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Terms in this set (80)



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Which organelle is responsible for protein synthesis? -

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Ribosome




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Why is yeast used to make bread rise? -

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Yeast carries out fermentation, producing ethanol and carbon dioxide




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How is mitosis different from meiosis? -

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Meiosis creates sex cells with half the # of chromosomes of the parent cell where as mitosis

creates cells that are exact copies of each other, down to the number of chromosomes


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What can be altered? -

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DNA




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What is single stranded? -

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RNA




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What contains uracil? -

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RNA




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What codes for proteins? -

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, DNA




Quiz____?

Imagine that two parents both carry the recessive gene for cystic fibrosis. Any homozygous

recessive offspring will manifest the disease. What percentage of the offspring is predicted to be

carriers but not manifest the disease? -

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50 percent




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A cell is in a solution in which the concentration of solutes is higher inside the cell than outside

the cell. What would you expect to happen to the cell? -

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It will swell and probably burst/hypotonic situation




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What is the purpose of phloem tissue in plant stems? -

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It conducts food throughout the plant, it is the system of narrow tubes that transports sugars

and other nutrients


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