Which biological molecule is synthesized by photosynthetic reactions?
Carbohydrates (glucose)
100
What is heredity?
THe ability to inherit a trait from one cell to another or to subsequent generations.
100
Chiasmata.
Crossing over and exchange of genes from one Homolog pair to the other in Prophase 1.
100
Which has more chromosomes a human or a gypsy moth?
Gypsy moth has 62
200
What is DNA made up of?
Nucleotides
200
The combination of a glycerol and 3 fatty acids makes what type of Lipid?
Triglyceride.
200
What is the "unit of heredity"?
The Gene.
200
What is a lipid?
molecules containing fatty acids.
200
Which is more venomous a centipede or a millipede?
Centipede
300
What is DNA's function? What does it do?
Blue print for protein synthesis, and passes on genetic information.
300
A chain of repeating amino acids is called......... (before folding)
a polypeptide
300
What molecule stores the information that is inherited from one generation to the next?
DNA
300
What is the centromere?
The connection point between 2 chromatids on a chromosome.
300
What is the bird with the longest wing span?
The albatross, with a wingspan of up to 10 feet.
400
Name 3 of the scientists responsible for our current understanding of DNA. How did they contribute?
Franklin, Hammerling, Miescher, Watson & Crick, King
400
Cholesterol, Triglycerides, phospholipids are examples of this type of biological molecule.
What is a lipid, or fat.
400
Which of these traits is not solely inherited?
-eye colour,
-hair colour,
-physical fitness,
-whether your earlobes are attached or not
Physical Fitness
400
Define, mono,di, and poly:saccharides.
Single sugars
two sugars combined
a long chain of sugars
400
What animal is responsible for the most deaths, alligators, mosquitos, hippopotamus, sharks, or spiders?
Mosquitoes.
500
Describe the process by which a straight strand of DNA becomes a chromosome.
Helix spiralling
bound around histone,
bound around nucleosomes
spiralled into super coil
bunch up to form condensed chromosome.
500
What are the 9 essential amino acids?
Methionine, Leucine, Isoleucine, Lysine, histidine, valine, tryptophan, phenylalanine, and Threonine.
500
How does Meiosis effect the traits the next generation inherits?
Chiasmata exchanges genes to be different than the traits of each parent. Also because you receive a half set in each haploid to be combined with the other you get a combination of traits from each parent.
500
Differentiate between, Chromatin, Chromatid, and Chromosome.
Chromatin=long and thin
Chromatid=one set of a doubled chromosome
Chromosome=discrete bundle of DNA, one whole set (shorten and thickened and ready for cell division)
500
What is the longest word in the English language?
Smiles
(the is a mile between the first and last letter :D