Unit 1
Definition of trophic levels?
How can you tell when a species is at carrying capacity?
When one or more species start to grow too much
What is the smallest cell?
Mycoplasm
What makes its own energy and begins the food chain?
Plants.
Muscle cells have more of what organelle?
mitochondria.
Where does a cell contain its genetic material?
the nucleus.
What are examples of trophic levels?
rats, snakes, and hawks.
What are examples of reactants and products?
ice and fire.
What are the steps of protein synthesis?
initiation, elongation, and termination.
What is it called when one living thing benefits from the other while the other does not benefit anything?
commensalism.
What does the chloroplast function do?
Convert light energy into relatively stable chemical energy.
What is the definition of protein synthesis?
the process by which amino acids are linearly arranged into proteins.
What type of consumer only eats meat?
carnivores.
What do reactants and products mean?
The wax of a candle and oxygen in air are reactants in a combustion reaction.
What happens during the interphase stage?
replicates its DNA in preparation for mitosis.