Chapter 1
The overarching narrative that a person uses to see and interpret the world is his __?__
Worldview
Water enters the cell by a process called __?__
osmosis
Whose eyes are all aglow in "The Christmas Song"?
Tiny tots
The shape of DNA can be described as __?__
twisted ladder or double helix
What was the name of the Austrian monk who studied the principles of heredity?
Gregor Mendel
What did the Little Drummer Boy give to the newborn Christ?
A song played on his drum
Which kind of fossil is petrified wood?
mineralized fossil
Where are bacteria found?
What words follow "Silent Night" in the song?
Holy Night
All protists are what kind of cell?
eukaryotic
God's command in Genesis 1:28 to fill the earth and have dominion over it is specifically known as __?__
The Creation Mandate
When ATP binds to an active transport protein, it powers the protein, and the ATP becomes __?__
ADP
Which fairy tale were the first gingerbread houses inspired by?
Hansel and Gretel
In a DNA molecule, adenine always pairs with __?__
thymine
What model can be used to determine how likely an offspring is to have a certain genotype?
Punnett Square
What is the best-selling Christmas song ever?
White Christmas
What kind of fossil is a T. Rex footprint?
trace fossil
A small circular strand of DNA found in bacteria is called a __?__
plasmid
In the movie It's a Wonderful Life, what happened every time a bell rang?
Which type of protist surrounds and engulfs its food with slow-moving pseudopods?
amoeba
Organisms that are made of only one cell are described as __?__
unicellular
Photosynthesis uses sunlight to make glucose from __?__ and __?__
water and carbon dioxide
How do you say "Merry Christmas" in Spanish?
Feliz Navidad
How many different kinds of bases are found in DNA?
4
Pink snapdragons are an example of __?__
incomplete dominance
Who wrote, "Christmas doesn't come from a store, maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more"?
Dr. Seuss
What is the idea that species do not change over time?
fixity of species
A virus has a __?__, a protein coat that surrounds its nucleic acid.
capsid
What do people traditionally put on top of their Christmas tree?
an angel
All fungi produce __?__.
spores
An organism's ability to keep its internal processes stable is called __?__
Homeostasis
In which part of the cell is most of the ATP produced during cellular respiration?
the mitochondria
Visions of which food danced in children's heads as they slept in the poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas"?
Sugar Plums
RNA uses __?__ instead of thymine.
uracil
How many alleles affect human blood type?
3
What is Frosty's nose made out of?
A button
A friend tells you that scientists have proven the theory of evolution. How might you respond?
Theories are not proof
A virus that remains inactive in its host cell for a period of months or years is called a __?__ virus.
latent
In the story, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch was described with which three words?
Stink, Stank, Stunk
The long cells bound together that make up fungi are called __?__.
hyphae
Name the 8 basic levels of classification in order from largest to smallest
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
What type of multicellular organism is composed of prokaryotic cells?
There is none
How many gifts in total were given in "The 12 days of Christmas"?
364
What do we call the process of converting the RNA code into a protein?
translation
What is an example of a phenotype?
Any physical characteristic
What popular Christmas song was actually written for Thanksgiving?
"Jingle Bells"
How does the fossil record show that life has changed on Earth?
The fossil record shows that life was different in the past.
A bacterium's DNA is located in its __?__.
cytosol
What was the first company to use Santa Claus in advertising?
Coca-Cola
Fungi that can reproduce both sexually and asexually are called __?__ fungi
perfect