Six Pack Labs
How many nucleotides or bases in DNA turn into one amino acid
What is 3?
Name the element cycle that includes tree trunks, fossil fuels, climate change, and respiration?
What is the CARBON cycle?
Name the type of cell that can turn into other cells
What is a stem cell?
Name 3 things you can keep an eye out for, when reading a scientific graph
X axis label, Y axis label, Title, Upward or downward trend
We should save birds from hitting windows because they contribute to this - the variety of life in an ecosystem
What is biodiversity?
This process of copying the DNA occurs in both mitosis and meiosis
What is DNA replication?
Which level of organization is a group or layer of cells?
What is a tissue?
What is a way to help an inbred population like cheetahs or mountain lions become more resilient?
Introduce more genetic diversity by bringing in individuals from other populations
Which organ system regulates the homeostasis of water for our body?
What is the excretory system (kidneys and bladder)
Explain, in terms of DNA, why some people can make lactase, and some cannot
There is a REGULATORY or UPSTREAM region that tells the lactase gene when to express. Some people have a mutation in that region.
Name the chemical energy molecule that is created in cellular respiration
What is ATP?
Where does a plant cell get its energy for its regular cellular processes?
Trick answer: Cellular respiration! (plants do photosynthesis but burn their own sugars for energy)
Name the 2 ways to increase variation in DNA
What are mutations and sexual reproduction?
An error in this process can create changes in the offspring
What is meiosis?
Moving something across the cell membrane using energy, vs not using energy
What is Active vs Passive Transport?
Skin, Mucus, White Blood Cells, General Response, Specific Response, Helper T Cells, Inflammation, Fever