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Round 1
Round 2
Final
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Basic
Biology
Energy
Mitosis
Meiosis
Punnett
Square
DNA &
RNA
Round 2
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Final
Jeopardy
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This characteristic of living
things explains why birds fly
south for the winter.
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What is living things respond to
their environment?
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This is the axis of a graph where
an independent variable is found.
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What is the x-axis?
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Enzymes affect the reactions in
living cells by changing this.
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What is the speed or rate of
reaction?
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This organic compound is
the main source of energy
for living things.
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What is a carbohydrate?
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This happens when the concentration
of molecules is the same on both sides
of the cell membrane.
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What is the molecules move
across the membrane in both
directions at the same rate?
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This is released from ATP when a
phosphate group is removed.
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What is energy?
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This is where cellular respiration
occurs.
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What is the mitochondria?
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Cellular respiration uses one
molecule of glucose to produce
these.
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What are 36 ATP molecules?
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This gas is produced in
photosynthesis.
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What is oxygen?
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This is the correct equation for
cellular respiration.
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What is
6O2 + C6H12O6 
6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy?
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Compared to small cells, larger
cells have trouble with this.
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What is moving needed materials
in and waste products out?
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In normal cell division, parent
cells with four chromosomes
produce two daughter cells this
many chromosomes.
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What are four chromosomes?
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This is what each cell receives in
normal mitotic division.
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What is each daughter cell
receives an identical copy of the
parent cell’s DNA?
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This is a difference between cell
division in plant cells and animal
cells.
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What is a cell plate that forms
during cytokinesis?
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This is when the phase when
chromosomes separate.
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What is anaphase?
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The process of meiosis produces
this type of cell.
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What are gametes?
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Each cell produced in meiosis
has a _____# of chromosomes.
(the correct answer is not the
actual number in humans)
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What is haploid?
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Unlike mitosis, meiosis results in
the formation of this.
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What are four genetically
different cells?
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This happens between meiosis I
and meiosis II, which reduces the
number of chromosomes.
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What is replication does not
occur?
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This is a process that produces
genetic variation and occurs
during metaphase I.
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What is crossing-over?
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These are the chemical factors
that determine traits.
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What are genes?
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This is the phenotypic ratio of a
cross between a homozygous
dominant plant and a
heterozygous plant.
(T = Tall; t = short)
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What is all of the offspring will be
tall?
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A red cow crossed with a white
bull produces a roan (red &
white) offspring is an example of
this type of inheritance.
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What is codominance?
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The recessive allele will be
masked if this is present.
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What is the dominant allele?
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Dihybrid Punnett squares show
this principle of inheritance.
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What is alleles assort
independently?
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These are the three parts of a
nucleotide of DNA.
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What are deoxyribose +
phosphate + a nitrogenous base?
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In DNA replication, a DNA strand
with the bases CTAGGT produces
a strand with these bases.
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What are GATCCA?
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This is a description of the
structure of DNA.
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What is a double helix?
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Unlike DNA, RNA contains this.
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What is uracil?
OR
What is ribose?
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All organisms use DNA and RNA
to do this.
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What is they use DNA and RNA to
pass on information?
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Proteins
Humans
Change
Food
Interactions
Ecosystems
Round 1
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Final
Jeopardy
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These are the types of RNA
involved in protein synthesis.
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What are messenger RNA,
ribosomal RNA, and transfer
RNA?
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Genes contain instructions for
assembling these.
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What are proteins?
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These are three functions of
proteins.
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What are fight disease, control
rate of reactions, and build
tissues?
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This is produced during
transcription.
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What are RNA molecules?
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This happens to the gene for a
specific kind of protein that is not
continually used by a cell.
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What is turned on and off at
different times?
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This number of chromosomes are
shown in a normal human
karyotype.
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What is 46?
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This is the haploid chromosomal
number in humans.
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What is 23?
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This determines a male
phenotype.
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What is the Y chromosome?
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A human female inherits this.
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What is 44 autosomes and XX?
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A human inherits these
chromosomes from his/her
mother.
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What are 22 autosomes and 1 X
chromosome?
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A process of change in species
over time defines this.
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What is evolution by natural
selection?
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A change in a sequence of DNA is
called this.
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What is a mutation?
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This is the person who is credited
for the discovery of evolution.
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Who is Charles Darwin?
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These are the two main sources
of genetic variation.
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What are crossing-over and
mutations?
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This is the theory that says that
members of a population who live
long enough to reproduce are the
ones that are best adapted to
survive in their environment.
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What is natural selection?
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The algae at the beginning of the
food chain are this.
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What are producers?
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An organism that uses energy to
produce its own food supply from
inorganic compounds is called
this.
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What is an autotroph?
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Organisms that obtain nutrients
by breaking down dead and
decaying plants and animals are
called this.
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What are decomposers?
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These are organisms that cannot
harness energy directly, and
therefore must rely on other
organisms for their energy and
food supply.
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What are heterotrophs?
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This series of energy transfer
steps shows how the energy
stored by producers can be
passed through an ecosystem in
one direction.
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What is a food chain?
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An interaction in which one
organism captures and feeds on
another organism is called this.
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What is predation?
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The symbiotic relationship
between a flower and the insect
that feeds on its nectar is an
example of this.
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What is mutualism?
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This is the type of interaction
where only one organism
benefits and the other is harmed.
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What is parasitism?
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All organisms must do this in
order to obtain needed
resources.
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What is compete?
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These are the 3 types of
symbiotic relationships.
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What are mutualism,
commensalism, and parasitism.
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Populations are made up of this.
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What is one species?
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A species is made up of this.
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What are organisms that can
breed together to produce fertile
offspring?
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Communities are made up of
these.
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What are populations?
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Ecosystems are made up of
these.
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All biotic and abiotic factors in a
community.
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This is an organism’s job or role
in the ecosystem.
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What is a niche?
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Interactions
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Final
Jeopary
Question
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This is why several species of
warblers can live in the same
spruce tree.
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What is they occupy different
niches?
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