Photosynthesis
Respiration
Mitosis
DNA
Grab Bag!
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What is photosynthesis?
Process by which a cell captures the energy in sunlight and uses it to make food
100
What happens during respiration?
Cells break down simple food molecules such as sugar and release the energy they contain
100
What is the cell cycle?
The regular sequence of growth and division that happens to cells
100
What pairs with adenine (A)?
Thymine (T)
100
What is an autotroph?
An organism that makes it own food
200
What is the equation for photosynthesis?
6 CO2 + 6 H2O -> C6H12O6 + 6O2
200
How do cells “withdraw” energy?
Breaking down carbohydrates
200
What happens in prophase?
The chromatin condenses to form chromosomes
200
What pairs with thymine (T)?
Adenine (A)
200
What is an example of an autotroph?
Plants, flowers, grass...
300
What does the -> mean in the equation for photosynthesis?
Yields
300
What is the equation for respiration?
C6H12O6 + 6O2 -> 6 CO2 + 6 H2O
300
What happens in metaphase?
The chromosomes line up across the center of the cell
300
What pairs with cytosine (C)?
Guanine (G)
300
What is a heteroph?
An organism that cannot make its own food
400
Where does photosynthesis occur?
In the chloroplasts of plants
400
Who uses respiration?
Animals
400
What happens in anaphase?
The centromeres split and the chromatids separate
400
What pairs with guanine (G)?
Cytosine (C)
400
What is fermentation?
Energy releasing process that does not require oxygen
500
What are the stomata?
Small openings on the undersides of leaves that let carbon dioxide enter a plant
500
VOCABULARY QUESTION!! What is replication?
Process in which DNA is copied
500
What happens in telophase?
A new nuclear envelope forms around each region of chromosomes
500
Describe the structure of DNA.
Twisted ladder
500
MIS-PLACED (and challenge) QUESTION! What happens in cytokinesis?
Cytoplasm and organelles divide into 2 daughter cells
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