Planet Earth
Wild Card
Powerhouse of the Cell
But first, let me
take a cell-fie
take a cell-fie
PAC-MAN
100
The closest relative of a mouse.
What is a chimpanzee?
100
The age of the Earth.
What is 4.6 billion years old?
100
The overall goal of cellular respiration.
What is to create ATP from the food we eat?
100
The smallest unit of life.
What is a cell?
100
These letters are often found at the end of an enzyme.
What is -ase?
200
The field of biology that identifies and classifies organisms.
What is taxonomy?
200
The building blocks (monomers) of proteins.
What are amino acids?
200
The colors absorbed by chlorophyll.
What is everything except green (but mainly blue, red and purple)?
200
The major difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
What is having a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles?
200
These factors can cause an enzyme to denature.
What are extreme temperatures and extreme pH?
300
The trophic role of the tawny owl.
What is a secondary consumer?
300
The term used to describe a part of the ecosystem that stores or contains carbon.
What is a carbon reservoir?
300
The light-independent reaction is also called this.
What is the Calvin Cycle?
300
The first person to name and describe a cell.
Who is Robert Hooke?
300
The process by which a cell gets rid of material by using vesicles.
What is exocytosis?
400
The two taxa used in binomial nomenclature.
What is genus & species?
400
How energy is released from an ATP molecule.
What is by removing the 3rd phosphate?
400
The process of splitting a glucose molecule into 2 pyruvate molecules.
What is glycolysis?
400
This organelle is responsible for making proteins.
What is a ribosome?
400
The structure labeled A in this diagram.
What is the phospholipid bilayer?
500
The term that describes a relationship in which one organism benefits, and the other is unaffected (neutral).
What is commensalism?
500
The 4 main elements in living things.
What are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen?
500
The chemical formula for glucose.
What is C6H12O6 ?
500
The organelle used to store sugar and water.
What is a vacuole?
500
The term used to describe the fact that some, but not all, molecules can cross the cell membrane.
What is semi-permeable?