Chemistry
What is the smallest unit of an element?
An atom
What do eukaryotic cells have that prokaryotic cells don't have?
Membrane bound organelles
Who is the "father of genetics"?
Gregor Mendel
Define evolution
Change over time
Define ecology
The study of how organisms interact with their environment
Protons
What do plant cells have that animal cells don't?
Cell walls and chloroplast
In dihybrid punnett squares how many alleles are shown?
4
Fitness is defined as?
An individual's ability to survive and reproduce
What is the difference between a population and a community?
Populations only refer to one species in a certain area, where as a community refers to all species in a certain area
What are the monomers of lipids?
Fatty acids and glycerol
What do we call it when a cell engulfs water ("drinks")?
Pinocytosis
What triggers DNA replication to begin?
DNA Primase
What does the endosymbiosis theory say?
That mitochondria and chloroplast evolved from prokaryotic cells
In what kingdom of Eukarya are the majority of the organisms decomposers?
Fungi
What carbohydrate are exoskeletons made of?
Chitin
Passive movement of molecules using protein channels is called?
Facilitated transport
Semi-conservative refers to what?
Replicated strands of DNA consist of half of the old strand and half of the new strand
What organelle do antibiotics affect?
Mitochondria, because they evolved from bacteria
What levels of ecological organization include abiotic and biotic factors?
Ecosystem, Biome, Biosphere
What is the quaternary structure of protein?
Several polypeptides (tertiary protein structures) folded together
In a hypertonic solution will the water move into or out of the cell?
Out of, the cell will shrivel
tRNA carries what monomer?
Amino Acids (monomers of proteins)
Allopatric speciation refers to what type of isolation?
Geographic isolation
Moles living underground, and finches living in trees are example of what?
Niche