BIOLOGY Edition

Categories $300 $200 $100 $400 $500 EcologyBacteria,etc. All systems, go!Sargent’sChoiceEvolutionCellDivision Biology

$100 A: The type of cell division in which the daughter cells are genetically identical; produces new body cells for growth and repair.

$100 Q: What is mitosis?

$200 A: The type of cell division in which the daughter cells are not genetically identical; occurs in testes and ovaries to produce gametes.

$200 Q: What is meiosis?

$300 A: The condition in which a cell has only half the number of chromosomes; there are no homologous pairs.

$300 Q: What is haploid?

$400 A: The number of chromosomes each of the daughter cells will have if a cell with 10 chromosomes undergoes mitosis.

$400 Q: What is 10 chromosomes?

$500 A: The combination of meiosis and this event maintains the diploid number of a species and contributes to genetic variation in a population.

$500 Q: What is fertilization?

$100 A: A naturalist that developed a theory of evolution by natural selection.

$100 Q: Who was Darwin?

$200 A: The process in which individuals with favorable variations reproduce more successfully than those without such variations. Over time, this causes a population to adapt.

$200 Q: What is natural selection?

$300 A: The process by which a new species is formed due to a physical barrier.

$300 Q: What is speciation due to geographic isolation?

$400 A: The individuals who keep recessive alleles in a gene pool, even if the recessive alleles are fatal to homozygotes.

$400 Q: Who are heterozygotes?

$500 A: The size of a population most likely to have reduced genetic diversity due to random events.

$500 Q: What is a small population?

$100 A: The organisms in an ecosystem that return nutrients to plants by breaking down the complex molecules in dead tissue.

$100 Q: What are decomposers?

$200 A: This is the role an organism in an ecosystem; includes what it eats, where it lives, when it’s active, etc.

$200 Q: What is an organism’s niche?

$300 A: The trophic level which contains herbivores.

$300 Q: What is the second trophic level?

$400 A: The level of organization which includes all of the living organisms in an area.

$400 Q: What is a community?

$500 A: The organisms in a food web that feed on herbivores.

$500 Q: What are secondary consumers? (a.k.a. carnivores)

$100 A: Bacteria are classified as this type of cell.

$100 Q: What are prokaryotes?

$200 A: A molecule that inhibits the reproduction of bacteria but not viruses.

$200 Q: What is an antibiotic?

$300 A: The type of memory cell that will produce antibodies quickly in response to a pathogen the body has “seen” before; responsible for immunity.

$300 Q: What are B cells?

$400 A: A non-living infectious particles composed of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) surrounded by a protein coat.

$400 Q: What what is a virus?

$500 A: A molecule produced by the immune system that has Y-shaped receptors specific to an antigen.

$500 Q: What is an antibody?

$100 A: The study of life.

$100 Q: What is Biology?

$200 A: Mrs. Sargent’s favorite organic molecules; they can be denatured (change shape) by high temperatures and change in pH, which causes them to no longer function.

$200 A: What are enzymes?

$300 A: If Mrs. Sargent’s husband were colorblind he would have inherited one recessive allele from this parent.

$300 Q: What is his mother?

$400 A: In one of Mrs. Sargent’s favorite labs, you investigated whether this molecule (shown below) would diffuse through a semi-permeable membrane. Holt, Modern Biology

$400 Q: What is glucose? (a.k.a. a monosaccharide)

$500 A: If Mrs. Sargent spends too much time in the sun this summer, the UV rays could damage her DNA causing this, which would potentially lead to a change in a protein’s structure and function.

$500 Q: What is a mutation?

$100 A: The organ that aids in digestion and absorption of food molecules.

$100 Q: What is the small intestine?

$200 A: The body system that transports nutrients and oxygen to cells and carbon dioxide and other wastes from cells.

$200 Q: What is the circulatory system?

$300 A: The organ that helps the excretory system remove nitrogenous waste and maintain water concentration in the blood.

$300 Q: What is the kidney?

$400 A: The contestant on the right, who is currently losing, will win $400 if she can name the system that regulates cellular function by producing hormones.

$400 Q: What is the endocrine system?

$500 A: The system responsible for helping with homeostasis through electrochemical signals.

$500 Q: What is the nervous system?

Category: Macromolecules

A: The bond between amino acids in a protein.

Q: What is a peptide bond?