Unit 1: Chemistry of life
Unit 2: Cells, Feedback loops, organelles
Unit 3: Cellular Processes
Unit 4: Genetics part 1
Mix of questions
100
What is the monomer for carbohydrates?
Monosaccharide
100
What organelle makes proteins (found in ALL cells)?
Ribosomes
100
What organelle is used in cellular respiration to convert glucose into ATP (energy)?
the mitochondria
100
What bases are used in DNA?
Adenine (A), Thymine (T), Cytosine (C), and Guanine (G)
100
Name a food example of lipids.
butter, olive oil, bacon, avocados
200
What is the name for an enzyme that lower activation energy, thereby increasing the rate of the reaction?
A catalyst
200
The stable internal environment maintained by living things is called ____.
homeostasis
200
Because fermentation takes place in the absence of oxygen, it is said to be ____.
anaerobic (no oxygen)
200
What is the complementary strand of DNA for A T T C G A C
TAA GCT G
200
Name a type of food that is made by undergoing fermentation
Kimchi, aged cheese, yogurt, pickles, sourdough
300
What would happen if an enzyme was denatured?
The enzyme would no longer be able to function and the chemical reaction it was helping would slow down or stop completely.
300
What type of transport is shown in the image below:
Passive Transport/ Diffusion
300
1) What organelle is used to help a plant produce their own food through photosynthesis?
2) What is the name of the green pigment?
1) Chloroplast
2) Chlorophyll
300
What type of RNA transports genetic information from the nucleus to the ribosomes outside the nucleus (in the cytoplasm)
mRNA (messenger RNA)
300
DNA is called __________ because each new DNA molecule consists of one strand of OLD DNA and one strand of NEW DNA.
semiconservative
400
Which macromolecule regulates cell processes, forms bones and muscles, transports materials, and forms enzymes?
Proteins
400
What does the endosymbiotic theory explains?
the origins of eukaryotic life/ multicellular life
400
Gween is investigating how exercise affects the rate at which she can squeeze a ball. After several minutes, she begins to experience muscle soreness and fatigue. She knows that this means her muscles are beginning to run out of oxygen. Which process is likely causing the soreness in her muscle cells?
Lactic Acid Fermentation
400
Write out the central dogma: Include Protein, translation, DNA, transcription, and RNA
Draw on board DNA--> RNA--> Proteins (transcription, translation)
400
Name 1 of the three parts of the cell theory.
500
Sucrose is digested with the aid of water and the enzyme sucrase, you get the monomer: glucose and fructose. What process BREAKS a polymer (sucrose) into monomers?
Hydrolysis
500
Draw what happens when a cells gets placed into a
1) hypertonic solution
2) isotonic solution
3) hypotonic solution
500
Draw an image that shows how cellular respiration and photosynthesis are related: Include the words or image of a chloroplast, mitochondria, oxygen, water, carbon dioxide, and glucose
Draw image on board
500
Translate this strand of DNA into mRNA then into amino acids (show your work) T A C, G C A, G C G, A C C
T A C, G C A, G C G, A C C
A U G, C G U, C G C, U G G
500
Name two differences between RNA and DNA
Sugar (ribose, deoxyribose), base pair U and T, single/ double stranded