Biology Semester Final Study Quide

The position occupied by an organism on an ecological pyramid

chemical equation shows both the reactants that enter into a chemical reaction and the products formed by that reaction

A collection of observations that can be analyzed is know as ______.

Information storage molecule used to build proteins

Includes our personalities, emotions, ability to reason, and desire to love and be loved

When placed in a hypertonic solution, water will diffuse ____ a cell

DNA consists of nucleotides made of a nitrogen-containing base, a phosphate group, and a sugar

Lysosomes are a type of vacuole that contain ______

Process of storing within a cell the energy obtained from food or from the environment

Glucose and sucrose are example of lipids

Plants that produce a 4-carbon precursor to glucose, unlike C3 plants, are called ____ plants

Asorption by organisms of matter and the return of the matter to the eviroment is known as ____ cycle

All cells contain information for directing their activities

A simplified representation of reality that explains somehing in a usefull way

When water reacts with ATP, ADP is formed and _____ is released

According to Genesis 1, God created the earth and everything in it out of nothing

Bioremediation has been successfully used to help clean up oil spills

Molecule that stores information within the nucleus of a cell

Enzymes help a chemical reaction proceed by _____ the activation energy

The study of morality as it relates to the practice of biology and medicine

A depiction of the overlapping paths that energy can take through an ecosystem

The Perspective a person uses to view and interpret the world

Particle shape is not a factor in passive transport

The codon on a tRNA molecule corresponds to an anticodon on an RNA strand

Biomes are to latitude what veritcal zones are to ____

Use of Stored energy by cells to carry on life processes

A limiting factor is the maximum number of a particular species than an ecosystem can sustain

The outermost electrons in an atom are called valence electrons

The wise use of Earth's resources with a mind for making those resources available to future generations is known as ___

During nitrogen fixation, atmospheric nitrogen is converted to ammonia by _____ in the roots of lequmes

Most Ocean life exists in the thin upper layer of water where light can penetrate, know as the _____

In addition to NADPH, the Calvin cycle is fueled by ___

When insufficient oxygen is available for aerobic cellular respiration, some organisms can swich to ___ to produce ATP

An animal that prey on other animals for food

Glycolysis takes place in the ____ of a cell

Largescale ecological footprint calculations are faulty because they dont consider the complecity of human interactions

Part of the scientific method involves sharing one's findings in science journals, articles, and books

The twisted ladder shape of a DNA molecule is known as a _____

An experiment is a way to test a hypothesis

Passive transport can move particles from regions of low concentration to regions of high concentration

An organism that cannot make its own food

In the Calvin cycle, carbon atoms from carbon dioxide are linked together to make RuBisCO

The purpose of the E transport chain of the light-dependent phase is to produce __ and __ to power the Calvin cycle

Death and desease existed before the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

The light-dependent phase of photosynthesis takes place in the thylakoids

Plants require magnesium to make chlorophyll. If insufficient magnesium is unavailable then magnesium may be ____

The meaning given to an analysis of evidence; deeply affected by a person's worldview

A simple, testable statement that predicts the answer to a question

Introns are the portion of an RNA strand that are cut out before the RNA is sent out of the nucleus

Sum of all the processes that obtain, store, or use energy within cells

An animal that gets its food only from plants

Dead plant and animal material is known as biomass

Nucleic acids contain instructions that cells use to build proteins

A model that explains a set of observations

A greenhouse gas is a gas in the earth's atmosphere that traps heat

In addition to alcohol, alcoholic fermentation lso produces carbon dioxide

Chloroplasts and leucoplasts are examples of a type of organelle known as a ____

Climate is primarily determined by the temperature and precipitation within a particular area

The idea that the earth is fragile and its resource should be used as little as possible

Unsaturated fats contain only single bonds

Each level on an ecological pyramid, such as producers, herbivores, and carnivores, is known as a trophic level

A ecosystem where an organism lives such as the margins between fields and forests preferred by deer is called ___

Sustainability refers to ability of the biosphere to maintain balance

Central vacuoles are responsible ffor maintaining ____ the force of which keeps a cell rigid

omparison of how many resources a person uses to how those resources can be replaced is a measure of that person's ___

The use of technology to enhance living organisms and thier processes

Catalysts increase the amount of activation energy necessary for a reaction

All the living matter within an ecosystem

Proteins are polymers made of amino acids connected by peptide bonds

During transcription, some of the information in a DNA molecule is copied into molecule of _____

Mutualism is a type of _____ in which two different species live in a mutually beneficial relationship.

Atoms are made of smaller particles including negatively charged _______

Both producers and consumers obtain energy through cellular respiration

The energy in a glucose molecule is tranferred to _____ for use in the cell

Cell theory is a model that explains the way cells work

A visual representation of the levels of organisms through which energy flows through an ecosystem

A key element for living things and one that can form up to four chemical bonds is ____

The passage of energy from one organism to another

Molecule used by cells to provide energy for cellular processes

Dead plant and animal material

A food web is composed of overlapping trophic levels

Active transport requires the use of trannsport proteins embedded in the cell membrane

Two different organisms living together and interacting in a way that benefits both organisms is known as commsdalism

A piece of data that can be analyzed to help explain a phenomenon

Most free oxygen is produced by the decay of minerals in the earth's crust

An organism that can make its own food

Nucleotides consist of a phosphate group, a sugar and ______

All living things require _____ and ____ to maintain a high level of organization.

Rough endoplasmic reticulum is rough because it is studded with _____

Electrons are the basic building blocks of matter

Homeostasis is the process by which a cell maintains stable conditions in its external concentration

In a solution, the substance that does the dissolving is called the solute

Conservationism is a worldview that holds to the idea that the earth is fragile and shold be used as little as possible

The perservation and wise use of natural resources

The First organisms to move into an area during primary succession are _______ species

A model that describes how phenomena relate to each other, often using a formula

Molecule that a cell recycles to store energy

The first step in using the scientific method is to do research

God's command to Adam and Eve to fill the earth and have dominion over it

Temperature and precipitation are not affected by latitude or elevation