Semester 1
What do Eukaryotic cells have that Prokaryotic cells do not
Nucleus
What does heterozygous mean?
Different
What is fitness?
The ability to reproduce offspring
If a plant has 5000 kcal of energy, how much energy does the primary consumer get?
10% or 500
Where does photosynthesis take place?
Chloroplast
Monomer of Protein
Amino Acids
Write a homozygous genotype
AA or aa
What is a homologous structure?
Having the same bone structure
What is the primary consumer?
First to consume on a food chain/web. An herbivore.
What is phototropism?
Plant response to light
The function of a Nucleic Acid
DNA; our genetic information
Being tall is dominant to being short. A heterozygous tall man has children with a short woman. What percent of their offspring will be tall?
50%
What is a vestigial structure
A structure we have but no longer need/use
Which level of taxonomy is the most specific?
Species
System involved with hormones
What is osmosis the movement of?
Water
One strand of DNA is ATG TAG. During DNA replication, what will be the sequence for the complementary strand?
TAC ATC
Name 3 types of evidence for evolution
Fossil, DNA, Homologous structure, Vestigial structure, embryology
Write the seven levels of classification in the correct order
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
What is the function of the mitochondria?
Powerhouse, make energy, breaks down sugar
Phase of Mitosis in which chromosomes pull a part
Anaphase
What are the possible gametes of a parent who's genotype is FfGg?
FG, Fg, fG, fg
What is Natural Selection?
Those with the best traits survive and reproduce
Write the equation for photosynthesis
CO2 + H2O + Sun --> Glucose + O2
What are the functions of the xylem and the phloem?
Xylem-transport water
Phloem-transport food