AFRICA
HOMEOSTASIS
MELANIN
DISEASE
DOG AND DNA
100
What type of organism makes its own food using energy from the sun?
An autotroph
100
What is homestasis?
The process of maintaining internal balance in an organism
100
Define melanin
Pigment that gives color to skin, hair, and eyes
100
What is programmed cell death called?
Apoptosis
100
What is the process where humans choose which organisms reproduce?
Artificial selection
200
The human appendix, tailbone, and whale pelvis are examples of this structure.
A vestigial structure
200
Give 2 examples of when your body is out of homeostasis.
-sweating from exercise
-childbirth
-sickness
-etc
200
What does DNA provide instructions to make?
Proteins (aka amino acids)
200
What are cancer cells known for doing on a cellular basis?
Uncontrollably dividing/ reproducing
200
What is the main goal of artificial selection?
Selecting desirable traits
300
What do scientists use to determine evolutionary relationships between organisms?
DNA
300
During the Ocean Acidification Lab, the eggshell represented what structure in marine organisms?
The calcium carbonate shells/skeletons
300
During transcription, DNA is copied into this molecule to be able to move outside of the nucleus.
RNA
300
What is the order of Mitosis from start to finish?
PMAT
Prophase → Metaphase → Anaphase → Telophase
300
Name the four bases found in DNA
A, T, C, G
400
If most primary consumers disappeared from an ecosystem, what group of organisms would decrease first?
Secondary consumers
400
What structure controls what enters and leaves the cell?
The cell membrane
400
A person with genotype Aa is called this
Heterozygous
400
Why are viruses not considered living beings?
They cannot reproduce on their own but only in a host cell.
400
What is the mRNA strand produced from ATG CCA TTT?
UAC GGU AAA
500
Scientists removed one species from an ecosystem. Although it was not the most abundant organism, its removal caused major disruptions to food webs, population sizes, and biodiversity. What do we call this species?
Keystone species
500
The phospholipid bilayer has water-loving heads and water-fearing tails. Name both:
Hydrophilic heads and hydrophobic tails
500
Two carrier parents (Aa × Aa) have this chance of producing an albino child.
25%
500
Cigarette smoke, UV radiation, and certain chemicals can all cause this...
Mutations
500
Based off of this following DNA strand, change it to RNA and its corresponding amino acids:
ATG-CCT-AAT-CGA-GCG
Tyr–Gly–Leu–Ala–Arg