biology Flashcards
What is the most basic unit of life?
The cell
All organisms are made up of cells. True or false?
True
All cells do not arise from other cells. True or false?
False.
All cells have similar biomolecules and biochemical reactions. True or false?
True
All cells do not contain genetic material which is passed on from one cell to another. True or false?
True
All chemical and physiological processes in the body happen in the mitochondria.
False - Cell
What are the two types of cell?
Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
What is the modern cell theory?
The modern cell theory indicates that cells are the basic structural, functional, and organizational units of both single-celled and multicellular organisms; cells divide and pass on hereditary information; and energy flows within cells.
Prokaryotic cells have true nucleus. True or false?
False. Only eukaryotic cells have true nucleus.
Eukaryotic cells do not have membrane-bound organelles. True or false?
False. Only prokaryotic cells have these organelles.
Are prokaryotic cells mostly unicellular?
Yes.
Give examples of prokaryotic cells.
Archaea, Bacteria
Give examples of eukaryotic cells.
Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista
Give examples of biomolecules.
Carbohydrates, Proteins, Lipids, and Nucleic Acids
What are the building blocks of carbohydrates?
Monosaccharides
What are the building blocks of proteins?
Amino acids
What are the building blocks of lipids?
Fatty acids, glycerol
What are the building blocks of nucleic acids?
Nucleotides
Give examples of carbohydrates.
Starch, cellulose
Give examples of monosaccharides.
Starch, cellulose
Give examples of amino acids.
Enzymes, Hormones
Give examples of fatty acids or glycerol
Steroids, fats
Give examples of nucleotides.
DNA, RNA
What are the levels of biological organization?
Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biosphere