Day 2 Flashcards
The process by which organisms keep their internal conditions fairly constant is called…?
Homeostasis
Biology means the study of_____
Life
Proteins are composed of what?
Amino acids
What do enzymes end in?
-Ase
Hat macromolecule do enzymes belong to?
Proteins
What is the basic unit of structure and function of all living things ?
Cells
What kind of organism can capture light energy to make their own food
Producer/autotroph
When you break ATP it turns into?
ADP
After ADP is formed what happens?
Energy is released
What is the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration
The products of one are the reactants of the other
What is the sugar found in DNA
Deoxyribose
What sugar is found in RNA
Ribose
What’s a nitrogen base?
A T G C
What is a cell cycle
A series of events that cells go through as the grow and divide
What’s the reason for meiosis
To make sex cells different from parent cells
What is DNA replication
Copying process in which a cell duplicated it’s DNA
Body chromosome number?
40,64
Chromosome number in eggs?
20.32
Chromosome number in sperm?
20.32
What is the original source of energy in most ecosystems
Sun
