Vocab
specialized structure that performs important cellular functions
Organelle
What is the goal of cell respiration
Make ATP (Energy)
. What is the molecule that carries genetic information in living organisms?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Which area of biology compares and attempts to explain the structural changes that have taken place in living
things over millions of years, a well as those changes occurring today?
Evolution
Mr H'S favorite snack
Popcorn
metabolic equilibrium, stable environment
Homeostasis
What's the difference between aerobic and anerobic?
One requires oxygen, other doesn't
Which of the following could not result from mutations?
- a group of skin cells becomes cancerous in a human
- a child is born with achrodroplasic dwarfism, although there is no family history
= a fish in a stream dies from a poison
fruit flies results in progeny with white eyes instead of red eyes
C
Which statement best supports the inference that the ancestors of modern day elephants had no trunks or tusks and were the size of pigs?
1) Population size tends to remain stable from generation to generation.
(2) Evolutionary change is always rapid and continuous.
(3) Existing life forms have evolved from earlier life forms.
(4) Geographic isolation rarely favors speciation in small populations
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Capital of NYS
Albany
process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest
Natural Selection
Name ONE of the 3 phases of the cell respiration process?
Glycolysis, ETC, Krebs Cycle
Explain dominant and recessive traits
Dominant= Both big letters
Resessive-aa or small letters
1.The theory that birds and reptiles share common ancestry is supported by the evidence that they bot
(1) occupy similar niches
(2) have similar environmental requirements
(3) show structural similarities during their development
(4) have evolved as separate groups at about the same time
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Largest organ in the body
Skin