Biology Jeopardy Emily McKay 8 th

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Emily McKay 8th

Cells

Photosynthesis

Respiration

Cell Division

Molecular Genetics

Evolution

Cells

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Photo-synthesis Respiration Cell

DivisionMolecularGenetics Evolution

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Cells

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This organelle is active in synthesis,

modification, sorting, and secretion of cell

products

Cells

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What is the Golgi apparatus

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This structure has a hydrophilic head and two hydrophobic tails

Cells

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What is a phospholipid

Cells

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This is the process of eating by engulfing

smaller organisms or food particles

Cells

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What is phagocytosis

Cells

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When a protein’s function at one site is affected by the

binding of a regulatory molecule to a separate site

Cells

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What is allosteric regulation

Cells

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This is the loss of electrons from a

substance

Cells

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What is oxidation

Cells

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Light reactions and this cycle make up

photosynthesis

Photosynthesis

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What is the Calvin Cycle

Photosynthesis

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This is part of the chloroplast enclosed by two

membranes and filled with a dense fluid

Photosynthesis

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What is the Stroma

Photosynthesis

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This enzyme catalyzes the first step in

carbon fixation of the Calvin Cycle

Photosynthesis

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What is rubisco

Photosynthesis

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This type of plant prefaces the Calvin cycle with an

alternate mode of carbon fixation that creates a four

carbon compound as its first product

Photosynthesis

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What is a C4 plant

Photosynthesis

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This part of the electron transport

chain allows plants to get out of ATP debt

Photosynthesis

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What is cyclic electron flow

Photosynthesis

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This process occurs in the cytosol and begins the degradation process by

breaking down glucose into 2 molecules of pyruvate

Respiration

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What is glycolysis

Respiration

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This cycle is also called the Krebs cycle

Respiration

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What is the citric acid cycle

Respiration

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This ion is what drives phosphorolation in

ATP synthase

Respiration

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What is a hydrogen ion

Respiration

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This enzyme is the controller of cellular respiration and a

feedback regulator. It is stimulated by AMP and

inhibited by ATP

Respiration

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What is phosphofruktokinase

Respiration

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This molecule is the key juncture between fermentation or

glycolysis

Respiration

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What is pyruvate

Topic 3

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Replication and distribution of so much

DNA is manageable because the DNA is packed into these

Cell Division

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What are chromosomes

Cell Division

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In mitosis, the division of the nucleus is

usually followed by this- the division of

the cytoplasm

Cell Division

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What is cytokinesis

Cell Divison

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Prokaryotes reproduce by this type of cell

divison

Cell Division

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What is binary fission

Topic 4

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In anaphase of mitosis, the two sister chromatids part and become full fledged chromosomes . As they

move to opposite ends of the cell, these shorten

Cell Division

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What are kinetochore microtubules

Cell Division

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This type of cyclin – Cdk complex acts as the

check point in the G2 phase of the cell cycle,

triggering mitosis

Cell Division

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What is MPF

Cell Division

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This situation can be seen when the phenotype of heterozygote's is

intermediate between the phenotypes of individuals

homozygous for either allele

Molecular Genetics

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What is incomplete dominance

Molecular Genetics

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This is when a gene at one locus alters the

phenotypic expression of a gene at another

locus

Molecular Genetics

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What is epistatis

Molecular Genetics

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This occurs when a pair of homologous

chromosomes don’t properly move apart

during meiosis

Molecular Genetics

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What is nondisjunction

Molecular Genetics

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This enzyme cuts out damaged pieces of DNA from the DNA

stand

Molecular Genetics

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What is nuclease

Molecular Genetics

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This type of map allows geneticists to locate

genes by chromosomal features

Molecular Genetics

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What are cytogenetic maps

Molecular Genetics

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This occurs when humans modify other species over generations by selectively breeding individuals with

desired traits

Evolution

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What is artificial selection

Evolution

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These types of homologous structures are remnants of

structures that served important functions in the

organism’s ancestors

Evolution

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What are vestigial structures

Evolution

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This occurs when a disaster or sudden change in the

environment greatly reduces the size of the population

causing the new gene pool to no longer reflect the original

gene pool

Evolution

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What is the bottleneck effect

Evolution

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This type of reproductive barrier is when species breed during different

times of the day, seasons or years so they are unable

to mix their gametes

Evolution

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What is temporal isolation

Evolution

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When the rate of reproductive development accelerates

more than the somatic organs. This means the

sexually mature organism may still have juvenile

structures

Evolution

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What is paedomorphosis

Evolution

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PlantSystems

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Animal Systems Ecology Biotech. Labs Other

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This type of vascular tissue transports organic

nutrients from where they are made to where

they are needed

Plant Systems

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What is phloem

Plant Systems

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In the phloem of angiosperms, these are the long narrow

cells that lack nuclei, ribosomes, and vacuoles so

that nutrients can pass through easily

Plant Systems

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What are sieve-tube members

Plant Systems

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This is the group of elongated cells on the upper part of the leaf

Plant Systems

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What is the palisade mesophyll

Plant Systems

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This is when root pressure causes more water to

enter the leaves than is transpired which causes water droplets of the tips

of plants

Plant Systems

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What is guttation

Plant Systems

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Root nodules are caused by this type of “infection” that actually helps plants

Plant Systems

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What are nitrogen- fixing bateria

Plant Systems

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This enzyme is in gastric juice and

begins the hydrolysis of proteins

Animal Systems

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What is pepsin

Animal Systems

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Humans have this type of digestive system which has both a mouth and anus with a connection

between the two

Animal Systems

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What is a complete digestive system

Animal Systems

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This is between the left and right atrium, it is a relay point where impulses are

delayed for .1 second before spreading to the

ventricles

Animal Systems

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What is the atrioventricular node

Animal Systems

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If tissues do not get enough oxygen, the kidney secretes this

hormone to stimulate production of red blood

cells

Animal Systems

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What is erythropoietin (EPO)

Animal Systems

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This lipid lines arteries that roughen the smooth lining and cause plaque build up

to narrow the artery – which causes

atherosclerosis

Animal Systems

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What is cholesterol

Animal Systems

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This is when a group of populations become

linked

Ecology

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What is a metapopulation

Ecology

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This is the middle ground between the sea and a river with

brackish water

Ecology

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What is an estuary

Ecology

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This is a sequence of unlearned behavioral acts

that are essentially unchangeable and once initiated are carried to

completion

Ecology

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What is a fixed action pattern

Ecology

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This is a ritualized contest that determines which

competitor gains access to a resource (food or mate)

Ecology

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What is agonistic behavior

Ecology

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This occurs when a virtually lifeless area where soil has not yet formed, begins to

be inhabited.

Ecology

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What is primary succession

Ecology

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This enzyme allows associations between fragments to be made

permanent

Biotechnology

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What is DNA lygase

Biotechnology

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This technique is used in many DNA studies, it

separates nucleic acids or proteins based on size or

any other physical property.

Biotechnology

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What is gel electrophoresis

Biotechnology

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These are differences in the restriction sites on

homologous chromosomes that result in different

restriction fragment patterns

Biotechnology

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What are restriction length polymorphisms

Biotechnology

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This technique can produce many copies of a specific target segment of DNA

using primers that bracket the desired sequence and

a heat resistant DNA polymerase

Biotechnology

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What is a polymerase chain reaction

Biotechnology

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This plasmid is the most commonly used vector for introducing to genes

to plant cells

Biotechnology

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What is Ti plasmid

Biotechnology

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This equation is used to estimate the

frequency of alleles in a populations

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What is the Hardy-Weinberg equation

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To observe the movement of molecules in a

solution in a U-tube, this barrier separates the two

solution

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What is a selectively permeable dialysis

bag

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This instrument can be adjusted to illuminate a sample with a specific

wavelength of light and then measure how much light is

transmitted or absorbed

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What is a spectrophotometer

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This device measures the rate at which a

plant draws up water

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What is a potometer

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This instrument measures the rate of cellular

respiration

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What is a respirometer

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The actual resource base of each country

Other

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What is ecological capacity

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This is the evaporation of water from soil plus transpiration of water

from plants

Other

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What is evotranspiration

Other

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These are compounds that have the same number of atoms of the same elements but different

structure and properties

Other

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What are isomers

Other

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These are homologous genes that are passed in a straight line from one generation to

the next but have ended up in different gene pools due to

speciation

Other

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What are orthologous genes

Other

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In most bacterial cell walls, there is this network of modified sugar polymers cross linked by short

polypeptides

Other

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What is peptidoglycan

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This is a gene of the embryo that directs the actual

formation of segments after the embryo’s axes are defined

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What is the segmentation gene

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