Unit 1
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 2
Unit 3
100
The five main characteristics of life
What is Made up of one or more cells, Can reproduce, Based on a genetic universal code (DNA or RNA), Uses energy, Responds to stimuli/its environment
100
The process by which a stable internal environment is maintained despite external changes
What is Homeostasis
100
What types of cell has a nucleus
What is Eukaryotes
100
What type of cell lacks a nucleus
What is prokaryotes
100
Adenine pairs with ______ (in DNA) Guanine pairs with ______
What is Thymine, Cytosine
200
The feedback that counteracts change
What is Negative Feedback
200
The feedback that increases change in order to achieve a particular outcome
What is Positive feedback
200
Organs are made up of ____
What is tissues
200
The order in which the phases of mitosis occur are...
What is Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, Cytokinesis
200
The location in which transcription occurs
What is the nucleus
300
Catalysts that lower activation energy
What is Enzymes
300
Responds to the output from the control center
What is the effector
300
This organelle packages and delivers products
What is Golgi Apparatus
300
Do Endocytosis and Exocytosis require energy?
Yes!
300
A ______ is the collection of ALL of the genetic material inside an organism
What is a geneome
400
The 4 main Macromolecules/Polymers and their Monomers
What is Carbohydrates (Simple Sugars), Proteins (Amino Acids), Lipids (1 Glycerol + 3 Fatty Acid), Nucleic Acids (Nucleotides)
400
Hydrolysis: Water is _____, breaks down molecules (Polymers to Polymers) Dehydration Synthesis: Water is removed, ____ __ molecules (Monomers to Polymers)
What is added, builds up
400
This is the phase of mitosis where the chromosomes line up along the equator
What is Metaphase
400
Describe some of the differences between a plant and animal cell
1) Animal cell: Cell membrane, Plant Cell: Cell membrane + Cell Wall 2) Plant call has a larger vacuole than an animal cell 3) Plant cells have chloroplasts and animal cells do not
400
A three nucleotide sequence that codes for an amino acid
What is a codon
500
Receives the message and coordinates a response. Sends an output mess age to the effector.
What is the Control Center
500
______ molecules contain carbon where ______ molecules do not
What is organic, inorganic
500
This organelle transports and finishes proteins and other biological molecules
What is Endoplasmic Reticulum
500
_____ are the organelles that make food for plants
What is Chloroplasts
500
A mutation that alters the reading frame of codons in the subsequent mRNA by either adding or deleting bases
What is a frameshift mutation
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