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The concept that organisms who are the best suited to their environment will be the most successful
What is natural selection
100
These simple molecules form the basis of all proteins
What are amino acids?
100
Which organisms have the most available energy in a food pyramid?
Producers
100
These are the products of cellular respiration
Water, carbon dioxide, and ATP
100
The legs of crocodiles and cats have similar bone structures and develop in a similar way which indicates a common ancestor. What type of structures are the leg bones?
What are homologous structures?
200
The grouping of cells that contain DNA, cytoplasm, ribosomes, and a cell membrane, but no other membrane-bound organelles.
What is a prokaryote? (or prokaryotic cell)
200
This substance speeds up chemical reactions in the body and typically ends in -ase.
What is an enzyme?
200
A students observes a cell where the chromosomes appear to be pulled apart by spindle fibers.
What is anaphase..
200
A biomolecule that serves as a fast source of energy?
What are carbohydrates?
200
Any inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival is known as this.
What is an adaptation
300
This RNA is transcribed from a section of DNA and later leaves the nucleus in order to be translated into an amino acid chain.
What is mRNA?
300
movement of ions, and molecules across cell membranes without the need for energy input
What is passive transport?
300
Energy is stored there
What are chemical bonds?
300
these are two things that cause genetic variations
What are sexual reproduction and mutation?
300
If the producers contain 10,000 Kcal, then the primary consumers will get 1,000 Kcal, and the secondary consumers will get 100kcal. This is where most of the energy go?
What is lost as heat
400
Organs/parts many animals still have but are no longer used.
What are vestigial structures?
400
This process produces four genetically unique cells, each with half the number of chromosomes as in the parent
meiosis
400
A species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically.
What is a keystone species?
400
This is the process by which organisms break down glucose, without the use of oxygen, to create ATP
What is anaerobic cellular respiration?
400
Name one of the organelles found in a plant cell but not an animal cell
What are cell wall, large central vacuole, and chloroplast?
500
The process by which water moves through the cell membrane to balance out a high concentration of solutes.
What is osmosis?
500
The formula for photosynthesis
CO2 + H2O —> C6H12O6 + O2
500
muscle contractions that push the food that we swallow in one direction. Occurs in esophagus, stomach, and intestines.
What is peristalsis?
500
Find the Amino Acids
TAC - AGT - CTC
DNA: TAC - AGT - CTC
RNA: AUG - UCA - GAG
Amino Acids: MET - Ser - Glu
500
Prevents you from chocking.
What is epiglottis?