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In an experiment testing plant growth, THIS variable might be the amount of sunlight each plant receives.
What is the independent variable?
Bread, pasta, and fruit all give your body quick energy because they are rich in THESE biomolecules.
What are carbohydrates?
These organelles earned their nickname “the powerhouse of the cell” because they produce ATP.
What are mitochondria?
Watson and Crick described DNA’s shape as THIS famous twisted structure.
What is a double helix?
This naturalist learned about natural selection by studying finches on the Galápagos Islands.
Who is Charles Darwin?
If one group of plants receives fertilizer and one does not, the unfertilized group plays THIS role in the experiment.
What is the control group?
Muscles, hormones, and enzymes are all made mostly of THESE biomolecules.
What are proteins?
These green plant organelles capture sunlight to make glucose during photosynthesis.
What are chloroplasts?
This type of RNA carries the coded message from the nucleus to the ribosome to build proteins.
What is mRNA?
Grass, algae, and trees all perform photosynthesis, placing them in THIS trophic group.
What are producers?
Plant height measured at the end of an investigation is an example of THIS type of variable.
What is the dependent variable?
Cell membranes are built from a double layer of THESE water-avoiding biomolecules.
What are lipids?
This flexible barrier is responsible for letting oxygen in and waste products out of the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
In a cross between Tt and tt, half of the offspring inherit the dominant allele, resulting in THIS percent tall.
What is 50%?
Lions, hawks, and orcas occupy THIS position at the top of an energy pyramid, where the least energy is available.
What are tertiary consumers?
“If I increase the temperature, then bacteria will grow faster.” This statement is an example of THIS.
What is a hypothesis?
All genetic information in living things is stored in molecules from THIS biomolecule group.
What are nucleic acids?
Bacteria and archaea belong to this group of cells that lack a nucleus.
What are prokaryotes?
Radiation, replication errors, and chemicals can all cause THIS change in the DNA sequence.
What is a mutation?
When organisms break down glucose for energy, they release carbon dioxide through THIS process.
What is cellular respiration?
Using the same soil, same pot size, and same amount of water are examples of THESE experimental factors.
What are constants?
This foundational principle of biology states that information flows from DNA to RNA to protein.
What is the Central Dogma?
When a raisin swells up after soaking in water, it’s because THIS process occurs.
What is osmosis?
AB blood type is an example of this inheritance pattern, where both alleles are equally expressed.
What is codominance?
Soil bacteria convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia during THIS important step of the nitrogen cycle.
What is nitrogen fixation?