Chemistry of Life
Genetics and Heredity
Evolution and Natural Selection
Ecology and Ecosystems
Biology Grab Bag
100

What are the 4 Components our "Cheeseburger of Life"?

Bun- Carbohydrates

Meat - Proteins

Cheese - Lipids

Special Sauce - Nucleic Acid

100

Who is considered the "Father of Genetics"?

Gregor Mendel

100

Who is credited for developing the Theory or Evolution and Natural Selection?

Charles Darwin

100

Ecology is the study of...

Interactions between organisms and their environment

100

What is Biology?

The Study of Life

200

Through what two interconnected processes do plants and animals transform and convert materials and gasses into usable energy?

Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

200

What are the 3 possible Genotypic outcomes a  genotype can be? 

Homozygous Dominant, Homozygous Recessive, and Heterozygous

200

This saying is the foundation of Natural Selection and Evolution.

Survival of the Fittest

200

What is the term for the transfer of energy and nutrients through an ecosystem?

Energy Flow

200

DNA nitrogenous bases include _____.

Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine.

(Uracil in RNA)

300

Amino acids are joined together in cells to make:

Proteins

300

___ are mistakes in the DNA that cause variation within a species.

Mutations

300

A change in a plant/animal that makes it much better to live in a specific situation/place

Adaptation

300

In the water cycle, what processes are responsible for water returning to the atmosphere?

Evaporation and Transpiration

300

True or False: Meiosis is used to produce body cells, and mitosis is used to make sperm and egg cells (Gametes)

False. Mitosis produces new body cells. Meiosis is used in the process of sexual reproduction

400

The smallest unit of living things....

Cells

400

List the 3 types of Genetic Inheritance

Mendelian - 

          1. Dominant v. Recessive

Non-Mendelian - 

          2. Incomplete Dominance (White Snapdragon+Red Snapdragon=Pink Snapdragon)

          3. Codominance (Red Bull+ White Cow= Spotted)

400

What is the name of the equation used to determine is evolution has taken place in a population of organisms?

Hardy- Weinberg Equation

400

List the 4 main types of Symbiosis.

Mutualism, Commensalism, Parasitism, and Predation

400

The process by which populations of organisms with variations that help them survive in their environments live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those that do not have the variations.

Natural Selection

500

Which THREE parts make up a nucleotide?

Phosphate Group, Deoxyribose sugar, and a Nitrogen base

500

DNA is found in the nucleus of each cell and carries the instructions that determine a persons....

Inheritable traits.

500

The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?

The inherited traits of a population

500

Biogeochemical cycles are important because they:

Move essential nutrients through ecosystems

500

Who is credited with discovering the Double Helix structure of DNA? 

Watson and Crick

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