Miscellaneous
Energy
Genetics and Heredity
Miscellaneous Part 2
Cellular Differences
100
Life's basic unit of structure and function is the _____.
Cell
100
Photosynthesis uses sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into __________ and __________.
Oxygen and Sugar
100
What phase of the cell cycle occupies the majority of a cell's life?
What is interphase.
100
A type of fat that can clog arteries.
What is cholesterol.
100
A malignant tumor is a mass of ____________.
Cancer cells
200
This tool spins and separates the components in a mixture.
What is a centrifuge.
200
An organism that cannot produce its own food is called what?
What is a heterotroph.
200
Cancer is a disease that is caused when some cells lose their ability to control their _________ of division
Rate
200
Distribution of the cytoplasm between cells. It occurs at the end of mitosis.
What is cytokinesis.
200
Besides chloroplasts, what else do plant cells have that animal cells do not?
What is a cell wall.
300
What is the science of classification?
What is taxonomy.
300
What happens to a muscle when lactic acid builds up?
What is fatigue, soreness, cramping, etc.
300
The principles of probability can be used to _____the traits of offspring produced by genetic crosses.
Predict
300
The waxy coating on the leaves of plants is known as what?
What is the cuticle.
300
Almost all snakes have a 76 chromosomes. If this is the diploid number, how many chromosomes are in a snake's gametes?
What is 38.
400
This term refers to balance or equilibrium in an organism.
What is homeostasis.
400
Energy is released from ATP when a _____ group is removed.
Phosphate
400
A diploid cell in humans contain how many chromosomes?
What is 46.
400
The type of bond that holds together amino acids in a protein.
What is a peptide bond.
400
Name one difference between RNA and DNA.
What is Ribose instead of deoxyribose, single stranded and double stranded, Uracil instead of Thymine.
500
A covalent bond is formed as a result of sharing ______
An electron pair
500
What is the chemical equation of cellular respiration?
C6H12O6 + 6O2 ----> 6H20 + 6CO2 + Energy
500
DNA is copied during what process?
What is Replication
500
Diffusion is the net movement of molecules from _____ concentration to ________ concentration
High to Low
500
The difference between anerobic and aerobic reactions is that an aerobic reaction requires what to take place.
What is oxygen.
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