Cellular Functions
This structure in a plant cell is responsible for photosynthesis.
What is the chloroplast?
This is the molecule that stores genetic information in cells.
What is DNA?
The ultimate source of energy for nearly all ecosystems.
What is the sun?
Structures that are similar due to shared ancestry, such as a whale fin and a human arm.
What are homologous structures?
The three domains of life include Archaea, Bacteria, and this group.
What is Eukarya?
The type of cell transport that does not require energy and moves substances from high to low concentration.
What is passive transport?
Mendel’s law that states allele pairs separate during gamete formation.
What is the law of segregation?
The type of consumer that eats both plants and animals.
What is an omnivore?
This type of natural selection favors individuals with extreme traits at both ends of the spectrum, rather than the average trait.
What is disruptive selection?
These macromolecules are hydrophobic and play critical roles in forming cell membranes and storing energy.
What are lipids?
The process by which cells divide to create identical daughter cells.
What is mitosis?
A Punnett square showing a monohybrid cross of two heterozygous parents with the genotypes Aa will result in this percentage of offspring showing the recessive trait.
Only this percentage of energy is passed from one trophic level to the next in an energy pyramid.
What is 10%?
This type of evolution occurs when a single common ancestor gives rise to many new species, each adapted to different environments or niches.
What is adaptive radiation?
Viruses differ from organisms because they lack these basic units of life.
What are cells?
Name the molecule that serves as the main energy currency in cells.
What is ATP?
These genetic variations occur due to changes in DNA sequences, like insertions or deletions.
What are mutations?
This cycle involves the following processes: photosynthesis, respiration, and combustion.
What is the carbon cycle?
This domain includes prokaryotic organisms that thrive in extreme environments, such as hot springs, salty lakes, or deep-sea vents.
What is Archaea?
In a hypertonic solution, this is what happens to a cell as water moves across the membrane.
What is the cell shrinks (or undergoes plasmolysis in plant cells)?
This stage produces the most ATP during cellular respiration.
What is the electron transport chain?
Crossing over during this phase of meiosis increases genetic diversity.
What is prophase I?
A species that has a large effect on its ecosystem's structure, and whose absence can cause the ecosystem to collapse
What is a keystone species?
This type of genetic drift occurs when a small group from a larger population establishes a new population, carrying only a limited portion of the original gene pool.
What is the founder effect?
This phase of photosynthesis uses ATP and NADPH to convert carbon dioxide into glucose in the stroma of the chloroplast.
What is the Calvin cycle?