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What biomolecule serves as a fast source of energy?
carbohydrates
100
Both organisms benefit from this type of symbiotic relationship.
mutualism
100
Which organisms have the most available energy in a food pyramid?
Producers
100
Describe commensalism.
A relationship where one species benefits from another species and that species is not harmed or helped.
100
What is the basic unit of life?
Cells
200
What macromolecule is responsible for building, regulating, and maintaining your body?
Protein
200
What is the function of the golgi body?
Modifies, sorts, and packages proteins to be shipped out in vesicles (looks like a WiFi signal)
200
How does ATP become ADP?
break off the 3rd phosphate group
200
Where does translation take place?
ribosomes
200
The process by which water moves through the cell membrane to balance out a high concentration of solutes.
osmosis
300
How much energy is passed on from one trophic level to the next?
10%
300
movement of ions, and molecules across cell membranes without the need for energy input
passive transport (diffusion, facilitated diffusion, osmosis)
300
What tool would be used to help scientists predict genetic conditions or ideal traits?
Punnett Squares
300
What does semi-conservative mean when describing DNA?
It has one old strand and one new strand.
300
Why do viruses need a host cell to reproduce?
They need the cell's machinery to reproduce (mitochondria and ribosomes)
400
The legs of crocodiles and cats have similar bone structures and develop in a similar way which indicates a common ancestor. What are these considered?
homologous structures
400
Function?
"Garbage man", breaks down waste using digestive enzymes.
400
If the producers contain 10,000 Kcal, then how much energy will the secondary consumers contain?
100 Kcal
400
Which type of movement across a cell's membrane requires energy supplied by ATP?
Active transport
400
What type of cell is a chloroplast found in?
Eukaryote; plant cell
500
What is the monomer of starch and glycogen?
Monosaccharides (single sugars)
500
Which characteristic do all plants, animals, protists, and fungi have in common?
They are eukaryotic (have a nucleus)
500
What is the Cellular Respiration equation?
C6H12O6 + 6O2 --> 6CO2 + 6H2O + 36/38 ATP
(GO --> COW!)
500
List all 8 Characteristics of Life
1. Made of Cells
2. Homeostasis
3. Use Energy (Metabolism)
4. Reproduce
5. adapt/Evolve
6. Have DNA (genetics)
7. Grow
8. Respond to Stimuli
500
Due to nondisjunction in meiosis, the karyotype of a female shows it only has one long X chromosome. What syndrome is this describing?
Turner Syndrome