Evolution
DNA
Genetics
Cell Cycle
SURPRISE
100
What are two homologies that scientists use to link species through a common ancestor

Structural Homologies

Developmental Homologies

Molecular Homologies

100

What are the complementary base pairing of nitrogenous bases in a DNA molecule?


Adenine-Thymine


Guanine-Cytosine

100

B-Brown Eyes        b-Blue Eyes

What is the phenotype of a homozygous recessive individual

Blue eyes

100

What is the longest phase of the cell cycle?

Interphase

100

Which of the following correctly shows a large molecule and the smaller molecules of which it is made up? 

A Lipids → Sugars 

B Carbohydrates → Amino Acids 

C Proteins → Lipids 

D Lipids → Fatty Acids

D Lipids → Fatty Acids

200

What is this definition?

The total number of fossils and their locations in rock formations and sedimentary layers which provide information about those organisms

Fossil Record

200

Identify the molecule which contains the instructions used to create an organism’s enzymes and proteins.

DNA

200

B-Brown Eyes     b-Blue Eyes

What is the genotype of a heterozygous individual?

Bb

200
In which phase of the cell cycle does DNA replicate?

S-Phase

200

What is one difference between viruses and bacteria? 


Viruses are not living, viruses can no reproduce without a host cell

300

What is an example of an evidence that led scientists to suspect that species may change over time?

Fossil Record, Biogeography, Molecular Homologies, Developmental Homologies, Structural Homologies

300

DNA is a polymer which is made up of subunits called nucleotides. Nucleotides have three basic parts. What are the 3 parts of a nucleotide?

Sugar, phosphate, nitrogenous base

300

John has one recessive allele for blue eyes (b) and one dominant allele for brown eyes (B). Amy also has one recessive allele for blue eyes and one dominant allele for brown eyes. What phenotype is an offspring of John and Amy most likely to express?

Brown Eyes

300

After a cell replicates, how many pairs of chromosomes does each daughter cell have?

23 pairs

300

A scientist treats a cell with a chemical that destroys the ribosomes. As a result, which cell process will be stopped?

Protein Synthesis

400

What is this definition?

Two characteristics that are similar because they originated from a common ancestor

Homologous

400

Translation is crucial to the process of making proteins. Describe what takes place during translation.

Information from mRNA is a converted into a sequence of amino acids in a protein

400

One of the parents of a child has phenylketonuria (PKU), which is caused by recessive alleles. The other parent does not have the PKU alleles. What is the chance that the couple will have a child with phenylketonuria?

0%

400

List the 4 stages of mitosis with the hand motions

Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase

400

Which of the following biomolecules is composed of a nitrogen-containing base, a 5-carbon base, and a phosphate group?

A Nucleic acids

B Fatty acids 

C Carbohydrates

D Proteins

A Nucleic acids

500

What is this definition?

The study of past and present geographical distribution of species.

Biogeography

500

In order for DNA instructions to move from the nucleus to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm of a cell, an RNA copy of a DNA strand must be made. This process, which takes place in the cell nucleus, is called-

Transcription

500

Hitchhiker’s thumb (H) is dominant to no hitchhiker’s thumb (h). A woman who does not have hitchhiker’s thumb marries a man who is heterozygous for hitchhiker’s thumb. What is the probable genotypic ratio of their children?

0 HH: 2 Hh: 2 hh

500
What is the "resting" stage of the cell cycle called?

G0

500

AIDS, influenza, and Ebola are examples of diseases caused by microbes called–

Viruses

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