Cells Ecology Energy Flow & Metabolism

Heredity & Genetics

Evolution

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Bonus Question: 5000 pts

Cells: 200• Question:• A biological catalyst that lowers the activation

energy of a chemical reaction in an organism.• Answer• Enzyme

Cells: 400• Question:• The best and second best way to distinguish

whether a cell is prokaryotic or eukaryotic? Bonus 200: In plants?

• Answer• Nucleus/Membrane-bound organelles• Bonus:• Chloroplasts/Cell Wall

Cells: 600• Question:• What is the key difference between the

products of Mitosis and Meiosis? (Hint: number of chromosomes)

• Answer• Diploid v. Haploid

Cells: 800• Question:• A slice of potato is dropped into a glass of

pure water that contains no solute. What will happen to the potato? Why? Bonus: What would happen to the potato if the water was very salty?

• Answer• Swell (Osmosis!)• Bonus: Shrivel

Cells: 1000• Question:• Identify:

• Answer• Carb, (phospho)lipid, nucleic acid, protein

Ecology: 200• Question:• A non-native species introduced into an

ecosystem that has an advantage over native species.

• Answer• Invasive species

Ecology: 400• Question:• The general number of a particular species

that a given ecosystem has the capacity to comfortably support.

• Answer• Carrying Capacity

Ecology: 600• Question:• Name three animals that would be affected &

describe how they would be affected if the goat population developed a space flight program and escaped to Jupiter.

• Answer: varies

Ecology: 800• Question:• What is the name of the process by which

nature either reclaims an area or moves into an area either for the first time. Bonus 200: Name the two types and give an example.

• Answer• Succession• Bonus: Primary, Secondary; varies

Ecology: 1000• Question:• Graph examples of Logistic and Exponential

growth on the board. Label Carrying Capacity in the appropriate place on the graph.

• Answer

Energy: 200• Question:• The primary source of energy for life on Earth.• Answer• The sun.

Energy: 400• Question:• Organisms inhabiting the first tier of any

energy pyramid that lock up the energy from the sun into glucose.

• Answer• Producers/Autotrophs

Energy: 600• Question:• The organelles that are the primary sites of

metabolism in a plant and in an animal, respectively.

• Answer• Chloroplast and mitochondria

Energy: 800• Question:• The primary energy currency molecule in an

organism. Bonus 200: Which bond of this molecule is broken to release the energy it carries?

• Answer• ATP• Bonus• Bond between 2nd and 3rd phosphates

Energy: 1000• Question:• The process by which atmospheric nitrogen is

made available to plants and animals via a special variety of bacteria.

• Answer• Nitrogen fixation.

Heredity: 200• Question:• The part of a nucleotide that codes for genetic

data. Bonus 200: What are the names of the 5 different types of this part?

• Answer• Nitrogenous base• Bonus: Guanine, Cytosine, Adenine, Thymine,

Uracil

Heredity: 400• Question:• The event in Prophase I of meiosis that leads

to increased genetic variability.• Answer• Crossing Over.

Heredity: 600• Question:• What is the genotypic ratio for the offspring of

the following cross: Bb x Bb• Answer• 1: 2: 1

Heredity: 800• Question:• Transcribe the following into mRNA:

TACAAGGAT. Bonus 200: How many codons does this transcript contain?

• Answer• AUGUUCCUA• Bonus• 3

Heredity: 1000• Question:DNA: TAC GAT CCA TAT ACTmRNA: AUG CUA GGA UAU GA• What kind of mutation has occurred here and

in which codon has it occurred?• Answer• Frameshift/Deletion; 3rd base of the 3rd DNA

codon wasn’t copied

Evo: 200• Question:• A characteristic of an organism that makes it

more fit for its environment.• Answer• Adaptation / trait

Evo: 400• Question:• A collection of these over time in a

population’s genetic code may result in the emergence of new traits or adaptations.

• Answer• mutation

Evo: 600• Question:• Speciation driven by geographic isolation.• Answer• Allopatric Speciation

Evo: 800• Question:• A type of fossil that displays characteristics of

both the ancestral group and a newly emerging group.

• Answer• Transitional

Evo: 1000• Question:• Which members of this cladogram possess

claws or nails? Bonus 200: Which species is the outgroup?

• Answer• Lizard, Pigeon, Mouse, Chimp• Bonus: Hagfish

Bonus Question: 5000 pts.

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