Amoeba Sisters Stroll Through the Playlist Questions!

Question 1

Why does DNA need to be replicated?

Accepted Answer

so that there's enough DNA for daughter cells when cells divide/reproduce

Question 2

Which molecule is able to store the MOST energy per gram?

Accepted Answer

fat

Question 3

Which cellular organelle is most important for maintaining homeostasis within the cell?

Accepted Answer

plasma membrane

Question 4

Which of these traits could NOT be used to determine if an individual organism is alive?

Accepted Answer

It evolves.

Question 5

Natural selection can only occur if there is variation within a population. What does NOT contribute to variation?

Accepted Answer

mitosis

Question 6

During protein synthesis, how many bases code for one amino acid and what is that sequence of bases called?

Accepted Answer

3, a codon

Question 7

Which of these changes in DNA is most likely to result in a devastating frameshift mutation?

Accepted Answer

Both the yellow answer and the blue answer are correct.

Question 8

Which of these molecule forms the BILAYER of the plasma membrane, making it selectively permeable?

Accepted Answer

phospholipids

Question 9

How many PAIRS of chromosomes do human brain cells have?

Accepted Answer

23

Question 10

What would happen if we moved the enzyme protease from your stomach into your mouth?

Accepted Answer

The protease would be denatured & change shape due to the different pH.

Question 11

Which of these is NOT a function commonly performed by proteins?

Accepted Answer

forming the cell walls of plants and fungi

Question 12

How do you make a protein?

Accepted Answer

Start with DNA, transcribe it into mRNA, translate it into protein

Question 13

What is the best description of cancer?

Accepted Answer

a disease caused by body cells dividing too much and too quickly

Question 14

When you exercise, you get hot. This causes you to sweat. Sweating lowers your body temp. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

maintaining homeostasis

Question 15

A man who is heterozygous for blood type A marries a woman who is heterozygous for type B. Offspring blood types?

Accepted Answer

Could be any of the four blood types

Question 16

Mitosis begins with one parent cell and produces

Accepted Answer

two genetically identical daughter cells

Question 17

Choose which food contains the most stored energy:

Accepted Answer

olive oil

Question 18

Red flowers crossed with white flowers yields pink flowers. Predict the outcome of crossing 2 pink plants.

Accepted Answer

1 red: 2 pink: 1 white

Question 19

Cellular respiration involves the

Accepted Answer

breakdown of glucose to make ATP

Question 20

Which of these processes is used to produce gametes for sexual reproduction?

Accepted Answer

meiosis

Question 21

As you heat up en enzymatically catalyzed reaction, what happens?

Accepted Answer

It speeds up, to a point, but then slows and stops due to denaturation.

Question 22

Which of the following do ALL cells have?

Accepted Answer

ribosomes, DNA, plasma membrane, cytoplasm

Question 23

Which of these is an example of the smallest unit of YOU that is considered to be alive?

Accepted Answer

one of your red blood cells

Question 24

You are a plant cell, and you need to build your cell wall. What kind of molecule will you use?

Accepted Answer

a carbohydrate

Question 25

CHOOSE THE INCORRECT STATEMENT: Mutations in DNA can be . . .

Accepted Answer

There are no incorrect answers, so this is the only answer left to choose.

Question 26

Which two kingdoms are prokaryotic?

Accepted Answer

Kingdom Eubacteria & Kingdom Archaea

Question 27

Which is NOT a component of a nucleotide?

Accepted Answer

a phospholipid

Question 28

Which of these processes is used to help you repair injury to your tissues?

Accepted Answer

mitosis

Question 29

You need a quick, easily-accessible form of energy. Which molecule is the best one to use?

Accepted Answer

glucose

Question 30

Where does the proces of translation occur?

Accepted Answer

at a ribosome

Question 31

Which of the following is the name for the total of all the chemical reactions taking place within an organism?

Accepted Answer

metabolism

Question 32

Your brain cells contain 0.8% glucose. Your blood contains 0.5%. How can your brain get more glucose from your blood?

Accepted Answer

Brain cells must use active transport to get the glucose they need.

Question 33

When molecules move from an area of high concentration to low concentration,

Accepted Answer

It requires no energy and is called diffusion.

Question 34

What is crossing over?

Accepted Answer

Crossing over is when homologous chromosomes swap DNA. It's helpful.

Question 35

Red blood cells contain 0.9% salt. When placed in a 1.5% salt solution, what will happen to them?

Accepted Answer

They will shrivel from water rushing out.

Question 36

Mitosis begins with __________ cells and results in ____________ cells.

Accepted Answer

diploid, diploid

Question 37

How many SETS of chromosomes do human egg cells contain?

Accepted Answer

1

Question 38

Which of these organisms are eukaryotic?

Accepted Answer

protists (amoeba, paramecium, algae)

Question 39

Where are your genes found?

Accepted Answer

Both the RED choice and the YELLOW choice are correct.

Question 40

Where would you find DNA in your body?

Accepted Answer

in the nucleus of all your cells

Question 41

Which enzyme involved in DNA replication has the FIRST job in this process?

Accepted Answer

Helicase - unwinding the original DNA strand

Question 42

How many chromosomes do human sperm and egg cells contain?

Accepted Answer

23

Question 43

When you cross two heterozygotes in a monohybrid cross (Rr X Rr), what is the expected phenotypic ratio?

Accepted Answer

3 dominant: 1 recessive

Question 44

Red blood cells contain 0.9% salt. You put them into a solution that causes them to swell and burst. The solution is?

Accepted Answer

water

Question 45

Which of these processes will happen on their own and DO not require any energy to make them happen?

Accepted Answer

They all will.

Question 46

Where do the original instructions for protein building come from?

Accepted Answer

DNA in the nucleus

Question 47

Tongue-rolling is a dominant trait (R). Two heterozygotes marry. What percent of their kids can't roll their tongue?

Accepted Answer

25%

Question 48

How many PAIRS of chromsomes do human sperm cells contain?

Accepted Answer

zero

Question 49

All living things are made of cells. Are bacteria living?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Bacteria are made of cells.

Question 50

When does crossing over occur?

Accepted Answer

in Prophase I of meiosis

Question 51

Red-flowering plants crossed with white-flowering plants yields all pink-flowering plants. What type of inheritance?

Accepted Answer

incomplete dominance

Question 52

What are REQUIRED for photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight

Question 53

If oxygen isn't around, some organisms can still breakdown glucose to produce ATP. How?

Accepted Answer

fermentation

Question 54

What molecule brings amino acids to the ribosomes during the process of translation?

Accepted Answer

tRNA

Question 55

How many SETS of chromosomes do human brain cells have?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 56

In evolutionary biology, we sometimes refer to "survival of the fittest." In this case, what does "fitness" mean?

Accepted Answer

how many offspring an individual has

Question 57

What is REQUIRED for cellular respiration to take place?

Accepted Answer

oxygen

Question 58

Which of the following includes both biotic and abiotic factors?

Accepted Answer

an ecosystem

Question 59

When you cross two heterozygotes in a dihybrid cross (RrTt X RrTt), what is the expected phenotypic ratio?

Accepted Answer

9:3:3:1

Question 60

Meiosis begins with one parent cell and produces

Accepted Answer

four genetically unique daughter cells

Question 61

Transcribe this piece of DNA into a molecule of mRNA: CGC TCG AGT

Accepted Answer

GCG AGC UCA

Question 62

All living things are made of cells. Are viruses living?

Accepted Answer

No. They are not made of cells.

Question 63

Black chicken crossed with a white chicken yields all black/white spotted chicks. What type of inheritance is this?

Accepted Answer

codominance

Question 64

Which macromolecule is INCORRECTLY matched with its building block?

Accepted Answer

protein - polysaccharide

Amoeba Sisters Stroll Through the Playlist Questions!

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Amoeba Sisters Stroll Through the Playlist Questions!

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