Basic Science Skills
Chemistry of LIfe
Cell Biology
Cell Metabolism
DNA, RNA, Protein Synthesis
100
The study of life
What is biology
100
All organic molecules contain this element
What is carbon?
100
3 characteristics of life are...
What is response to stimuli, reproduction, energy consumption, growth and development, etc.?
100
The types of organisms that can do photosynthesis.
What are producers or autotrophs?
100
The building blocks of DNA and proteins are what two things
What is nucleotides and amino acids
200
A series of steps used to solve a problem in science.
What is the scientific method
200
The four macromolecules
What are carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids?
200
List 3 organelles and their functions.
chloroplasts-photosynthesis mitochondria-make ATP cell wall-structure and protection etc.
200
What do plants need to do photosynthesis?
What is sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water
200
The 3 parts of a nucleotide
What is a nitrogen base, a sugar, and a phosphate?
300
The steps of the scientific method are
What is observation, question, hypothesis, experiment, collect and analyze data, and conclusion? (Many correct answers are possible)
300
3 properties of water are...
What is cohesion, adhesion, surface tension, high specific heat, capillary action, universal solvent, polarity, etc.
300
The difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
What is prokaryotes do not contain a nucleus or membrane bound organelles?
300
The products of aerobic cellular respiration are?
Carbon dioxide, water, and ATP
300
The base pairing rule in DNA and RNA are what?
What is DNA=A-T and C-G and RNA=A-U and C-G
400
The metric units for mass, length, and volume are
What are grams, meters, and liters?
400
Draw the pH scale using the correct numbers, and label acids, bases, and neutral on the scale.
0-7=acid 7=neutral 7-14=base
400
List 3 differences between plant and animal cells.
Plant cell has cell wall, central vacuole, and chloroplasts. Animal cells have centrioles Animal cells are circular while plant cells are square
400
The difference between aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration
Oxygen is needed in aerobic respiration
400
Transcription is
What is the process of making DNA into mRNA
500
An experiment is called this when you change only one variable at a time
What is a controlled experiment or fair test?
500
What is one function of each of the 4 macromolecules?
carbohydrates-energy lipids-long-term energy storage proteins-structures nucleic acids-genetic information (Many correct answers)
500
The three parts of the cell theory are:
What is all cells come from other cells, all living things are made of cells, and cells are the smallest functioning unit of life?
500
Write the 2 balanced equations for cellular respiration and photosynthesis and label which is which.
Photosynthesis 6CO2+6H2O---SUNLIGHT--> C6H12O6+6O2 Cellular Respiration C6H12O6+6O2----->6CO2+6H2O+ATP
500
Translation is
What is the process of making mRNA into codons, then into amino acids, and into proteins
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