Pandemic
Chemistry of Life
Life or Something Like It
Environmental Balancing Act
Anything Goes
200

Some consider these pathogens nonliving since they cannot reproduce on their own.

Virus

200

Hydrogen bonds form between regions in molecules that are ___________ in charge

Opposite

200

How many strands of DNA are contained in the chromosome shown below?

Two

200

What is a species that if protected will also result in protecting many other species.

umbrella species

200

The division of a species' habitat by a road or other man-made structure

habitat fragmentation

400

Put the following pathogens in order from largest to smallest: viruses, viroids, bacteria and prions

bacteria, viruses, viroids, prions

400

Diffusion of water molecules across a membrane is called

osmosis
400

What is the term for programmed cell death?

Apoptosis

400

The first organisms that enter a previously uninhabited area are called

pioneer species

400

The concept that two organisms cannot occupy the exact same niche at the same time.

competitive exclusion

600

These cell structures are the site of protein synthesis

ribosomes

600
In cellular respiration, what molecule "catches" the electrons at the end of the electron transport chain?

oxygen

600

Name two molecules formed during the kreb's cycle

NADH, FADH2, ATP, CO2  (any two of these)

600

The concentration of toxins increases as you move up the food chain in a process called

biomagnification

600
They type of growth an organism experiences when there is unlimited resources

exponential

800

The type of viral infection that causes the host cells to burst

lytic 

800

This is a biological catalyst that speeds up reaction rates

Enzyme

800

What are the two main types of fermentation?

Alcoholic and Lactic Acid

800

The gradual process of regrowth that occurs after a forest fire.

Secondary succession

800

The maximum number of organisms an environment can support.

carrying capacity

1000

Prokaryotes reproduce by this process

Binary Fission

1000

When a neutral atom loses or gains an electron, it forms a/an ___________

Ion
1000

When faced with extreme environments, bacteria can form a thick protected wall.  This is called a ________

endospore

1000

The type of survivorship curve for humans.

Type 1 survivorship

1000

What is this type of growth called? 

Logistic growth