Basic Bio Knowledge
What are the Three Forms of Matter?
1) Solid 2) Liquid 3)Gas
What are two main classes of cells?
Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells.
What is a frond? (Lesson 23)
A long divided leaf belonging to a fern.
What book did Charles Darwin publish in 1859?
Origin of Species.
What is the following an example of:
There were frogs in their natural habitat. Some frogs were lighter colored and some were darker colored. The lighter ones were more easily spotted by predators. The amount of lighter colored frogs slowly began decreasing in the area, until they eventually became extinct. (survival of the fittest)
Natural selection, (microevolution)
What is the term for an organism that can make its own food?
An Autotroph
Under the branch of endocytosis- what is the term for "cellular drinking"?
Pinocytosis
What is the job of the vascular tissue?
To carry water and nutrients throughout a plant.
Does loss occur in Anabolism or Catabolism?
Catabolism
What is the name of the square used to predict the genotype and phenotypes of offspring?
A Punnett Square.
A lichen is a composite organism that is formed by the symbiotic relationship of what two organisms
A fungus and an photosynthetic algae.
What are the Ribosomes attached to?
The rough ER
What type of plants are in Phylum Coniferophyta?
pine trees, cedars, and firs.
How much ATP does glycolysis produce?
What are the amoeba sisters names and their respective colors?
Pinky- Pink
Petunia- Purple/ Lavender
Give an example of Physical change in the real world?
(Ex. Ice Melting, Water to steam
What are proteins consisted of?
Amino Acid chains.
Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine are all what?
Nucleotide bases.
What is homeostasis?
When there is an balanced rate of Anabolism and Catabolism.
Earlier this year our class tested for the ability to taste what chemical compound?
PTC
What are the 6 steps of the scientific method?
(IN ORDER)
1) Question 2) Hypothesis 3) Methods 4) Results 5) Discussion 6) Validity of Scientific Results
What is the term for, "The process by which a cell separates the chromosomes in its cell nucleus into two identical sets in two nuclei"
Mitosis
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
What is the term for "The formation of female gametes"?
Oogenesis.
Name all the categories in Linnaean Taxonomy
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.