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UKY BIO 148 Exam Answered Structures in a cell that make proteins. They read information on the mRNA and produce proteins. - Answer- ribosomes Organisms are a product of - Answer- Evolution Archaea are more closely related to _______ than _______ - Answer- eukaryotes, bacteria uses energy is made of one or more cells processes information reproduces can evolve - Answer- criteria for life All living things release ___________ into the environment - Answer- energy All cells have a ________ membrane, but not all cells have a _________ wall - Answer- plasma, cell Prokaryotes duplicate via ___________ - Answer- binary fission Eukaryotes reproduce via - Answer- mitosis or meiosis change in heritable characteristics over time of a species. - Answer- evolution definition Every cells living today comes from - Answer- another cell Prokaryotes have a cell ________ outside the plasma membrane - Answer- wall Prokaryotes do not have a _________, instead they have a single, circular __________ . - Answer- nucleus, chromosome The small piece of DNA in a prokaryote, separate from the chromosome, is the __________ - Answer- plasmid Some eukaryotic cells have a ___________ - Answer- cell wall Eukaryotic cells have multiple ______________ to store DNA - Answer- linear chromosomes DNA in a eukaryotes in stored in the __________. - Answer- nucleus Bacteria and Archaea are members of - Answer- Prokaryota A trait that is not reliant on genes, and acquired over time is called an _________ - Answer- acquired trait Any change in the inherited traits of a population that occurs over time is called - Answer- biological evolution Charles Darwin and __________ independently invented the theory of evolution - Answer- Alfred Wallace Biological fitness is determined by the - Answer- amount of fertile and healthy offspring Natural selection selects individuals with higher - Answer- fitness A trait that increases the fitness of an individual in a given environment is called an - Answer- adaptation An trait that is an adaptation in one environment could ___________ in another. - Answer- deleterious A group in a phylogenetic tree consisting of a common ancestor and all its descendants is called a _________. - Answer- clade More closely related taxa form a __________ clade. - Answer- smaller The theory of evolution does not explain how ____________________, it explains how life has evolved since then. - Answer- life originated Natural selection changes the heritable traits of _______________ to cause the evolution of ___________. - Answer- populations, populations Natural selections acts on _______________ - Answer- individuals All prokaryotes are ______________ celled organisms - Answer- single Bacteria have cell walls made of - Answer- peptidoglycan Gram positive bacteria stain ___________ - Answer- purple Gram negative bacteria stain _____________, because their peptidoglycan is covered by a phospholipid bilayer. - Answer- pink Cells reads DNA and makes RNA - Answer- transcription Ribosome reads RNA and makes proteins - Answer- translation The transcription enzymes in _____________ are more complex and closer to the enzymes in ___________ than _____________ - Answer- archaea, eukaryota, bacteria Structures unique to Eukaryotes are - Answer- internal membranes mitochondria chloroplasts Plants are the only eukaryotes to have a central _____________ - Answer- vacuole adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine - Answer- DNA bases The primary structure of DNA is defined by the - Answer- nitrogenous bases The secondary structure of DNA is defined by the number of - Answer- purines and pyrimidines DNA molecule structure is composed of - Answer- two strands in opposite directions called antiparallel RNA is only a single strand of - Answer- genetic material The 5' end of a nucleotide connects to a - Answer- phosphate group The 3' end of a nucleotide connects to a - Answer- hydroxyl group Strands Separate New strand is copied using original as template Each new DNA molecule is one old/one new - Answer- semi conservative mechanism New double helix created by copying old one entirely new DNA in the new molecule - Answer- conservative mechanism DNA is cut into many fragments These pieces are copied The pieces are recombined Each new molecule is bits of old and new DNA - Answer- dispersive mechanism DNA templates are read in a _______________ direction - Answer- 3 to 5 DNA is synthesized in a ______________ direction - Answer- 5 to 3 DNA polymerase synthesizes new DNA ______________ and _______________ to the template strand. - Answer- complementary, antiparallel Single DNA molecule that has centromere at some point on the helix. - Answer- unreplicated chromosome Two sister chromatids, made of two DNA molecules, identical in sequence. - Answer- chromosome Double stranded DNA helix - Answer- DNA molecule The molecules of a replicated chromosome are called ___________. - Answer- sister chromatids growth phases of cell, normal- status quo of cell - Answer- g1 phase DNA replication (process beginning) phase - Answer- S phase Chromosome replication - Answer- G2 phase Mitosis and Cytokinesis phase - Answer- M phase The mass of DNA doubles between _____ and ______ phase - Answer- g1, g2 In mitosis, each daughter cell receives a(an) _________________ copy of the genetic info that was contained in the parent cell. - Answer- identical Sequence of DNA - Answer- gene More closely related taxa form a __________ clade. - Answer- smaller This organelle found in eukaryotes can make its own proteins. - Answer- mitochondria

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UKY BIO 148 Exam Answered
Structures in a cell that make proteins. They read information on the mRNA and
produce proteins. - Answer- ribosomes

Organisms are a product of - Answer- Evolution

Archaea are more closely related to _______ than _______ - Answer- eukaryotes,
bacteria

uses energy
is made of one or more cells
processes information
reproduces
can evolve - Answer- criteria for life

All living things release ___________ into the environment - Answer- energy

All cells have a ________ membrane, but not all cells have a _________ wall - Answer-
plasma, cell

Prokaryotes duplicate via ___________ - Answer- binary fission

Eukaryotes reproduce via - Answer- mitosis or meiosis

change in heritable characteristics over time of a species. - Answer- evolution definition

Every cells living today comes from - Answer- another cell

Prokaryotes have a cell ________ outside the plasma membrane - Answer- wall

Prokaryotes do not have a _________, instead they have a single, circular __________
. - Answer- nucleus, chromosome

The small piece of DNA in a prokaryote, separate from the chromosome, is the
__________ - Answer- plasmid

Some eukaryotic cells have a ___________ - Answer- cell wall

Eukaryotic cells have multiple ______________ to store DNA - Answer- linear
chromosomes

DNA in a eukaryotes in stored in the __________. - Answer- nucleus

Bacteria and Archaea are members of - Answer- Prokaryota

,A trait that is not reliant on genes, and acquired over time is called an _________ -
Answer- acquired trait

Any change in the inherited traits of a population that occurs over time is called -
Answer- biological evolution

Charles Darwin and __________ independently invented the theory of evolution -
Answer- Alfred Wallace

Biological fitness is determined by the - Answer- amount of fertile and healthy offspring

Natural selection selects individuals with higher - Answer- fitness

A trait that increases the fitness of an individual in a given environment is called an -
Answer- adaptation

An trait that is an adaptation in one environment could ___________ in another. -
Answer- deleterious

A group in a phylogenetic tree consisting of a common ancestor and all its descendants
is called a _________. - Answer- clade

More closely related taxa form a __________ clade. - Answer- smaller

The theory of evolution does not explain how ____________________, it explains how
life has evolved since then. - Answer- life originated

Natural selection changes the heritable traits of _______________ to cause the
evolution of ___________. - Answer- populations, populations

Natural selections acts on _______________ - Answer- individuals

All prokaryotes are ______________ celled organisms - Answer- single

Bacteria have cell walls made of - Answer- peptidoglycan

Gram positive bacteria stain ___________ - Answer- purple

Gram negative bacteria stain _____________, because their peptidoglycan is covered
by a phospholipid bilayer. - Answer- pink

Cells reads DNA and makes RNA - Answer- transcription

Ribosome reads RNA and makes proteins - Answer- translation

, The transcription enzymes in _____________ are more complex and closer to the
enzymes in ___________ than _____________ - Answer- archaea, eukaryota, bacteria

Structures unique to Eukaryotes are - Answer- internal membranes
mitochondria
chloroplasts

Plants are the only eukaryotes to have a central _____________ - Answer- vacuole

adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine - Answer- DNA bases

The primary structure of DNA is defined by the - Answer- nitrogenous bases

The secondary structure of DNA is defined by the number of - Answer- purines and
pyrimidines

DNA molecule structure is composed of - Answer- two strands in opposite directions
called antiparallel

RNA is only a single strand of - Answer- genetic material

The 5' end of a nucleotide connects to a - Answer- phosphate group

The 3' end of a nucleotide connects to a - Answer- hydroxyl group

Strands Separate
New strand is copied using original as template
Each new DNA molecule is one old/one new - Answer- semi conservative mechanism

New double helix created by copying old one
entirely new DNA in the new molecule - Answer- conservative mechanism

DNA is cut into many fragments
These pieces are copied
The pieces are recombined
Each new molecule is bits of old and new DNA - Answer- dispersive mechanism

DNA templates are read in a _______________ direction - Answer- 3 to 5

DNA is synthesized in a ______________ direction - Answer- 5 to 3

DNA polymerase synthesizes new DNA ______________ and _______________ to the
template strand. - Answer- complementary, antiparallel

Single DNA molecule that has centromere at some point on the helix. - Answer-
unreplicated chromosome

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