These simple molecules form the basis of all proteins
What are amino acids?
The concept that organisms who are the best suited to their environment will be the most successful
What is natural selection?
This example of convergent evolution is a common shape shared between many crustacean species and usually involves a center body with legs and claws
What is a crab?
Nucleic acids
Water
Dehydration Synthesis
What is Unit 1?
This is the town Ms. G grew up in.
What is Hastings?
The grouping of cells that contain DNA, cytoplasm, ribosomes, and a cell membrane, but no other membrane-bound organelles.
What is a prokaryote? (or prokaryotic cell)
Also known as the water bear, this microscopic creature can survive extreme conditions, including the vacuum of space, by entering a state called cryptobiosis.
What is the tardigrade?
Chemosynthesis
Outgroups
Hardy Weinberg
Ms. G has a dog who is named this
Who is Tobi?
What is activation energy?
This process produces four genetically unique cells, each with half the number of chromosomes as in the parent
What is meiosis?
Nondisjunction
Blood type
Carrier
What are biscuits?
Ms. G has no brothers but she has this many sisters.
What is two?
movement of ions, and molecules across cell membranes without the need for energy input
Organs/parts many animals still have but are no longer used.
What are vestigial structures?
Birds in this group weigh between 2 to 20 grams with an average of 4.5 g.
What are hummingbirds?
epigenetics
siRNA
introns
What is Unit 6?
Where is Massachusetts?
These are the atoms that form a peptide bond.
What are carbon and nitrogen?
The formula for cellular respiration
C6H12O6 + O2 —>CO2 + H2O + ATP
or sugar + oxygen --> carbon dioxide + water + ATP
There is this many trees on the planet.
What is 3 trillion.
INK4
BCR
p53
What is Unit 4?
Ms. G was a a part of this team for 3 years in college.
What is the equestrian team?