Mitosis & Meiosis
Genetics
DNA & Protein Synthesis
Natural Selection and Evolution
Random
100
What is the order of phases in mitosis?
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
100
This scientist used pea plants and is considered the father of modern genetics
Gregor Mendel
100
What are the four bases in DNA?
Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine
100
What is natural selection?
Organisms better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce
100
Shivering to keep warm is an example of a __________ feedback loop
Negative
200
Diploid cells are produced during
Mitosis
200
In bunnies, A is dominant for long fur and a is recessive for short fur. What is the genotype of a heterozygous bunny?
Aa
200
What are the four bases in RNA?
Adenine, uracil, guanine, cytosine
200
Give an example of genetic variation
Black moths and white moths, resistant and non-resistant bacteria, any example involving multiple phenotypes
200
What is meant by the term semi-conservative replication?
Half of the DNA is conserved and the other half is new
300
Mitosis produces _____ (number) of cells and meiosis produces _______ (number) of cells
2, 4
300
How are a genotype and phenotype different?
Genotype are the alleles (genes) and phenotype is the physical characteristics.
300
A strand of DNA reads ATCGCTAGC, what is the complimentary mRNA?
UAGCGAUCG
300
This type of structure has a similar structure because of a shared common ancestor
Homologous structure
300

Mr. Mazeau's favorite band

Bruce Springsteen

400
What is the relevance of crossing over?
Creates genetic diversity
400
Draw a Punnett square showing that offspring have a 50% chance of being male and a 50% chance of being female
Offspring genotypes: 50% XX 50% XY
400
What is the central dogma of biology?
DNA--->RNA--->Proteins
400
This type of evolution is when two organisms evolve similar structures independently of each other.
Convergent evolution
400
Which vitamin is milk fortified with to combat rickets? (Also found in sunlight)
Vitamin D
500
How many times does DNA replication occur during meiosis? How about mitosis? (Two answers)
1, 1
500
What is codominance?
When neither trait is dominant or recessive; both traits are expressed in the phenotype
500
Which molecule unzips DNA for DNA replication?
DNA Helicase
500
Carbon has a half-life of 5700 years. You have 5000 nuclei of carbon, how many will there be after 17,100 years?
625 nuclei
500
There three countries do not use the metric system
United States, Liberia and Burma (Myanmar)
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