Overall Biology Final Review of Concepts

Cancer affects

If you stir salt into boiling water, you produce a

Changes in the sequence of DNA are called

The use of DNA fingerprinting relies on the fact that

Which of the following makes up a molecule of water?

Which means of particle transport is shown in the figure?

Which could bring 2 recessive alleles together & cause a genetic defect?

Which organelle would you expect to find in plant cells but not animal cells?

What is inside a bacteriophage?

Most mutations

A limiting factor that includes unusual weather & natural disasters

A natural phenomenon that maintains Earth's temperature range

All the interconnected feeding realtionships in an ecosystem make up a food

Dolly is a sheep produced by cloning. The source of Dolly's DNA

From which molecules are mRNA molecules transcribed?

Amount of nitrogen, oxygen, & other elements dissolved in the water of an aquatic ecosystem is

Limiting factor that includes competition, predation, parasitism, disease & overcrowding stress

Which of the following combinations of sex chromosomes represents a female?

An area's day-to-day conditions

Which of the following is a possible future benefit of stem cell research?

When a cell divides, each daughter cell gets

The movement of organisms into a range is called

Cancer is a disorder in which some cells have lost the ability to control their

Any inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival is a(n)

Farming, overgrazing, &/or drought change farmland into land that can't support plant life it's

The two main types of fermentation are called

What percentage of human sperm cells carry an X chromosome?

What are found in the space surrounding the nucleus of an atom?

Lactic acid fermentation occurs in

The sulfur and nitrogen compounds in smog combine with water to form

Gene therapy is successful if the replacement gene

Looking at a cell under a microscope, you note that it's a prokaryote.You know because it lacks

Preserved remains of ancient organisms are called

The weight of human infants at birth is under the influence of

Which shows the correct order in which the evolution of traits occurred?

A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit is

Process by which organisms keep everything inside their bodies within certain limits is called

An order is a category composed of similar

What happens to genetic information when a piece of DNA is missing?

A heterozygous tall plant crossed w/ a short one The probability the offspring will be tall is

If a pea plant's alleles for height are tt, what is true of its parents?

____removes CO₂ from the atmosphere and ____puts it back

Which is the correct sequence of the transfer of information in most organisms?

The procedure illustrated above is an example of

An unknown disease or well-known disease that suddenly becomes harder to control is called

Differences in cells are part of cell specialization. Cell specialization allows cells to

Most populations that are growing, as resources start to become less available, the population

Molecules constantly move & collide with each other because of

What word best describes the # of different species in the biosphere or in a particular area

Humans select from among the naturally occurring genetic variations in a species in the process

The instructions for making new copies of a virus are

How many chromosomes are shown in a normal human karyotype?

During mitotic cell division a parent cell that has 4 chromosomes will produce 2 daughter cells

Viral infections can be prevented by vaccines, which are

DDT was used to

How do bacteria cause disease?

What is produced during transcription?

The gray-brown haze often found over large cities is called

Natural selection leads to an increase in a species'

Which structure makes proteins using coded instructions that come from the nucleus?

The three particles that make up atoms are

In eukaryotes, DNA is

An example of a renewable resource is

Animals that get energy by eating the carcasses of other animals are called

Organisms that have 2 identical alleles for a particular trait are said to be

Which of the following is a density-independent limiting factor?

Land & water ecosystems provide resources that a person uses & neutralize wastes is part of

Breathing heavily after running a race is your body's way of

What animals eat both plants and animals?

Which of the following diseases is NOT caused by a bacterium

Unlike DNA, RNA contains

Colorblindness is more common in males b/c the allele is_____& located on the ____chromosome

Why are stem cells important?

Which organelle breaks down organelles that are no longer useful?

What is the process that changes one set of chemicals into another set of chemicals?

In early development, all cells are identical. Later, cells become specialized through

Catalysts lower the _________of a chemical reaction

In the Punnett Square, which is true about the offspring resulting from the cross?

All organisms that belong to the domain Archaea are

A color blind boy's mother_____carry the colorblind gene

Plants gather energy with light-absorbing molecules called

A well-tested explanation that explains a lot of observations is a(n)

A symbiotic relationship in which one organism is harmed and another benefits is

The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level is called the

Demography is the scientific study of

Using resources in way that does not cause long-term environmental harm is called

What do bacteriophages infect?

When one allele is not completely dominant over another, this is an example of

Plants are

During DNA replication, a DNA strand that has the bases TCGAAT produces a strand with the bases

Organisms that cannot make their own food & must obtain energy from external sources are called

Which type of RNA brings info in the genetic code from the nucleus to other parts of the cell?

The basic unit of length in the metric system is the

Which ecological inquiry method is used when population #s of a certain species are counted

Gametes are produced by the process of

You observe & suggest that the presence of water could speed up the growth of bread mold.

During a controlled experiment, a scientist isolates and tests

During what process do prokaryotes exchange genetic information?

The range of physical & biological conditions in which an organism lives

A mule is the result of a cross between a donkey and a horse. A mule is a