Chemistry
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100

These are the atoms that are in all proteins

What are CHON?

100

The powerhouse of the cell

What is "nothing this phrase makes no sense?"

100

These are the molecules that separate DNA from RNA

What are uracil and thymine?

100

This is the name for a relationship between organisms that both benefit from

What is mutualism or symbiosis?

100

This is where Mr. Mowitz favorite animal

What is a fox?

200

This is the name for the phenomenon that explains surface tension and why water is considered the "universal solvent"

What is polarity?

200

This is the stage of the cell cycle in which the cell copies its DNA

What is S phase?

200

This enzyme is responsible for gluing Okazaki fragments together to form the lagging strand

What is DNA ligase?

200

Organisms that have an advantageous trait acquire more of these which allows them to reproduce more

What are resources?

200

This is Mr. Mowitz's favorite place he has visited

What is Oslo Norway?

300

This level of protein structure consists of sulfide bonds that determine how proteins fold

What is tertiary?

300

This concept makes it so that if cells get too large they can no longer efficiently get things to the places that they need to go, even though things move across their membrane more quickly.

What is surface area to volume ratio?

300

This is the name for the molecule that performs transcription

What is RNA polymerase?

300

Researchers gave bonobo monkeys rocks with varying levels of shininess and then observed the value that the monkeys placed on those rocks. The independent variable here is...

What is the shininess of the rocks?

300

This is Mr. Mowitz's favorite anime

What is FLCL?

400

The name of the place where an inhibitor or effector would bind to an enzyme, usually causing a conformational change (change in shape)

What is the allosteric site?

400

This is the reason that surfaces that exchange things, like the mitochondria and thylakoid, our lungs and small intestines, and heat sinks, tend to be folded

What is folding increases surface area which allows for more material to be exchanged in less space?

400

This kind of mutation involves adding or removing a nucleotide to or from a gene

What is a frame shift mutation?

400

When a keystone species is removed from an ecosystem, this is what happens

What is a dramatic change?

400

This is Mr. Mowitz's favorite movie

What is STALKER?

500

This is the generally accepted pH of water

What is 7?

500

This part of the cell is responsible for letting things into the cell only when certain conditions are met like, for example, when a certain voltage exists across them

What are gated channels?

500

This is the name for the theory that life on Earth started from self-replicating genetic material

What is the RNA World Hypothesis?

500

This is the name for organisms that recycle matter in an ecosystem

What are decomposers or detritovores?

500

This is Mr. Mowitz's favorite enzyme

What is protein kinase kinase?

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