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