DNA ----> RNA ----> Protein
What processes describe the first and second arrows?
Transcription, Translation
100
During replication, one strand serves as the template and one strand is new. What is the mode of replication described as?
Semiconservative
100
Name three organelles found in plant but not animal cells.
Central vacuoles, cell walls, chloroplasts
100
Who is the chameleon named after?
Dr. Rachel Carson, ecologist and conservation biologist
200
What is the process that prokaryotes go through to reproduce asexually?
Binary Fission
200
What are the 3 types of RNA?
mRNA, tRNA, rRNA
200
Which enzymes separates the two parental strands and making them available as template strands?
Helicase
200
What is the name of the model that describes structure of the plasma membrane; scattered proteins within a flexible matrix of phospholipid?
Fluid Mosaic model
200
What is Dr. Krend's new sport?
Roller Derby
300
Some prokaryotes form relationships with other species. A relationship where one organism benefits, whereas the other is neither helped nor harmed is called
Commensalism
300
What are the 3 bases on mRNA that code for an amino acid called?
Codon (or triplet codon)
300
What are the three binding sites for tRNA in the ribosome?
P site- holds the tRNA that is holding the growing polypeptide chain
A site- hold the tRNA that carries the amino acid that will be added next in the chain
E site- exit for tRNA
300
Movement of solutes against a gradient, requiring the expenditure of energy, is called
Active transport
300
What bacterial disease might you get from swimming in freshwater in Hawaii?
Leptospirosis
400
Retroviruses use an enzyme called what to transcribe an RNA template into DNA?
Reverse transcriptase
400
A change in a single nucleotide in a gene is called
Point mutation
400
Which direction is DNA transcribed in?
5' to 3'
400
What two places are ribosomes located in the cell?
In the cytoplasm, on the rough ER
400
What is Dr. Krend's mnemonic for taxonomic levels?
Dumb Kings Play Chess on Fine Green Sand
500
True or False: Antibiotics kill viruses and bacteria
FALSE
500
The term for cutting out the introns and gluing the exons together is called
RNA splicing
500
The separate pieces of DNA replication of the lagging strand are called
Okazaki fragments
500
What are the 3 steps of Cell Signaling?
Reception, Transduction, Response (know these!)
500
Name all 14 students in Dr. Krend's AP Bio class with your eyes closed.