WATER
CELLS
PLANTS
ECOLOGY
DNA
100

The property of water that allows organisms to safely live under ice without having to deal with dramatic temperature changes is:

HIGH SPECIFIC HEAT

100

Which part of the cell is where the DNA is contained in eukaryotic cells?

The nucleus

100

What are the openings on the underside of leaves where gas is exchanged called?

STOMATA

100

Organisms that are able to make their own food are called:

EITHER PRODUCERS OR AUTOTROPHS

100

The macromolecule that both DNA and RNA are made up of:

NUCLEIC ACID

200

The property of water that describes how it clings to different substances is:

ADHESION

200

Which part of the cell absorbs sunlight in plants and helps convert it into sugar for the plant to use?

CHLOROPLASTS

200

Plant cells have which two cell structures that are not found in animal cells?

CELL WALLS AND CHLOROPLASTS

200

The size of the population that can survive with the amount of resources available is called the:

CARRYING CAPACITY

200

The four nitrogenous bases found in DNA are adenine, guanine, cytosine, and:

THYMINE

300

The property of water that describes how it can defy gravity and move up a tube like in a plant’s stem is called:

CAPILLARY ACTION

300

Which part of the cell is where cellular respiration occurs? It is responsible for converting sugar into energy for the cell!

MITOCHONDRIA

300

Which part of the plant transports sugars and proteins from the leaves of the plant to all the rest of its parts?

PHLOEM

300

The first organisms to grow in a new area are called:

PIONEER SPECIES

300

The nitrogenous base found in RNA, but not in DNA, is:

URACIL

400

The property of water that describes how it clings to other water molecules is called:

COHESION

400

Which part of the cell makes proteins? They are found in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes.

RIBOSOMES

400

Which part of the flower produces the pollen?

THE ANTHER

400

The recovery of an old ecosystem that has been destroyed by a disturbance, such as a fire or flood, is called:

SECONDARY SUCCESSION

400

The process of DNA replication takes place in which phase of the cell cycle?

INTERPHASE

500

Water molecules are held to other water molecules by what type of chemical bonds?

HYDROGEN BONDS

500

Which part of the cell is tasked with keeping it clean and free of waste and debris? 

LYSOSOMES

500

The sticky part of the plant that collects the pollen from pollinators and is found on the top of the pistil is called:

THE STIGMA

500

The largest level of organisms in classification is called:

DOMAIN

500

The copying of DNA into RNA is called:

TRANSCIPTION