Bio Jeopardy 2009

ECOLOGY BIOCHEM PHYSIOLOGY/ CELLBIO EVOLUTION GENETICS Reproduction

All members of a species in a certain location

What is POPULATION?

Nonliving factor

What is ABIOTIC?

The zone of Earth where life can exist

What is the BIOSPHERE?

Many populations and abiotic factors

What is an ECOSYSTEM?

In the water cycle, loss of water by leaves is called this

What is TRANSPIRATION?

The process of ecosystem development

What is ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION ?

Bacteria that convert nitrate into nitrogen gas

What are DENITRIFYING BACTERIA?

Formation of a compound from different smaller compounds through the loss of a water molecule

What is DEHYDRATION SYNTHYSIS?

This group of compounds are made of amino acids

What are PROTEINS?

The building blocks of lipids

What are FATTY ACIDS and GLYCEROL?

Special group of proteins that act as organic catalysts

What are ENZYMES?

Process by which large compounds are broken down with H 2 O

What is HYDROLYSIS?

A monosaccharide sugar: Formula C 6 H 12 O 6

What is Glucose, Galactose or Fructose?

Organic compounds contain these two elements

What are CARBON and HYDROGEN?

The place in the cell where photosynthesis takes place

What are CHLOROPLASTS?

This type of cell has a large central vacuole

What is a PLANT CELL?

Gas exchange takes place in these two structures

What are ALVEOLI and CAPILLARIES?

Where Aerobic cellular respiration occurs

What are MITCHONDRIA?

This hormone lowers blood sugar

What is INSULIN?

This formula C 6 H 12 O O 2 → 6 CO H 2 O + 36 ATP

What is AEROBIC RESPIRATION?

Scientific names for ATP and ADP

What are ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE and ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE?

His theory included Overproduction, Competition, Variation, Adaptations, Natural selection, and Speciation

Who is CHARLES DARWIN?

The struggle for survival between organisms for food, shelter, and mates

What is COMPETITION?

The scientific names of slow evolution over a long period of time and rapid evolution over a short period of time

What are GRADUALISM and PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM?

Believed in “Use and Disuse” and “Inheritance of acquired characteristics”

Who is JEAN BAPTISTE DE LAMARCK ?

The idea that those best adapted to an environment are the ones who survive

Survival of the Fittest

Scientist who influenced Darwin with his theories on Geography

Lyell

An English sociologist ( ) Herbert Spencer coined this term about evolution. Many people associate this term with Darwinism 1000 PT. BONUS

What is the term “SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST”?

Genetic material located in the Nucleus of a cell

What is DEOXYRIBOSE NUCLEIC ACID?

The four bases in DNA

What are ADENINE, CYTOSINE, GUANINE, and THYMINE?

What base replaces Thymine in a molecule of RNA 1000 pt. BONUS

What is Uracil

The total of all alleles in a population

What is the GENE POOL?

An inherited trait that improves the chance of survival for an organism

What is an ADAPTATION?

AA, Aa, aa, in scientific terms

What are HOMOZYGOUS DOMINANT, HETEROZYGOUS, and HOMOZYGOUS RESSECIVE?

Organization of life. From genes to organism

What is GENES, CHROMOSOMES, NUCLEUS (ORGANELLE), CELLS, TISSUE, ORGANS, SYSTEMS, ORGANISM

Process by which gametes are formed

What is MEIOSIS?

This type of reproduction produces genetically identical offspring

What is ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION?

Genetic information is exchanged during this stage of meiosis.

What is CROSSING OVER?

Where Internal fertilization occurs

What is the OVIDUCT/ FALLOPIAN TUBE?

Two types of cells produced by gametogenesis

What are EGG and SPERM?

Stages in order from fertilized egg to gastrula

What is ZYGOTE, CLEAVAGE, BLASTULA, GASTRULA?

1000 pt. BONUS This cellular layer in a developing embryo eventually forms the muscles, red blood cells and internal organs

Who is JOHN T. SCOPES?