Trophic Levels
What is the difference between a carnivore, omnivore, and herbivore?
Carnivores- eat meat
Herbivores- eat plants
Omnivores- eat both
They'll be closer geographically
Carbon, Hydrogen, or Oxygen
What is the result of mitosis?
2 new cells
Where should the arrows be pointing in a food web?
Toward the organism that is getting the energy/eating
What does the word "trophic" refer to?
Energy
Look at their DNA, their geographic location, their behavior, their physical characteristics
Where can you find carbohydrates? What are they used for?
Bread, pasta, sugar- used for short term energy
Name the phase where chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell.
Metaphase
Is water a biotic or abiotic factor? Explain.
How much energy does each trophic level get from the previous trophic level?
10%
What is the name of the process of separating DNA fragments by length?
Gel Electrophoresis
What is the monomer of a protein? Name a function of proteins besides energy.
Amino Acid- Make up enzymes, hair, nails, hormones.
What happens during prophase?
Chromosomes condense
How would a zebra get the nitrogen it needs to survive?
What is an autotroph?
Explain why elephants were being born without tusks.
There was a civil war that caused an increase in poaching elephants. Those who didn't have tusks survived and passed their tusklessness down to the next generation.
Explain what the process of hydrolysis is using these words: monomer, polymer.
The process of breaking down a polymer into monomers using water.
Explain what happens in Telophase.
The cell begins to split in two, and nuclei form around the chromosomes
Explain what niche partitioning is.
When similar organisms have different roles in their ecosystems so they're not competing with each other
A fox eats a rabbit that ate some grass. The grass had 30,000 kcals available. How many kcals are available to the fox?
300 kcals
A female lion's alleles are A/B. A cub's alleles are B/C. Is it possible for the male to have the A/B genotype? Why or why not?
No, because the cub will not be getting a C from either parent
What is the monomer of a nucleic acid? Name the 3 parts of this monomer.
Nucleotide- Sugar, phosphate group, nitrogenous base
What is the most common stage that you saw in your onion root tip? Explain why it was this stage.
Interphase- either the plant wasn't growing or because interphase is the longest stage
What are the 4 ways we value species?
1. Environmental
2. Aesthetic
3. Economic
4. Intrinsic