Final Review Flashcards

1
Q

This organelle contributes the most power to plant cells

A

Chloroplasts

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2
Q

How do hypotheses differ from theories

A

Theories are more comprehensive than hypotheses

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3
Q

Enzymes are almost always

A

Proteins

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4
Q

Determines the sequence of amino acids in proteins

A

mRNA

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5
Q

Which of the following is a product of the citric acid cycle

A

NADH

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6
Q

Which blood type is considered codominant

A

Type AB blood

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7
Q

Which of the following is not a chemical reaction

A

Ice melts to form liquid water

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8
Q

The smallest biological unit which evolves is a

A

Population

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9
Q

What does evolutionary fitness measure

A

Relative reproductive success

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10
Q

What are genes composed of

A

DNA

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11
Q

Which even occurs during prophase

A

The chromosomes condense

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12
Q

Natural selection

A

Results in evolutionary adaptation

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13
Q

What are the four most common elements found in living organisms

A

Carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen

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14
Q

What polysaccharide is the primary component of plant cell walls

A

Cellulose

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15
Q

Any change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA is called a

A

Mutation

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16
Q

Biological species consist of groups of

A

Populations

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17
Q

A DNA fragment with the sticky end sequence TGGCA will bind with another DNA fragment with the sticky end sequence

A

ACCGT

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18
Q

During cellular respiration, the energy in glucose

A

Is used to manufacture ATP molecules

19
Q

Recorded observations are called

A

Data

20
Q

Which of the following is the composition of nucleotides

A

A phosphate group, a nitrogenous base, a sugar

21
Q

Which of the following would be considered an arthropod

A

Hermit crabs

22
Q

The hydrogen and oxygen atoms of a water molecule are held together by __ bonds

A

Covalent

23
Q

Which genotype is considered homozygous dominant

A

CC

24
Q

Sympatric speciation specifically EXCLUDES

A

Geographic isolation

25
Q

A __ is an autotroph

A

Pine tree

26
Q

__ is a distinction in appearance between males and females not directly associated with reproduction or survival

A

Sexual dimorphism

27
Q

Which is a feature of prokaryotic cells but NOT eukaryotic cells

A

Fimbriae

28
Q

Sister chromatids are joined at the

A

Centromere

29
Q

The tailbone of a human __ to the tail of a monkey

A

Is homologous to

30
Q

After a restriction enzyme binds to its restriction site, it cuts the two strands of the DNA by

A

Breaking chemical bonds at specific points within the sequence

31
Q

Which is a function of the plasma membrane

A

Regulate traffic of materials in and out of the cell

32
Q

Chloroplasts absorb light mainly in the __ part of the light spectrum

A

Blue-violet

33
Q

In eukaryotic cells, the transcription of genes is enhanced by

A

Enhancer sequences

34
Q

The biological species concept cannot be applied to

A

Fossils

35
Q

What is an independent variable

A

What is being manipulated by the researchers

36
Q

What are the two broadest divisions of the cell cycle

A

Interphase and the mitotic phase

37
Q

Where in the cell does glycolysis occur

A

In the cytoplasm

38
Q

The presence of gills in both fish and human embryos is an example of

A

Homology

39
Q

What must pyruvic acid be converted to before it can enter the citric acid cycle

A

Acetyl CoA

40
Q

If the abnormal cells remain at the original site, the lump is called a

A

Benign tumor

41
Q

DNA replication

A

Requires the cooperation of over a dozen enzymes and other proteins

42
Q

Many proto-oncogenes regulate

A

Cell division

43
Q

Restriction enzymes are obtained from

A

Bacteria