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Trophic Levels
Relatedness
Macromolecules
Mitosis
Misc.
100

What is the difference between a carnivore, omnivore, and herbivore?

Carnivores- eat meat

Herbivores- eat plants

Omnivores- eat both

100
If two lion populations are closely related, what would you expect about their geography?

They'll be closer geographically

100
Name an element that all of the macromolecules are made of.

Carbon, Hydrogen, or Oxygen

100

What is the result of mitosis?

2 new cells

100

Where should the arrows be pointing in a food web?

Toward the organism that is getting the energy/eating

200

What does the word "trophic" refer to?

Energy

200
Name three ways that will help us determine the relatedness of an adult female lion and a cub.

Look at their DNA, their geographic location, their behavior, their physical characteristics

200

Where can you find carbohydrates? What are they used for?

Bread, pasta, sugar- used for short term energy

200

Name the phase where chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell.

Metaphase

200

Is water a biotic or abiotic factor? Explain.

Abiotic because it is non-living
300

How much energy does each trophic level get from the previous trophic level?

10%

300

What is the name of the process of separating DNA fragments by length?

Gel Electrophoresis

300

What is the monomer of a protein? Name a function of proteins besides energy.

Amino Acid- Make up enzymes, hair, nails, hormones.

300

What happens during prophase?

Chromosomes condense

300

How would a zebra get the nitrogen it needs to survive?

By eating plants
400

What is an autotroph?

A producer- makes its own food using photosynthesis
400

Explain why elephants were being born without tusks.

There was a civil war that caused an increase in poaching elephants. Those who didn't have tusks survived and passed their tusklessness down to the next generation.

400

Explain what the process of hydrolysis is using these words: monomer, polymer.

The process of breaking down a polymer into monomers using water.

400

Explain what happens in Telophase.

The cell begins to split in two, and nuclei form around the chromosomes

400

Explain what niche partitioning is.

When similar organisms have different roles in their ecosystems so they're not competing with each other

500

A fox eats a rabbit that ate some grass. The grass had 30,000 kcals available. How many kcals are available to the fox?

300 kcals

500

A female lion's alleles are A/B. A cub's alleles are B/C. Is it possible for the male to have the A/B genotype? Why or why not?

No, because the cub will not be getting a C from either parent

500

What is the monomer of a nucleic acid? Name the 3 parts of this monomer. 

Nucleotide- Sugar, phosphate group, nitrogenous base

500

What is the most common stage that you saw in your onion root tip? Explain why it was this stage.

Interphase- either the plant wasn't growing or because interphase is the longest stage

500

What are the 4 ways we value species?

1. Environmental

2. Aesthetic

3. Economic

4. Intrinsic