Chemistry of Life
What are the 4 Components our "Cheeseburger of Life"?
Bun- Carbohydrates
Meat - Proteins
Cheese - Lipids
Special Sauce - Nucleic Acid
Who is considered the "Father of Genetics"?
Gregor Mendel
Who is credited for developing the Theory or Evolution and Natural Selection?
Charles Darwin
Ecology is the study of...
Interactions between organisms and their environment
What is Biology?
The Study of Life
Through what two interconnected processes do plants and animals transform and convert materials and gasses into usable energy?
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
What are the 3 possible Genotypic outcomes a genotype can be?
Homozygous Dominant, Homozygous Recessive, and Heterozygous
This saying is the foundation of Natural Selection and Evolution.
Survival of the Fittest
What is the term for the transfer of energy and nutrients through an ecosystem?
Energy Flow
DNA nitrogenous bases include _____.
Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine.
(Uracil in RNA)
Amino acids are joined together in cells to make:
Proteins
___ are mistakes in the DNA that cause variation within a species.
Mutations
A change in a plant/animal that makes it much better to live in a specific situation/place
Adaptation
In the water cycle, what processes are responsible for water returning to the atmosphere?
Evaporation and Transpiration
True or False: Meiosis is used to produce body cells, and mitosis is used to make sperm and egg cells (Gametes)
False. Mitosis produces new body cells. Meiosis is used in the process of sexual reproduction
The smallest unit of living things....
Cells
List the 3 types of Genetic Inheritance
Mendelian -
1. Dominant v. Recessive
Non-Mendelian -
2. Incomplete Dominance (White Snapdragon+Red Snapdragon=Pink Snapdragon)
3. Codominance (Red Bull+ White Cow= Spotted)
What is the name of the equation used to determine is evolution has taken place in a population of organisms?
Hardy- Weinberg Equation
List the 4 main types of Symbiosis.
Mutualism, Commensalism, Parasitism, and Predation
The process by which populations of organisms with variations that help them survive in their environments live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those that do not have the variations.
Natural Selection
Which THREE parts make up a nucleotide?
Phosphate Group, Deoxyribose sugar, and a Nitrogen base
DNA is found in the nucleus of each cell and carries the instructions that determine a persons....
Inheritable traits.
The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?
The inherited traits of a population
Biogeochemical cycles are important because they:
Move essential nutrients through ecosystems
Who is credited with discovering the Double Helix structure of DNA?
Watson and Crick