Evolution
This type of evolution occurs rapidly.
What is punctuated equilibrium?
The shape of D.N.A.
What is a Double Helix?
These organisms are found at the bottom of an energy pyramid.
What are autotrophs?
Another name for the cell membrane.
What is the plasma membrane?
The majority of enzymes are this type of macromolecule.
What is a protein?
This type of evolution occurs between different species; it focuses on how diverse groups of organisms change.
What is macroevolution?
The process of copying and synthesizing new D.N.A.
What is D.N.A. replication?
This pigment is needed for photosynthesis to occur.
What is chlorophyll?
Another name for homeostasis.
What is equilibrium?
These are the building blocks of macromolecules.
What are monosaccharides?
These characteristics on organisms show that they have a common ancestry.
What are homologies?
The section of D.N.A. that codes for a protein.
What is a gene?
Water soaks into the soil and moves into the cracks of rocks in this water cycle process.
What is infiltration?
The cell membrane’s ability to differentiate between different types of molecules is called this.
What is selective permeability?
An enzyme is most active when it reaches this type of temperature.
Darwin mainly studied these types of birds.
What are finches?
The monomer of nucleic acids.
What is a nucleotide?
Two ATPs are produced at the ends of these cycles.
What are glycolysis and the Krebs cycle?
The balanced internal condition of cells.
What is homeostasis?
These reactants bind to the enzyme.
What are substrates?
These structures have no apparent function and appear to be residual parts from past ancestors.
What are vestigial structures?
This enzyme proofreads new D.N.A. molecules in order to catch and fix mutations.
What is a D.N.A. polymerase?
Name this equation:
C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O
What is cellular respiration?
The structure of the cell membrane.
What is the fluid mosaic model?
Depressions on the surface of an enzyme molecule with a specific shape and charges are called these.
What are active sites?