Chemistry
These are the atoms that are in all proteins
What are CHON?
The powerhouse of the cell
What is "nothing this phrase makes no sense?"
These are the molecules that separate DNA from RNA
What are uracil and thymine?
This is the name for a relationship between organisms that both benefit from
What is mutualism or symbiosis?
This is where Mr. Mowitz favorite animal
What is a fox?
This is the name for the phenomenon that explains surface tension and why water is considered the "universal solvent"
What is polarity?
This is the stage of the cell cycle in which the cell copies its DNA
What is S phase?
This enzyme is responsible for gluing Okazaki fragments together to form the lagging strand
What is DNA ligase?
Organisms that have an advantageous trait acquire more of these which allows them to reproduce more
What are resources?
This is Mr. Mowitz's favorite place he has visited
What is Oslo Norway?
This level of protein structure consists of sulfide bonds that determine how proteins fold
What is tertiary?
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?
This is the name for the molecule that performs transcription
What is RNA polymerase?
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?
This is Mr. Mowitz's favorite anime
What is FLCL?
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?
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?
This kind of mutation involves adding or removing a nucleotide to or from a gene
What is a frame shift mutation?
When a keystone species is removed from an ecosystem, this is what happens
What is a dramatic change?
This is Mr. Mowitz's favorite movie
What is STALKER?
This is the generally accepted pH of water
What is 7?
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?
This is the name for the theory that life on Earth started from self-replicating genetic material
What is the RNA World Hypothesis?
This is the name for organisms that recycle matter in an ecosystem
What are decomposers or detritovores?
This is Mr. Mowitz's favorite enzyme
What is protein kinase kinase?