Random Biology
A possible answer to a scientific question; it must be falsifiable.
What is a hypothesis?
These simple molecules form the basis of all proteins
What are amino acids?
An organism that makes its own food.
What is an autotroph?
A biomolecule that serves as a fast source of energy.
What are carbohydrates?
This is the monomer for proteins
What is an amino acid?
The grouping of cells that contain DNA, cytoplasm, ribosomes, and a cell membrane, but no other membrane-bound organelles.
What is a prokaryote? (or prokaryotic cell)
What are the four macromolecules?
A students observes a cell where the chromosomes appear to be pulled apart by spindle fibers. These two final steps would come after this.
What are telophase and cytokinesis?
This is the process by which organisms break down glucose, without the use of oxygen, to create ATP
What is anaerobic cellular respiration?
When the number of births in a year is greater than the number of deaths.
What is population growth?
With its membrane it can house and hold together the parts that make us living
What is a cell?
Number of individuals in the populaiton
Population Size
Water molecules have attractive forces to one another and are held together by these types of weaker bonds
What are hydrogen bonds?
The stage in meiosis 1 where crossing over occurs to create genetically different chromosomes from the originals
What is prophase 1?
The 'R' group/chain determines the function of this monomer.
What is an amino acid?
What are Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine?
This organelle is where energy is created within a cell.
What is mitochondria?
Name 4 or more things needed to be classified as a living thing.
What are Responds to environment, grows and develops, produces offspring, maintains homeostasis, has complex chemistry, and consists of cells?
Fruits, vegetables, lean meat
What the majority of the human species obtains energy from.
The three organelles found in a plant cell but not an animal cell
What are cell wall, large central vacuole, and chloroplast?
These are the products of cellular respiration
What are water, carbon dioxide, and ATP?
6CO2 + 6H2O —> C6H12O6 + 6O2
What is photosynthesis?
Name the 6 kingdoms of life.
What are Bacteria, Archaea, Fungi, Protista, Plantae, Animalia?
Write the formula when 4 glucose molecules are bonded.
C24 H42 O21
In high School, as a senior at St. Joe, Mrs. Cassady was voted:
Most likely to fall asleep in class,
Owner of the worst car,
Most athletic,
Most likely to skip class,
Most likely to get punched by a senior citizen,
Most likely to succeed
asleep , athletic