Bio review

Ecology

100

What are abiotic and biotic factors?

nonliving and living factors

200

What is are Autotrophs and Herotrophs 

organisms that make their own food, and organisms that depend on others for food.

300

As you move up an ecological pyramid, what happens to biomass and population size?

they decrease as you go up each level

400

What is carrying capacity?

It is the maximum number of individuals that an environment can support long term.

500

Briefly describe the water cycle, you must include transpiration, condensation, precipitation, evaporation, run off, and percolation. 

Genetics

100

What does DNA and RNA stand for

deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid

200

What are the names of the nitrogenous bases A, T, G, C, and U 

Adenine Thymine Cytosine Guanine Uracil

300

The trait that is physically expressed in an individual is called the...

phenotype 

400

When an RNA is being copied from DNA it is called the process of ___________. and when RNA is being read to make a protein it is called ___________.

Transcription and translation

500

What is the name of the enzyme that unzips the DNA during replication?

DNA helicase 

Cell cycle

100

What are the phases of mitosis?

Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase

200

Interphase is divided into which 3 phases?

G1, S, G2

300

This phase is a part of interphase. During ________ DNA is replicated.

S-synthesis 

400

Before prophase, DNA is in a relaxed, or unwound, into a form known as ________

chromatin 

500

each chromosome is X-shaped. The left half of the X is one chromosome copy. The right half is an identical copy. Each half of the X is a _______

sister chromatid

Cells

100

_________  is the uncontrolled growth and division of cells.

Cancer

200

The plasma membrane is composed of a

phospholipid bilayer

300

What is the name of the molecule that cells use for energy?

ATP

400

Special proteins called _________ are the biological catalysts that speed up the rate of chemical reactions in biological processes.

enzymes

500

What does a plant need (inputs) for photosynthesis, and what does it create (outputs). (you need the common names and chemical equation)

H₂O + CO₂ => C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂

Wild

100

The chart used to track genetic disorders in a family is called a...

pedigree

200

What is a Codon?

It is a three-base code in DNA or mRNA.

300

Programed cell death is called...

Apoptosis.

400

What are the three kinds of RNA and what do they do?

mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA

500

Symbiosis is the close relationship that exists when two or more species live together. What are the three possible relationships and what do they mean.

Mutualism, commensalism, Parasitism