Photosythesis
What are the products of photosynthesis?
Glucose and Oxygen
What does ATP stand for?
Adenosine Triphosphate
Who is the father of Genetics?
Gregor Mendel
What are the building blocks of DNA?
Nucleotides
Body parts of different organisms that are physically similar are called _______.
Homologous Structures.
Where does photosynthesis occur?
Chloroplast
What is the first step of cellular respiration?
Glycolysis
Genes located on homologous chromosomes may have alternate forms that control different forms of a trait. These alternate forms of a gene are called __________.
Alleles.
The genetic code for an oak tree is more or less similar to an ash tree than a squirrel.
More similar.
What scientific explanation account for the diversity of life?
Evolutionary Theory.
Where do the dark reactions take place?
Stroma
Give an example of something that carries out Lactic Acid Fermentation.
Human muscle cells during exercise.
Sexually producing species show greater variation than asexually reproducing species due to ________.
Recombination of alleles.
What is the functions of tRNA?
What are some examples of vestigial structures?
Human Appendix, Wisdom Teeth, Wings on Flightless Birds, Hind Leg Bones in Whales
What types of factors can affect the rate of photosynthesis?
Light Intensity, Carbon Dioxide Concentration, and Temperature
Give an example of something that carries out Alcoholic Fermentation.
Bacteria, Yeast
What is an example of multiple alleles?
Blood type, Hair color, Hair texture, Eye color
What is a codon?
A sequence of 3 nucleotides.
A ________ occurs when DNA is altered or changed in such a way as to alter the genetic message carried out by that gene.
Mutation
What is the photosynthesis equation?
6CO2 + 6H2O --ENERGY--> C6H12O6 + 6O2
What are the 3 steps of cellular respiration?
Glycolysis, Krebs Cycle, Electron Transport Chain
________ refers to a genetic situation in which one allele does not completely dominate another allele, and therefore it results in a new phenotype.
Incomplete dominance
What are the two types of nitrogen bases?
Purines and Pyrimidines
What branch of biology studies embryos and how they develop?
Embryology