Biotechnology
Phylogeny
Evolution
Cell Division
Ecology
100
GFP stands for what?
What is "Glowing Florescent protein"
100
What is Phylogeny?
What is, "The evolutionary history of a species."
100
Something that can be inherited through genetic characteristics... means that everyone is different!
What is, "variation"?
100
What is Mitosis?
What is, "Asexual reproduction, cell division of body cells"?
100
These organisms produce energy through the use of photosynthesis.
What are Plants?
200
A plasmid is what?
What is, "Small circular DNA molecules that are replicated separately."
200
Describe Paraphyletic.
(Hint: it is a type of phylogenic tree.)
What is, "members of a taxa that are derived from 2 or more ancestral forms not common to all members; does not meet cladistic criteria."
200
Any kind of inherited trait that improves an organism's chances of survival and reproduction in a given environment.
What is, "an adaptation"?
200
3 ways in which Meiosis increases genetic variation
What is, "Crossing over recombination Fertilization when joining with other gamete"?
200
The biome you would be in if you were standing on a bitterly cold, dry plain with only a few, short plants scattered around.
What is the tundra?
300
What is the major difference between embryonic stem cells (ES) and adult stem cells?
Embryonic stem cells reproduce indefinitely and can be made into a wide variety of specialized cells while adult stem cells cannot give rise to all cell types in an organism.
300
Identify each group as either, MONOPHYLETIC PARAPHYLETIC POLYPHYLETIC
a) Monophyletic
b) Paraphyletic
c) Polyphyletic
300
An explanation of events in the natural world based on observations. Unlike a scientific law, this can be falsified or changed.
(VOCAB)
What is "a Scientific Theory"?
300
Why does becoming multicellular require the development of specialized organ systems?
What is, "communication between cells supplying the cells with nutrients controlling exchanges with the environment"?
300
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
What is a scavenger?
400
Who is that father???
Who is, "Male One"
400
Which term is associated with maximum parsimony?
What is, "Fewest base changes"
400
The random appearance of a new trait in an organism.
What is, "a mutation"?
400
What happens before mitosis & meiosis?
What is, "S phase - DNA replication unzipping & complimentary base pairing."?
400
An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms.
What is a decomposer?
500
How does the Ti plasmid make genetic engineering in plants a possibility?
It integrates a segment of its DNA into the chromosomal genes from another species.
500
List the Linnaean levels (ranks) in order
DOMAIN
KINGDOM
PHYLUM
CLASS
ORDER
FAMILY
GENUS
SPECIES
500
The process whereby organisms that have advantages survive and pass their genes onto their offspring.
What is, "natural selection"?
500
Explain why, in meiosis, the chromosome number is halved and each cell is genetically different
What is, "1) one chromosome from each pair separate to opposite poles of the cell in the first division 2) chromosomes divide and the copies move to opposite poles of the cell in the second division"?
500
This group of species are very sensitive to environmental changes. Usually they are the first to be hurt due to pollution.
What are indicator species?