What is the powerhouse of the cell?
mitochondria
What is our largest organ?
skin!
____________is the splitting of the cytoplasm in cell division.
cytokinesis
What are the two Biotechnology tracks at UH?
Bioinformatics and Biomanufacturing
The amount of matter in an object
what is mass?
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 is the definition of Biotechnology?
technology that utilizes biological systems, living organisms or parts of this to develop or create different products
a bond formed when atoms share one or more pairs of electrons
What is a covalent bond?
Any inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival is known as this.
An adaptation
What does the cGMP stand for?
Current Good Manufacturing Practices
What group is halogens found on the periodic table?
Group 17
Crossing over occurs in what phase?
prophase I of meiosis
This process produces four genetically unique cells, each with half the number of chromosomes as in the parent
meiosis
The three organelles contained in a plant cell but not an animal cell
Cell wall, central vacuole, chloroplast
QuIPS falls under assurance. What are QuIPS?
quality, identity, purity, and strength
What are the seven strong acids?
perchloric (HClO4), hydroiodic (HI), hydrobromic (HBr), hydrochloric (HCl), sulfuric (H2SO4), nitric (HNO3), and chloric (HClO3)
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
Mendel began his experiment with
pea plants
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%
What are the three steps of PCR?
1. Denaturation
2. Annealing
3. Extension
What is Avagadro's number?
6.02x10²³ particles per mole