40 Questions
What percentage of energy flows from one level to the next in a food web?
10%
Which organisms eat dead organisms?
Decomposers
What is the term for the relationship between two or more living things?
Symbiosis
What do producers use to make their own food?
Sunlight
Which type of consumer eats both producers and other consumers?
Omnivores
What is the term for the process by which organisms obtain energy?
Eating
What is the main function of mitochondria in a cell?
To store energy
Which of the following organisms does not have a nucleus?
Bacteria
What is the term for the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration?
Passive transport
What is the purpose of cellular transport in a cell?
To maintain homeostasis
Which of the following kingdoms includes multicellular, decomposer organisms?
Fungi
What is the name of the process by which cells take in and release substances to maintain homeostasis?
Cellular transport
What is the byproduct of breaking down one molecule of Glucose?
36 to 38 ATP molecules
What is the process that releases energy as ATP?
Cellular Respiration
What type of molecule has a hexagon-shaped ring structure?
Carbohydrate
What is the function of Lipids in the cell membrane?
To form a Phospholipid Bi-layer
What are the building blocks of living organisms?
Nucleic Acids
What is stored in the nucleus of the cell?
Genetic information
What shape does DNA have?
Double helix
What is the primary function of RNA in the process of protein creation?
To carry out DNA's blueprint guidelines for protein creation
What is the difference between the sugar molecules in DNA and RNA?
DNA has deoxyribose, while RNA has ribose
What is the term for the process by which cells maintain a balance of conditions in their bodies?
Homeostasis
What is the term for proteins that speed up or make chemical reactions happen in living things?
Enzymes
What is the building block of proteins?
Amino acids
How many chromosomes do humans have?
46
What type of chromosomes are the 22 pairs?
Autosomes
What happens in a situation of incomplete dominance?
Traits mix together
What is the process of copying DNA called?
Replication
What is the result of multiple alleles?
More than two possible choices
What is the term for the change in organisms over time?
Evolution
What is an adaptation?
A beneficial trait inherited from parents
What is the role of tRNA in Protein Synthesis?
To collect amino acids
What is the purpose of mRNA?
To transcribe DNA
What is the term for the sex chromosomes?
Sex chromosomes
What is the correct order of the four phases of chromosome separation in cell division?
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
What is the primary function of meiosis?
To produce gametes
What is the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction?
Asexual reproduction involves one parent, while sexual reproduction involves two parents
What is the term for the passage of physical or behavioral traits from one generation to the next?
Heredity
What is the term for different versions of the same gene?
Alleles
What is the term for an individual with two different alleles of a gene?
Heterozygous
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