycle
The Mitochondrial Matrix
The blood vessel that always takes blood away from the heart
What are arteries?
Proteins that recognize foreign substances and act to neutralize or destroy them.
What are antibodies?
This cycle does not cycle through the atmosphere
What is the phosphorus cycle?
Members of the same population compete with each other for the limited recourse.
What is intraspecific competition?
Adenosine Triphosphate-provides immediate energy to a cell
What is ATP?
The two veins connected to the heart that brings in deoxygenated blood from the body
What are the superior and inferior vena cavas?
Smoking tobacco contributes to debilitating lung disorders, including chronic b___________, e___________, and c___________.
Bronchitis, Emphysema, Cancer.
These organisms make their own food, and these organisms feed on other organisms
What are autotrophs(producers) and heterotrophs(consumers)?
Put this in order from smallest to largest:
-Biosphere
-Population
-Individual
-Ecosystem
-Species
-Community
Individual, species, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere.
What is the name of the compound that breaks down to provide electrons for PSII and what is this process called?
What is water and photolysis?
These types of cells have receptors that bind to fragments of antigens in order to identify foreign invaders
What are helper T cells?
During ______________, the pressure in the lungs decreases and air comes rushing in.
During ______________, increased pressure in the thoracic cavity causes air to leave the lungs.
Inspiration, expiration.
Ecologists often assume that _______ of the energy at one trophic level is transferred to the next trophic level.
10 percent
Archaea, Bacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia.
What are the Six Kingdoms of Life?
What are the two compounds used to reduce CO2 during the Calvin Cycle?
What are NADPH and ATP?
The small intestine is constructed of these three areas
What is the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum?
The process that occurs when the bonds of a protein molecule are disrupted, causing a temporary change in shape
What is Denaturation?
CURVEBALL!
The 3 groups that make up the structure of an amino acid
What are amino groups, R groups, and Carboxyl Groups?
CURVEBALL!
This organ secretes amylase, trypsinogen, and lipase
What is the pancreas?
These two types of fermentation happen during anaerobic cellular respiration. One uses oxygen and one uses yeast to convert pyruvate
What is lactate fermentation that uses oxygen, and what is ethanol fermentation that uses yeast?
in the nephron, this side is only permeable to water, while the opposite side is only permeable to sodium ions.
What is the descending loop of Henle and the ascending loop of Henle?
Path that air takes from the nose to the alveoli:
1. Bronchioles
2. Trachea
3. Nasal cavities
4. Alveoli
5. Bronchi
6. Pharynx
3, 6, 2, 5, 1, 4