Throwback Bio
This process is how many organisms break down sugar to get energy.
What is Cellular Respiration
This molecule carries genetic information in most living things.
What is DNA
Random changes in DNA sequences are known as these.
What are mutations?
This gas makes up about 78% of Earth’s atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
The year that Balboa High School was founded
This group of molecule are made of long chains of amino acids and act as important building blocks for life on earth.
What are proteins
This term refers to the complete set of genetic material found in an organism.
What is a genome?
Structures like a whale flipper and a human arm are examples of these because they share a common ancestor.
What are homologous structures?
Earth re-emits this type of radiation after absorbing solar radiation
What is infrared radiation?
Mr. Ries competed in this sport collegiately.
What is track and field/XC
What is Carbon Dioxide
These different forms of a gene determine traits like eye color.
What are alleles?
Over many generations, only the polar bears with thich fur and a layer of fat survived. Survival traits that are beneficial in a specific environment are called.
What are adaptations
This term describes how much sunlight a surface reflects back into space. Ice and snow have a high amount of it.
What is albedo?
This legendary guitarist attended Balboa High School for his 10th grade year.
Who is Jerry Garcia
This important three phosphate molecule is the primary energy-carrying molecule in all living cells
What is ATP
During this process, a section of DNA is copied into mRNA
What is Transcription
This term describes the amount of offspring that an organism has in a specific environment.
What is fitness
This process occurs when heat from the sun is trapped by specific gases in Earth’s atmosphere, warming the planet.
What is the greenhouse effect?
This project is set to start modernizing Balboa High School facilities beginning construction in 2029
What is the bond project
When a top predator (tertiary consumer) is removed from an ecosystem, it causes changes that ripple through and affect organisms at lower trophic levels. This chain reaction is called this.
What is a trophic cascade
The 4 stages of Meiosis
Bird, Bat, and Butterfly wings.
What is analogous.
These two major factors cause sea levels to rise: melting land ice and this process where warming ocean water takes up more space.
What are melting glaciers/ice sheets and thermal expansion?
What is 2000