DNA AND RNA
What are the 2 types or strains
Smooth and Rough
Glucose is the universal ___ (fill in the blank)
fuel or food
Aerobic respiration uses what?
Oxygen
How old is Earth?
4.5 billion years old
What is heredity?
The passing of traits onto an offspring
What are the 4 nitrogen bases
Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Sugar
Endergonic reaction requires ___ to start a reaction (fill in the blank)
Energy
What is Cellular respiration?
Energy released from the burning of glucose
How many years has life been on Earth?
3.5 billion years old
What is Gregor Mendel known as?
Father of Genetics
What does a hydrogen bond do?
Holds nitrogen bases together
What is the difference between autotrophs and heterotrophs?
Autotrophs make there own glucose or energy while heterotrophs feed on other living organisms for glucose or energy
Cellular respiration is an _____ reaction? (fill in the blank)
Oxidation
Natural selection can be referred as?
Survival of the fittest
Punnet squares are used _____ problems to find the genotypic ratio. (fill in the blank)
genetic
What are the three types of RNA and what are there roles?
mRNA (messenger), tRNA (transfer), rRNA (ribosomal)
What are the two sets of photosynthesis reactions?
Light reactions & calvin cycle or dark reactions
Where does cellular respiration take place?
In the cytoplasm, mitochondria, and chloroplasts.
Name one book that Darwin read?
Essay on the Principles of Population, The layers of rock form slowly, Principles of Geology.
Crossing over is an exchange of segments of atoms between 2 homologous chromatids ( TRUE OR FALSE, if false say correct answer)
False, chromosomes
RNA is single stranded & has ____ instead of Thymine (fill in the blank)
Uracil
Calvin cycle uses water ( TRUE OR FALSE, if false say correct answer)
False, uses carbon dioxide
Cellular respiration produces gylcogen stores that will last ____ (fill in the blank)
15-20 mins
What is the ship Darwin traveled on and how many years did he travel for?
HMS Beagle and 5 years.
What scientist in 1911 determined that the further apart 2 genes are the greater the chances of crossing-over.
Alfred Sturtevant