Macromolecule
All living organisms contain certain elements which allow for organic compounds to be made. Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen & Phosphorus. This element is considered the key to being 'organic.'
What is carbon?
Which part of the cell is called the control center?
What is the nucleus?
This term describes organisms who eat other organisms.
What are consumers?
You get these from your parents.
What are genes?
The father of evolution who is famous for studying birds and turtles.
Who is Charles Darwin?
Amino acids are the building blocks for this macromolecule which essential for muscle growth, immune systems, and digestion.
What are proteins?
Only plants have this organelle that acts as a solar panel.
What is the chloroplast?
This term describes daily atmospheric conditions.
What is weather?
The phenotype is the ______ expression of the genotype.
What is physical?
Evolution means _______
What is change in a species over time?
This macromolecule contains the most energy.
(carb, lipid, protein, nucleic acid)
Lipid
This is the process by which cells divide and make exact copies of themselves.
What is mitosis?
Many climate activists are concerned about amount of these in the atmosphere.
What are greenhouse gases?
The letter combination for a female.
What is XX?
What happens when a species cannot adapt to its environment.
What is extinction?
All cells must have this molecule which contains the code of life.
Nucleic Acid or DNA
All cells need energy to function. This is the energy molecule.
What is ATP?
All energy ultimately comes from this.
What is the sun?
Before a cell can divide, it needs to make a copy of what?
What is DNA?
The ability to survive and reproduce.
What is fitness?
This macromolecule is responsible for structure in plants and cannot be digested by people.
What is cellulose or fiber?
Prokaryotes and eukaryotes are significantly different. Prokaryotes lack this.
What is a nucleus?
What do we call a group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring?
What is a species?
Mendel, the father of genetics, studied what organism?
Birds, cats, and whales have similar bone structures but do not live in the same habitats. This is called _____ evolution.