Unit 6: Cells and Cell Parts
Unit 7: Chemical Reactions and the Energy of Life
Unit 8:DNA and the Cell Cycle
Unit 9: Cancer and the Cell Cycle
Unit 10: Genetics
100
The powerhouse of the cell; where cellular respiration takes place in the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
100
The 'small' numbers in a chemical formula that represent the number of atoms of a particular element are in a molecule.
What are subscripts?
100
The four letters of the Nitrogenous Bases.
What is A, T, C, G ?
Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine
100
Identify the phase of mitosis:
What is metaphase?
100
Different 'flavors' of genes
What are alleles?
200
The two broadest categories of cells
What are prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
200
The energy-carrying molecule that is one of the products of cellular respiration.
What is ATP (adenosine triphosphate)?
200
Cells spend most of their life in this stage of the cell cycle
What is Interphase?
200
This process takes place in the nucleus and converts DNA to mRNA
What is Transcription?
200
The physical characteristics of an individual, or the result of the individuals genes
What is a phenotype?
300
Two cell parts/organelles that differentiate plant and animal cells
What is 1) cell wall 2) chloroplasts 3) large, central vacuole?
300
400-700 nm wavelengths within the electromagnetic spectrum.
What is Visible Light? (ROYGBIV)
300
The enzyme in charge of attaching free nucleotides to the exposed strands of DNA during replication
What is DNA Polymerase?
300
Tumors can be caused by mutations to one of these types of genes
What are proto-oncogenes OR tumor suppressor genes?
300
The allele that is expressed in a heterozygote
What is the dominant allele?
400
The cell part responsible for assembling proteins.
What is a ribosome?
400
Identify the reaction and fill in the blanks: CO2 + ____ ---> _____ + O2
What is Photosynthesis; H2O (water) and C6H12O6 (glucose)?
400
DNA Replication happens during this phase of the cell cycle
What is S (Synthesis) Phase?
400
TP53 codes for the TP53 protein which regulates cell division by keeping cells from growing or dividing uncontrollably, making it this type of gene
What is a tumor suppressor gene?
400
What type of disorder is shown in this pedigree?
What is a dominant disorder?
500
Identify this cell:
What is a eukaryotic, animal cell
500
One way to measure the rate of cellular respiration.
What is O2 consumption OR CO2 production?
Would also accept: Heart Rate or Breathing Rate
500
The 'keepers' of the cell cycle.
What are Stop and Go Proteins OR cell cycle regulators
500
Transcribe and then use the Codon Chart to translate the following portion of DNA to the appropriate amino acid sequence: TAC GTA ATA ATT
What is Met - His - Tyr - Stop?
AUG CAU UAU UAA
500
What is the genotypic and phenotypic ratio when you cross two heterozygous individuals?
Genotypic Ratio: 1:2:1
Phenotypic Ratio: 75% Dominant, 25% Recessive