Energy
What is the ultimate source of energy?
The sun
When are dead and damaged cells replaced?
Mitosis
What are the reactants of photosynthesis?
CO2 and H20
Where does the plant get carbon dioxide?
The steps of cellular respiration
BB is ________, while Bb is ________.
Homozygous, heterozygous
The common energy currency molecule
ATP
Are the cells produced in meiosis unique or identical to the parent cells?
Unique
T/F: Only plants go through photosynthesis
False
T/F: producing h20 is the goal of cellular respiration
False
A photographic representation of the chromosomes of an individual
Karyotype
What is entropy?
The degree of randomness.
What happens in interphase?
DNA is duplicated
In what organelle does photosynthesis occur?
Chloroplasts
What organelle is responsible for producing ATP?
Mitochondria
What is nondisjunction?
When chromosomes fail to split in meiosis
True or false: If a lizard uses its tongue to catch a fly, the energy needed to move its tongue has been destroyed, and new energy has been created to bring the fly in with the tongue.
False.
Energy is never created, never destroyed, only converted.
What kind of energy did the lizard use in moving its tongue?
The father of genetics
Gregor Mendel
What is the goal product in photosynthesis?
Glucose
Amount of ATPs produced in cellular respiration
36
Alternative forms of the same gene
Alleles
If a bond within an ATP molecule is broken, what happens?
Energy is released.
The physical traits that a person has
Phenotype
The reason plants appear green
Chlorophyll absorbs wavelengths of light & reflects back green ones
When will a buildup of lactic acid occur?
When your body is going through anaerobic cellular respiration
What process allows a zygote to grow?
Mitosis