Central Dogma
What is the process called where DNA is copied into RNA?
What is transcription?
The process of an egg and sperm combining to form a zygote is called...
Phylogenic trees are made most accurately when they are based on...
What is "DNA"?
Darwin theorized that armadillos descended from ancient giant glyptodonts. This observation is an example of...
What is "species varying over time"?
Define cephalization.
What is "sense organs and nerve cells are concentrated at one end of animal"?
Name one type of mutation that can occur in a DNA sequence.
What is deletion, insertion, or substitution?
Different versions of a gene are called...
What is "alleles"?
A bacteria grows twice its size, replicates its DNA, and then splits in two, creating a new bacterial cell. This process is called...
What is "binary fission"?
When a dairy farmer chooses to breed the cows that give the most milk in the herd, the farmers are following the principle of...
What is "artificial selection"?
Describe the importance of a coelom in animal development.
What is fluid-filled space where organs are suspended?
Amino acids are to proteins as __________ are to nucleic acids.
What is Nucleotides?
This process results in two genetically identical diploid daughter cells.
What is "mitosis"?
Bacteria that cause disease are called...
What are "Pathogens"?
In a population of woodpeckers, beak lengths range from 2-6 cm. Beak length is controlled by a few genes. This range of beak lengths in the population is an example of
What is "genetic variation"?
How do specialized structures like the crop and gizzard aid in digestion?
Answers will vary.
What is "Crop stores food, gizzard breaks it down"?
Enzymes speed up chemical reactions by joining with this part of a reactant.
What is the substrate?
What is "0%"?
A student claims that after a bacteria colony was exposed to antibiotics, those without antibiotic resistance developed it to survive. Support or refute this claim and justify your stance.
Answers will vary.
What is "False! They cannot develop the advantage in their lifetime. They would have just died."
A certain species of finch lives on one of the Galapagos Islands. A few birds are caught in a windstorm and are swept to a distant island. This small group can never return and ends up populating this new island. However, the distribution of traits in this new population are much different than the original. This case of evolution can be attributed to
What is "genetic drift" or "Founder's Effect"?
A jellyfish is circular, with no head or tail. Identify the term that best describes its body plan.
What is "radial symmetry"?
Extreme pH levels would cause enzymes to become...
What is denatured?
How does meiosis create genetic diversity?
What is "It creates four genetically unique haploid gametes."
Cyanobacteria live in the ocean and are responsible for using sunlight and CO2 to make food for the ocean ecosystem and produce oxygen for life on Earth. It is reasonable to assume that cyanobacteria are...
What is "Photoautotrophs"?
Fish in the Congo River could no longer share a gene pool because the hydrology of the river prevented fish from moving from one side to the other. This type of reproductive isolation is an example of
What is "geographic isolation"?
Explain the role of alveoli in endothermy.
What is "alveoli increase the surface area in the lungs, allowing for more O2 to enter, meaning cellular respiration can happen fast, meaning more heat can be produced." ?