Ecosystems
Trophic level that makes its own energy from abiotic sources
What is a producer?
Term for maintaining balance of internal conditions
What is homeostasis?
The type of biomolecule that DNA is
What is a nucleic acid?
The DNA base that always pairs with adenine
What is thymine?
Responses will vary
Trophic level of a top predator
What is a tertiary consumer?
What is positive feedback?
This is what DNA stands for
Deoxyribonucleic acid
The "unzipping" enzyme that separates 2 DNA strands by breaking hydrogen bonds
What is helicase?
This is the trophic level of a sparrow (eats small insects and plant matter)
What is a secondary consumer?
The plant cell organelle that carries out photosynthesis
What is a chloroplast?
The monomer of a protein
What is an amino acid?
DNA wraps itself around these proteins
What are histones?
The "gluing" enzyme that removes primers and attaches fragmented DNA together
What is ligase?
The enzymes that prevent separated DNA strands from coming back together
SSB proteins
A top predator which, if removed, would upset the balance of an ecosystem
What is a keystone species?
Energy storage. (also will accept "structural support")
What are chromosomes?
These segments of DNA are produced by the lagging polymerase enzyme
What are Okazaki fragments?
These are the products (outputs) of cellular respiration
What are CO2 + H2O?
The final stage of ecological succession
What is climax community?
If a cell is put into salt water, it will form this type of solution...
The name for a strand of DNA and histones
What is chromatin?
DNA strands are ________________, meaning that one will run in the 5' to 3' direction and the complementary strand will go 3' to 5'
What is antiparallel?
The enzyme that prevents DNA from supercoiling when it is being replicated
What is topoisomerase?