Name 2 things that are supporting evidence of common ancestry.
What is fossil records, homologous structures, molecular
100
A heavy lavaflow leaves an area cover in igneous rock. What type of succession?
What is primary succession
100
What is the primary cellular process that is occurring when mitochondria breaks down food?
What is cellular respiration?
100
Enzymes are special proteins that help reactions take place. What enzymes help break down lipids?
What is lipase
100
What process produces proteins from messenger RNA within a cell's ribosomes?
What is translation
200
What biomolecule is made by the linking of amino acids
What is protein
200
Sapsuck birds damage trees when they tap holes and feed on sugar-rich sap. This is an example of what?
What is parasitism?
200
What non-living thing can replicate by using a host cell?
What is virus?
200
What are the products of photosynthesis?
glucose and oxygen
200
What nucleic acid has a twisted double helix structure?
What is DNA
300
All of these are part of what process? passing traits to offspring, genetic variation exists, some traits are favorable
What is natural selection
300
Deer, snails, and caterpillars are all _____________.
What is primary consumers, in the 2nd trophic level, heterotrophic, or herbivore?
300
What type of cell does not have a nucleus?
What is a prokarytic cell?
300
Which genotype represents an individual that is heterozygous for two traits?
Aa, BB, AaBB, AaBb
What is AaBb?
300
What are these examples of in terms of your DNA ?
insertion, deletion, substitution
What is mutation
400
Natural selection, genetic drift, gene flow, mutations, and recombination are all part of what?
What is evolutionary mechanisms
400
After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the coast of Louisiana in 2010, which oceanic trophic levels were affected?
What is all trophic levels?
400
What organ system works together to regulate body temperature in humans?
What is the nervous system, circulatory system, integumentary system, and muscular system?
400
Enzymes are special proteins that help reactions take place. What enzymes, found in saliva, help break down carbohydrates?
What is amylase?
400
A cross between a blue zip bird & a white zip bird produces offspring that are silver. The color of zip birds is determined by just two alleles. What type of dominance is this called?
What is incomplete dominance
500
A scientist inserts a DNA segment from a spider into a goat’s DNA, so that the goat’s milk will contain a protein for spider silk. To which natural source of genetic variation is this scientist’s action MOST closely related?
What is genetic recombination
500
List two ways that nitrogen is converted into nitrate, a form that organisms can use.
What is nitrogen-fixing bacteria and lightening?
500
When blood pressure increases, the heart rate lowers, which reduces the blood pressure. This is _____________ feedback.
What is Negative feedback?
500
Which plant tissue transplants sugars and nutrients throughout the plant?
What is phloem?
500
Meiosis is required for _______ ___________.
What is sexual reproduction, chromosomes crossover, gamete production