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BIO S2 FINAL REVIEW

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  • True or False: DNA Polymerase unwinds the DNA strand
    False
  • How many chromosomes in the human genome?
    23
  • What is bioremediation
    using living organisms to clean pollutants from the environment
  • What is comparative embryology?
    Studying the structures of organisms during early stages of development is called
  • True or false: kingdom bacteria has autotrophs
    True
  • the central dogma of biology is?
    DNA codes for RNA which guides the synthesis of proteins
  • True or false: Manchester United SUCKS!
    True
  • breeding things with similar traits
    in breeding
  • What is the function of an endospore?
    to survive a lack of nutrients or other extreme conditions
  • What are the three sections of geologic time called
    eon, era, period
  • Summarize the important components of DNA and describe important aspects of its structure
    phosphate group, sugar, nucleotide base, bound by h-bonds, double helix, antiparallel etc
  • tuna
    salad
  • how is a virus different from a prion?
    a prion is an infectious protein substance, a virus is dna surrounded by a protein coat
  • Archaea are also called
    extremophiles
  • what is a cyclin
    Special proteins that bind to enzymes during the cell cycle
  • true or false: hox genes are an example of prokaryotic gene regulation
    false
  • What is the difference between DNA and RNA?
    no thymine but there is uracil
  • fortune favors the ???
    bold
  • incomplete dominance is ?
    an intermediate heterozygous phenotype between two homozygous phenotypes
  • True or False: all protists are heterotrophic eukaryotes?
    False
  • what is a carrier
    someone who is heterozygous for a genetic disorder, but they do not have the disorder
  • knowledge is
    power
  • What is apoptosis?
    cell death
  • The theory that the continents are drifting on large plates across Earth’s surface is called .
    plate tectonics
  • What is a gene?
    A segment of DNA
  • a centromere is
    The structure that attaches sister chromatids
  • What does homozygous mean?
    it has two of the same alleles for a trait.
  • What is a genotype made up of?
    alleles for a traite
  • true or false: aster fibers are part of the spindle aparatus
    true
  • with or
    without you
  • substances that cause cancer are called?
    carcinogens
  • During replication the DNA is unwound by the enzyme
    helicase
  • Who took the famous picture 51 that helped identify the structure of DNA
    Rosalind Franklin
  • True or False: Cladistics calculates molecular clocks
    False
  • What is the founder effect?
    a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population.
  • What is the difference between purine and pyrimidine bases, and list 1 of each
    Purine: 2 rings, Adenine/guanine, Pyrimidine: 1 ring thymine
  • What is a retrovirus
    a virus with RNA
  • True or false: gene regulation can control the production of specific proteins?
    true
  • practice makes
    perfect
  • What does the word protozoan describe?
    animal like protists, hetertroph protists
  • What is a prokaryote?
    A cell without a nucleus or membrane bound organelles
  • breeding things with different traits
    hybridization
  • What happens in conjugation?
    the exchange of DNA
  • list 3 different types of fossils
    amber, trace, molds/casts, replacement, petrified/permineralized, original material
  • True or false: chromatin is a part of the spindle aparatus
    false
  • time is
    money
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