Big Bio Words
This organelle is the site of aerobic cellular respiration.
What is . . .
mitochondria?
What is . . .
Deoxyribonucleic acid
This Austrian monk is often called the "Father of Genetics" due to his experiments crossing pea plants.
Who is . . .
Gregor Mendel?
The Amoeba Sisters remind us to . . .
What is . . .
Stay curious
This is the school from which Mrs. Brown earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology.
What is . . .
Iowa State University
This enzyme works during replication to build a new strand.
What is . . .
(DNA) polymerase?
A pairs with T.
This is what T stands for.
Thymine?
This scientist is famous for his ideas about survival of the fittest and descent with modification that were inspired by his voyage on the H.M.S. Beagle in the 1830s.
Who is . . .
Charles Darwin?
Use this phrase to remember the phases of mitosis or meiosis.
What is . . .
PMAT
Mrs. Brown has reproduced to create this many progeny.
What is . . .
one.
The cell membrane is made of a bilayer of this type of molecule.
What is . . .
phospholipid?
ATP = ENERGY!
This is what ATP stands for . . .
What is . . .
Adenosine Triphosphate?
This English mathematician and German physician developed two equations that show that allele and genotype frequencies will remain constant in a population in the absence of evolutionary influences.
Who is . . .
Hardy - Weinberg?
CHO, CHO, CHON, CHONP helped us remember this.
What is . . .
the elements in each category of biomolecule.
Within +/- 2, this is the number of science-themed shirts that Mrs. Brown currently owns.
What is . . .
27?
In this type of error during meiosis, spindle fibers do not attach properly which results in too many or too few chromosomes in a daughter cell.
What is . . .
nondisjunction?
This is the acronym for
Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase
What is . . .
RUBISCO
Name one of the scientists involved in the famous 1950s experiment that showed that organic molecules can be derived from inorganic molecules.
Who is . . .
Urey or Miller?
This day will go down in history. Yoda helped us remember when the AP Biology test was this year with this holiday phrase.
What is . . .
May the fourth be with you.
These are the dates of the school year in which Mrs. Brown was a student in AP Biology.
What is . . .
1998-1999?
This amino acid is typically the first in an amino acid chain. It is coded for by the mRNA sequence AUG
What is . . .
methionine?
This is what CRISPR is used for .
What is . . .
as a biotechnology tool used for gene editing as a cut and paste mechanism.
Mrs. Brown dressed as this biologist for Halloween who is famous for her decades-long studies of wild chimpanzees.
Who is . . .
Jane Goodall?
The famous microbiologist, Louis Pasteur is quoted for saying, "Luck favors _______ ___________ ___________."
What is . . .
the prepared mind.
Using proper notation of IA, IB, i alleles this is Mrs. Brown's genotype for her blood type.
What is . . .
ii