Chemistry of Life
Cell Organelles
DNA/ Cell Cycle
Inheritance
FRQ
100
What is the name for the building block of protein?
Amino Acids
100
This organelle is the “powerhouse” of the cell because it provides the cell with energy
mitochondria
100
A segment of DNA is exposed to UV radiation. The DNA now contains abnormal Guanine (G*), which binds to Adenine (A) instead of Cytosine (C). This is an example of a
Mutation
100
Where do you get your genetic information?
Half is inherited from your mom, half from your dad.
100
What are some stratagies when answering FRQs
-Restate the question
-use key words
-NEVER LEAVE IT BLANK
-Cite evidence from text and GRAPHS (data) !!!
200
A fat molecule belongs to which category of organic molecules?
lipids
200
This organelle is a border around the cell and regulates what enters and leaves the cell.
Cell membrane
200
What is RNA?
The molecule which uses the information contained in DNA to guide the making of protein
200
John is a heterozygous, he has an allele for blue eyes b and an allele for brown eyes B, what eye color does he have and why?
Brown because it is dominant to blue
200
What keywords MUST you include in your answer to this question:
Use evidence to explain the survival advantages and disadvantages a red two-spot ladybird has if it is born to a female that is not infected with Rickettsia and lives on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands.
Advantage, disadvantage, red two-spot ladybird, female, not infected, southwest
300
What gas molecule is the source of carbon for photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
300
DNA is located inside this organelle
nucleus
300
What cell contains DNA?
ALL CELLS
300
Jenna has blue eyes, which is recessive. What is her genotype?
Homozygous recessive, or bb
300
Use evidence to support the claim that the nuclear accident at the nuclear power plant caused changes that resulted in the abnormalities seen in the pale grass blue butterfly population for the next several generations.
Nuclear accident, abnormal, pale bluegrass butterfly, several generations
400
Name one of the two factors that will denature, or change the structure and function of enzymes?
pH and temperature
400
This organelle is made up mostly of phospholipids.
Cell membrane
400
Each body cell in an frog contains 20 chromosomes. How many chromosomes are in each of its gametes?
10
400
Create a punette square for a heterozygous individual and one who is homozygous recessive.
g G
g gg Gg (2 Gg, 2 gg)
g gg Gg
or
g g
G Gg Gg 2 (Gg, 2 gg)
g gg gg
400
What key words must be included in the answer to the following question
Describe evidence that supports a relationship between biological evolution and the common ancestry of flatfish.
relationship, evolution, common ancestry, flat fish
500
Some plants, like the Venus flytrap, obtain much of their nitrogen from amino acids found in the insects they trap. Which chemical compounds (macromolecule) is composed of amino acids?
proteins
500
In plant cells this organelle is responsible for photosynthesis
chloroplasts
500
How does gene expression work? (How does DNA work)
DNA has three-letter code written in the bases, the code is rewritten as RNA in transcription, which is used to write a protein in a process called translation.
500
If individual 1 from generation I is homozygous recessive and mates with individual 2 who is Heterozygous, what is the genotype of individual 3?
A a
a Aa aa
a Aa aa
The offspring must be a Heterozygous.
500
What keywords MUST you include in your answer to this question:
Use reasoning to explain the effect on biodiversity in the ecosystem if a large decrease in the honeybee population occurred in the United States.
Biodiversity, a decrease in honey bees