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Name the largest organ of the body
Skin
What organelles produce ATP
Mitochondria and chloroplasts
A cross between a red flower and a white power produces pink flowers. What type of inheritance is this
incomplete dominance
Who is considered the father of evolution
Charles Darwin
Where in the cell does transcription occur
nucleus
How many bones does the human body have
206
ribosomes
Whats the term for different versions of the same gene
Alleles
What mechanism of evolution involves random changes in allele frequency especially in small populations
genetic drift
What base is found in RNA but not DNA
Uracil
How much energy is lost from one level to the next in a food chain?
90%
What structure controls what enters and exits the cell
Cell membrane
What is the probability of two heterozygous parents (Aa x Aa) having a child with the recessive phenotype
25%
What is a vestigial structure
A body part that no longer has a purpose
How do we determine the probability an offspring will inherit a trait
Punnett Squares
What process turns mRNA into a protein
translation
This organelle packages and ships proteins
golgi apparatus
Which enzyme is responsible for unzipping DNA during replication
Helicase
What is the name of the process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and reproduce
natural selection
Whats the function of tRNA
Transfers amino acids to the ribosome
What is an invasive species
An organism that is not native and harms the enivornment
Name the type of transport that moves substances against their concentration gradient.
active transport
What is the difference between genotype and phenotype
Genotype is the genetic makeup and the phenotype is the physical expression
What type of structure has a similar structure but different function, showing common ancestry
Homologous structure
What molecule allows oxygen to bind to red blood cells
hemoglobin