Cells
Ecology
DNA
Miscellaneous
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
100
The powerhouse of the cell, where chemical energy (ATP) is created.
What are Mitochondria?
100
Which of the following is NOT recycled in the biosphere? a. water b. nitrogen c. energy d. carbon
What is c. energy?
100
The shape of a DNA molecule discovered by Watson and Crick.
What is a double helix?
100
The movement of water molecules from high to low concentration; a type of passive transport
What is osmosis?
100
A reactant of photosynthesis that enters the plant through the stomata.
What is carbon dioxide?
200
This organelle contains the DNA, or genetic blueprints, of the cell.
What is the Nucleus?
200
The % of energy that is transferred from one trophic level to the next.
What is 10% ?
200
The nitrogen base in a DNA molecule that always pairs with A.
What is T?
200
A cell without a nucleus or any other membrane bound organelles.
What is a prokaryote?
200
A reactant of photosynthesis that enters the plant through the roots.
What is water?
300
These organelles are the sites of photosynthesis.
What are chloroplasts?
300
A species that after being introduced into a new ecosystem outcompetes native species, possibly causing extinction and decreasing biodiversity.
What are invasive species?
300
The term used to describe how DNA makes an exact copy of itself using the 2 "old" strands of DNA as a template to make the "2" new strands.
What is the semi-conservative model of DNA replication?
300
The process of messenger RNA being copied from DNA inside the nucleus.
What is transcription?
300
The equation for cellular respiration. (in words or symbols is fine)
What is glucose + oxygen --> carbon dioxide + water?
400
These organelles are responsible for building proteins from amino acids.
What are ribosomes?
400
Organisms, such as bacteria that recycle nutrients in an ecosystem.
What are decomposers?
400
The name of the sugar found in a DNA nucleotide.
What is deoxyribose?
400
A 3 letter RNA nucleotide sequence that codes for an amino acid.
What is a codon?
400
A light absorbing pigment molecule found within the thylakoid membrane?
What is chlorophyll?
500
This organelle controls what enters and leaves the cell. It is selectively permeable.
What is the cell membrane or plasma membrane?
500
The largest number of organisms of a particular species that an ecosystem can support
What is carrying capacity?
500
DNA holds the coded instructions for making this polymer.
What are proteins?
500
The process when a ribosome reads an mRNA and sends a signal out to tRNA to bring in amino acids to be made into proteins.
What is translation?
500
The three steps of cellular respiration.
What are glycolysis, Kreb's Cycle and Electron Transport Chain?
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