The phase where DNA replication occurs
Synthesis (s phase)
a movement of ions and other atomic or molecular substances across cell membranes without need of energy input
What is passive transport
____________is the splitting of the cytoplasm in cell division.
cytokinesis
During which stage in meiosis 1 does crossing over occur?
prophase 1
What blood vessel is the smallest
capillary
The concept that organisms who are the best suited to their environment will be the most successful
What is natural selection
What simple molecules are the basic units of proteins?
What are amino acids
Which organisms have the most available energy in a food pyramid?
Producers
What are the products of cellular respiration?
water and carbon dioxide
The legs of crocodiles and mice have similar bone structures and develop in a similar way. What type of structures are the leg bones?
What is a homologous structures
what is in all cells?
cytoplasm and DNA
A biomolecule that serves as a fast source of energy?
What are carbohydrates
Any inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival is known as this.
An adaptation
Organs of many animals are so reduced in size that they are merely traces of homologous organisms are known as this.
What are vestigial structures
This process produces four genetically unique cells, each with half the number of chromosomes as in the parent
meiosis
TWhat is another name for the light independent reactions
Calvin Cycle
process by which organisms break down glucose, without the use of oxygen, to create ATP
What is anaerobic cellular respiration
The three organelles contained in a plant cell but not an animal cell
Cell wall, central vacuole, chloroplast
Made of mostly phospholipid molecules embedded with proteins, this flexible boundary regulates what goes in or out of the cell
What is the plasma membrane (cell membrane)?
CO2 + H2O —> C6H12O6 + O2
Define incomplete dominance
When both alleles are present they will mix to create a new phenotype/trait
Find the Amino Acids
TAC - AGT - CTC - CCC - GAA - ACC
DNA: TAC - AGT - CTC - CCC - GAA - ACT
RNA: AUG - UCA - GAG - GGG - CUU - UGA
Amino Acids: MET - Glu - Gly - Leu - Stop
Sickle cell anemia is a recessive disease. If you cross two parents with the alleles Aa x Aa, what are the chances their children will have sickle cell anemia?
25%