Cells
Protein Synthesis
Evolution
Ecology
Random Biology
100
Three differences that describe prokaryotes compared to eukaryotes.
What is prokaryotes have circular DNA, no nucleus, no membrane organelles.
100
DNA to DNA: ACG TAT CGC
What is "TGC ATA GCG"?
100
According to natural selection, organisms that survive are the ones best adapted to their environment. This explained why they will survive.
What is "they inherited adaptations that maximize fitness"?
100
Pioneer species for primary succession
What are lichens?
100
Type of respiration that occurs when a balloon is placed on top of a beaker that has sugar, yeast, and water inside. The balloon begins to expand.
What is fermentation?
200
Site of cell respiration.
What is the mitochondria?
200
There is 30% guanine. ______ percent is cytosine?
What is 30%
200
Chloroplast and mitochondria are evidence for this theory
What is endosymbiotic theory?
200
Type of ecological relationship - A herd of elephants protecting a young calf from a lion.
What is cooperation?
200
It allows gametes to have half the number of chromosomes as the parent organism.
Why is meiosis important for sexual reproduction?
300
Difference between endoplasmic reticulum and golgi apparatus.
What is the golgi apparatus ships and packages, endoplasmic reticulum is the transport system?
300
A substitution mutation results in the formation of a stop codon in the middle of a gene sequence. How will this mutation affect the protein being synthesized?
What is "the protein will have fewer amino acids than it should have"?
300
Scientist stated that as population grows, competition for resources will increase.
Who is Thomas Malthus (think "mal"nutrition)
300
Mount Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupts and destroys communities. What type of succession will occur?
What is primary succession
300
What macromolecule is shown?
What is a protein?
400
Organelles that are evidence for the endosymbiotic theory.
What is the chloroplast and mitochondria?
400
Location of DNA replication and transcription.
What is the nucleus?
400
A dolphin's flipper, a cat's leg, and a bird's wing all have similar position and bones. These are examples of this type of structure that show they came from a common ancestor.
What is homologous structures?
400
How much energy is carried over from trophic level to trophic level?
What is 10%?
400
Transgenic organisms are produced when the genes from one species are inserted into the genome of another species. For example, Bt-corn contains genes from the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis that makes the corn plant toxic to corn-borer caterpillars.
What is the primary ethical concern of growing transgenic plants such as Bt-corn?
What is how it will affect the environment and human health?
500
Similar to Tay-Sachs disease, Niemann-Pick disease is a serious metabolic disorder that occurs because a specific type of lipid accumulates inside cells. This lipid accumulation occurs because the cellular organelle responsible for intracellular digestion is defective. What organelle is defective?
What is a lysosome?
500
List the two steps in protein synthesis in order.
What is transcription and translation?
500
Evidence for Endosymbiotic Theory
What is chloroplast and mitochondria have their own DNA
500
In order for plants and animals to use nitrogen, it must go through the process of ____________________________.
What is nitrogen fixation?
500
On a cladogram, the following are shown:
shark - fish - frog - monkey - rabbit
The shark is more closely related to the frog than the rabbit is to the monkey. True or False? Why?
False. The rabbit is closer to the monkey on the cladogram.