Biochemistry & Cell Parts
The 6 elements necessary for life.
The process by which cells in autotrophs convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen, using the sun's energy.
What is photosynthesis?
The mRNA transcript that would be produced from the transcription of this DNA strand: ATTGCAGA
What is UAACGUCU?
The four main types of evidence we have for evolution.
What are fossils, anatomy, molecular biology, and embryology?
What is homeostasis?
A type of protein that speeds up chemical reactions inside living organisms. This type of molecule is often referred to as a "biological catalyst."
What is an enzyme?
The chemical process that occurs within the mitochondria, and which converts glucose and oxygen into ATP, carbon dioxide, and water.
What is cellular respiration?
The 3 parts of a DNA nucleotide.
What is deoxyribose sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base?
The four ways that population sizes can change.
What are birth, death, immigration, and emigration?
Chambers of the heart that are responsible for pumping blood out of the heart.
What are ventricles?
Cells that contain nuclei and other membrane-bound organelles.
What are eukaryotic cells?
Transport of small, nonpolar molecules directly through the cell membrane.
What is (simple) diffusion?
The percent of long-haired kittens that would be expected to be produced by the mating of two heterozygous, long-haired cats (Hh), assuming complete dominance.
What is 75%?
Evolution that results from random changes in the allele frequencies within a population. The bottleneck effect and the founder effect are examples of this mechanism.
What is genetic drift?
The organ responsible for removing nitrogenous waste from the body through urine.
What are the kidneys?
The four classes of macromolecules and their monomers.
What are nucleic acids/nucleotides, proteins/amino acids, carbohydrates/monosaccharides, & lipids/fatty acids?
Cell division that results in 4 haploid gamete daughter cells.
What is meiosis?
The type of inheritance pattern that is responsible for two pink flowers producing flower offspring that can either be pink, white, or red.
What is incomplete dominance?
The amount of energy that would be present in the secondary consumer trophic level, if the producers make 10,000 kcal of energy.
What is 100 kcal?
The part of the respiratory system responsible for exchanging gases between the lungs and the blood.
What are alveoli?
The cell organelle that is found in ALL cells, which is the site of protein synthesis.
What is a ribosome?
This process occurs during meiosis, and results in non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes swapping genetic material.
What is crossing over?
The possible genotypes that can result from two type AB individuals having a child.
What are IAIA, IBIB, and IAIB?
Barnacles riding on the skin of whales is an example of this type of symbiotic relationship.
The part of the nervous system responsible for controlling voluntary body movements (such as the movement of skeletal muscles).
What is the somatic nervous system?