Creation & Evolution
This person is a major advocate for creationism and once debated Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Ken Ham
What is a gene?
A section of DNA that codes for a trait.
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
What do we call stem cells harvested from embryos?
Embryonic Stem Cells
These are drilled for in the arctic and help determine how long ago ice was formed.
Ice cores
The variations of what type of organisms that Darwin discover on the Galapagos Islands helped him developed his theory of evolution?
Finches
A specific version of a gene.
What RNA bases make up the start codon?
AUG (Adenine, Uracil, Guanine)
True or false: Stem cells can cure any disease.
False, in fact no disease has been proven to be completely cured using stem cells as of May 2018.
Whale fossils in the Sahara were found to have some bones very similar to what land mammal?
Wolves
This Hebrew word in teh Old Testament has varying meanings such as day, age, or long period of time.
Yom
What is a phenotype?
The observable trait or characteristics coded for by a gene.
Who discovered that As pair with Ts and Cs pair with Gs?
Erwin Chargaff
Why isn't the use of adult stem cells controversial when embryonic stem cells are?
Embryonic stem cells require the destruction of an embryo, but adult stem cells can be easily found throughout the body of a child or adult including brain, bone marrow, peripheral blood, blood vessels, skeletal muscle, skin, teeth, gut, liver, ovarian epithelium, and testis .
What does mRNA stand for?
Messenger Ribonucleic Acid or messenger RNA
What is the study of tree rings that helps determine that there are trees that are thousands of years old?
Dendochronology
What is a genotype?
The specific set of alleles present in an individual's DNA.
What is special about the amino acid Methionine as compared to the other amino acids?
It is the amino acid coded for by the start codon. So it is the amino acid of any protein chain.
What is a blastocyst?
An early development stage of 50-100 cells that still haven't turned into specific tissue cells yet.
What is the study of how gene expression changes even though the actual DNA of an individual remains the same?
Epigenetics.
What did Darwin discover at the tops of the Andes mountains in South America that helped him develop his theory of evolution?
Marine animal fossils (like barnacles).
What is a pedigree?
A family tree that tracks the heredity of a trait.
Which two bases have three Hydrogen bonds that hold them together?
Cytosine & Guanine
What is special about all stem cells that makes them so desirable for medical research?
A stem cell can turn into any other cell type because its specific function hasn't yet been determined.
During which process are Adenines paired with Uracils?
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