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What is Biology the study of? (2)
Biology is the study of life
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What are cells? (hint: microscopic guys that...) (4)
Microscopic guys that run the inner workings of every living thing on Earth OR the building blocks of life (either ok)
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What is on of the ways cells can reproduce? Called an "amazing stunt" (5)
splitting into two working copies of itself
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What is the purpose of genes?
They tell the body how to build or operate its parts
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What dismantles the cell after it dies? (9)
the mitochondrion
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About how many species are on Earth? (2)
1.5-3 million species of living things
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What are some of the things that live inside the cell? (4)
organelles like mitochondria or DNA
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What does DNA stand for? (6) A) deoxondraic enzyme B) deoxyribonucleic acid C) DNA doesn't stand for anything
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
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What percentage is the genetic similarity between a human and a mouse? (7)
92%
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The DNA within the mitochondria is passed down by...? (9)
your mother
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Which scientist first created the idea of Natural Selection? (3)
Charles Darwin
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What is the ultimate goal of life? (4)
The ultimate goal of life is to pass on genes. (AKA reproduce)
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What shape is DNA? (hint: double ____) (6)
double helix
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Approximately how many ribosomes are there in a cell? (8)
about 15,000
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What is the fuel that the mitochondria assemble called? (9)
ATP - adenosine triphosphate
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What is Natural Selection? (3)
Natural Selection is when the fittest of the species survive when the environment changes
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About how many million molecules are living inside of the cell? (5)
About 100 million molecules
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How many individual strips of DNA are there in the nucleus? (6)
There are 46 individual strips
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What are ribosomes? (8)
a cell's protein factories, which follow genetic instructions
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Protein chains are organized in random shapes: True or False? (10)
False - Chains are organized according to their function
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Charles Darwin specifically dealt with the biology of daffodils? True or False (3)
False - he dealt with the biology of things varying from humans, daffodils, and pigeons, etc.
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Who discovered the cell? (5)
Robert Hooke
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What is a gene? (7)
A small portion of DNA on a chromosome
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What is a protein? (8)
A protein is a chain of smaller links called amino acids.
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What are proteins? (10)
Proteins are groups of chemicals that include enzymes and blood cells
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