Biochemistry
The type of biomolecule that includes DNA and RNA
What is a Nucleic Acid?
The "father of genetics"--discovered basic inheritance patterns
Who was Gregor Mendel
"survival of the fittest"
What is natural selection?
The process by which plants make glucose from solar energy
What is photosynthesis?
The organelle responsible for photosynthesis
What is the chloroplast?
The hydrophobic type of biomolecule consisting of fats and steroids
What are Lipids?
A term to describe a cell with half the number of chromosomes as a typical cell
Haploid
When two species evolve to have a trait separately that serves the same or a similar function
What is convergent evolution?
The trophic level that gains its energy from producers (herbivores)
What are primary consumers?
The stage of the cell cycle where DNA is replicated
What is DNA Synthesis (the S Phase)
the type of solution in which a cell would take in lots of water and explode through osmosis
What is hypotonic?
Genes coding for a trait that are expressed equally and separately when both are present in the genotype
Codominant
a branching diagram depicting the evolutionary history of a group
What is a phylogenetic tree?
The term for the highest number of individuals of a species that a habitat can support
What is a carrying capacity?
The type of cell division used for normal growth--Creates 2 identical daughter cells
What is Mitosis?
The site of an enzyme where the substrate bonds
What is an active site?
The nitrogenous base that replaces Thymine in RNA
What is uracil?
a structure in the body that is no longer of use to a species, but is remnant from ancestral species (Like the human appendix or pelvic bones on a snake)
What is a vestigial structure?
A species that, unlike the dominant species, is not usually high in number, but is critical for the functioning of its ecosystem
What is a keystone species?
The process by which glucose is used to make ATP
What is Cellular Respiration?
reduces or halts enzyme activity by filling the active site of the enzyme before the substrate can
What is a competitive inhibitor?
The three types of RNA
The "scientific name" of a species made up of the genus and species name. (for example, the Cuban false chameleon is "Anolis Barbatus")
What is binomial nomenclature?
The form of symbiosis where one species benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped
What is commensalism?
The process by which a cell takes in a large molecule via forming new vesicles from its plasma membrane
What is endocytosis?