Chemistry
What is a cluster of atoms that determine chemical properties of a molecule?
Functional Group
Which organ system is responsible for drainage of excess fluids?
When the double helix is unwound by a certain enzymes the two original strands are templates for two new helixes.... this is referred to as what?---
Semi Conservative Replication (100 bonus points for anyone that can draw it)
Uracil is found in which form of genetic information? And what is it's base pair?
RNA with base pair adenine
Where do proteins go for modification and packaging into vesicles to be sent on their way (AKA POST OFFICE)?
Golgi Apparatus
Which functional group is water soluble and is found in sugars and alcohols?
Hydroxyl (-OH)
Transport of nutrients like O2, CO2, and Nutrients is attributed to which organ system?
How many different codons exist?
64
Somatic cells are divided by mitosis, but gamete cells are divided by what?
Meiosis
There is 1 set of set chromosomes and how many autologous/somatic sets of chromosomes?
22
What is a layer of water molecules that surround a charged particle to keep it separated/dissolved in water called?
Sphere of Hydration
Which body system is in charge of biochemical actions?
Endocrine System
What is the process of copying a segment of DNA to create a strand of mRNA to code for a protein and where does this process occur?
Transcription in the nucleus
Listening to a patients lungs with a stethoscope is which physical observation technique?
Auscultation
Genotype is what you can become, but what is the term for what we actually express as a trait?
Phenotype (what you look like)
Which functional group is found primarily in sugars, proteins, and AA's?
Carboxyl (-COOH)
Which body system is responsible for removing carbon dioxide from the blood?
Respiratory System
Helicase=unwinds the double helix
Polymerase=builds the replica strand of DNA
What kind of feedback occurs when a stimulus is amplified instead of reversed to complete a process?
Positive Feedback Loop
Is cancer typically a change in somatic or gamete cells?
Somatic cells
Which functional group is lipophilic? List at least one thing they are found in.
Methyl (CH3) found in fats, steroids, and oils
Which organ system regulates blood volume, controls acid base balance, and stimulates red blood cell production?
urinary system
What is the process called that uses mRNA to build a new chain of amino acids to create a protein and where does this occur?
Translation in the ribosomes of the cytosol or ER
Cancer cells have a problem with which phase of interphase?
S phase (cannot prevent entry into S phase and divides rapidly uncontrollably)
Is meiosis 1 or 2 when the chromosomes actually are separated into two new cells?
Meiosis 2