Lab Biology Final Exam Study Guide

What was probably the first living organism on Earth?

What is the control center of the cell?

What organelle in the cell is the center for photosynthesis?

Osmosis

Photosynthesis

What is the purpose of cellular respiration?

Chromosome

What are the base pairing rules for DNA?

How many strands is a RNA molecule?

What is the fundamental unit of matter?

What do organic molecules contain?

What is an enzyme? What is normally it's "ending"?

What is the main source of energy for plants and animals?

What is the difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

What is the difference between mitosis and meiosis?

What are the stages of meiosis?

G1 Phase

S Phase

G2 Phase

A normal human diploid cell contains how many chromosomes?

Who come up with the modern system of classification?

What are the two parts of a specific name?

What is a phenotype?

Which of the blood types would be called the universal blood donor?

Who do males inherit sex-linked recessive traits from?

What does a Punnet Square show you?

Who was the father of genetics?

What is the approximate age of the Earth?

What gases were present in the early atmosphere?

How do dehydration and hydrolysis affects proteins?

Carbohydrates

Lipids

Ozone

What are some examples of fossils and where are they most commonly found?

Adaptation

If an organism is well suited to its environment what is true about them?

What is the raw material for natural selection?

What is an example of a vestigial structure?

What are the different types of active transport? Passive transport?

Sodium-Potassium Pump

Endocytosis

Exocytosis

Diffusion

Facilitated Diffusion

What’s the difference between homologous and analogous structures?

Who came up with the first classification system and what was it?

Plant

Animal

Fungus

Protisita

Eubacteria

Archaebacteria

How can we classify bacteria?

Cell

What are the parts of a DNA molecule?

What determines the sequence of amino acids in a protein?

DNA replication

Abiotic

Biotic

Ecosystem

Homozygous

Recessive

Heterozygous

Dominant

Genotype

What are the seven levels of classification?

List the steps of the scientific method

What is the difference between independent and dependent variables?

Hypertonic

Hypotonic

Isotonic

Does talking to plants help them grow?

What’s the difference between aerobic and anaerobic respiration?

What causes muscle fatigue when exercising?

What happens in Meiosis 1 and Meiosos 2?

What forms of evidence support the theroy of evolution?

What is the structure of the chloroplast?

What did scientists use to classify organisms?

Why are common names bas to use when naming organisms?

Tay Sach

Down Syndrome

Malaria

AIDS

DNA

RNA

Transcription

Translation

What are the reactants and products for photosynthesis?

Fermentation

Bilateral Symmetry

Radial Symmetry

What are the two steps for photosynthesis?

Light Reaction
(Light-Dependent Reaction)

Light-Independent Reaction
(Calvin Cycle)

Population

Community

Biosphere

Organism

Acclimation

Conformers

Regulars

Dormancy

Why do organisms migrate?

Niche

Generalists

Specialist

J curve

Limiting factory

Carrying Capacity

What are density independent factors?

What are density dependent factors?

Predation

Parasitism

Competition

Mutualism

Commensalism

Mimicry

Primary Succession

Secondary Succession

Pioneer Species

Climax Community

Biomass

Primary Productivity

What are detrivores and why are they important?

What is a consumer?

Tundra

Taiga

Deciduous Forest

Grasslands

Deserts

Savannas

Tropical rain forest

Water Cycle

Carbon Cycle

Nitrogen Cycle

Convergent Evolution

Divergent Evolution

Coevolution

What are the four basic mechanism for cycling nitrogen?

Nitrogen fixation

Decomposition and Ammonification

Nitrification

Denification