Metabolism
This form of glucose is stored in animal liver and muscle cells
glycogen
What type of cell lacks a nucleus?
prokaryotes
What is the biological process that uses negative feedback to maintain a stable internal environment?
homeostasis
What are the monomers of DNA called?
nucleotides
What do the arrows in a food chain represent
The flow of energy
What type of observation uses numbers and measurements?
quantitative
What are the building blocks (monomers) of proteins?
amino acids
Name an organelle found in plant cells but not animal cells.
large vacuole
(or)
cell wall
(or)
large central vacuole
What is the energy molecule used in active transport?
ATP
What nitrogen base pairs with adenine (A)?
thymine (T)
What are organisms called that make their own food?
autotrophs
(or)
producers
An apple that has fallen from a tree and begun to rot is an example of what classification: living, non-living, or dead?
dead
What is the process that uses oxygen to break down glucose for energy?
cellular respiration
Cells are most efficient with this ratio comparison.
Large SA: V ratio
Which type of osmotic solution causes a plant cell to gain water and become turgid?
hypotonic
What enzyme breaks the hydrogen bonds during DNA replication?
helicase
What is the first level of organization that includes abiotic factors?
ecosystem
This level of organization includes connective, muscular, nervous, and epithelial
tissue
What is produced during anaerobic respiration but not during aerobic respiration?
ethanol (& CO2)
or
Lactic acid
What organelle is the site of protein synthesis?
ribosome
What is it called when particles move from high to low concentration without energy?
passive transport
(or)
simple diffusion
What is the name for DNA replication that uses one old strand and one new?
semi-conservative
Most of the energy at each trophic level is used for metabolism and released as this...
heat
What is the level of organization that adapts through natural selection?
populations
What type of reaction breaks polymers into monomers by adding water?
hydrolysis
What structures are found in ALL cells.
(must include all to receive points. NO PARTIAL points)
cell membrane
ribosomes
DNA
cytoplasm
These structures transport large materials into and out of the cell during endocytosis or exocytosis.
vesicles
What type of bond holds nitrogen bases together?
hydrogen
Organisms that break down dead and decaying material and return nutrients to the soil
decomposers
What process allows living organisms to better survive in a changing environment over many generations?
(or)
natural selection
How much ATP is produced from one molecule of glucose during aerobic respiration?
36-38
Give one example of a prokaryotic organism.
bacteria
What structure in the cell membrane allows specific molecules to pass through during facilitated diffusion?
protein channels
What is the enzyme that adds new nucleotides during DNA replication
DNA polymerase
Identify the type of competition when two species compete for the same resources?
interspecific
What term describes the total number of different species living in an ecosystem, often used as a measure of ecosystem health?
biodiversity