Biochemistry
Cell Theory
Organelles
Scientific
Method
Mitosis &
Meiosis
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$200
$200
$200
$200
$200
$300
$300
$300
$300
$300
$400
$400
$400
$400
$400
$500
$500
$500
$500
$500
Photosynthesis
Cellular
Respiration
Genetics
Genetics
Returns!
Grab Bag!
$200
$200
$200
$200
$200
$400
$400
$400
$400
$400
$600
$600
$600
$600
$600
$800
$800
$800
$800
$800
$1000
$1000
$1000
$1000
$1000
Final Jeopardy
Genetics
Final Jeopardy
What are polygenic traits?
Because they are controlled
by a number of different
genes, these traits are difficult
to predict.
$100
What are polymers?
Large molecules composed of
long chains of basic
individual subunits are called
this.
Biochemistry
$200
What is DNA?
The primary function of this
molecule is to store and transfer
genetic information from one
generation to the next.
Biochemistry
$300
What are amino acids?
There are twenty varieties of
these basic protein subunits.
Biochemistry
$400
What are monomers?
It’s the name we give to the
basic individual units that link
together to form the large
biological macromolecules.
Biochemistry
$500
What are simple sugars?
These are the basic
monomers in carbohydrates.
Biochemistry
$100
What is homeostasis?
This is what we call the
ability to maintain a stable
internal environment.
Cell Theory
$200
What is reproduction?
This basic requirement of
living things refers to the
production of offspring.
Cell Theory
$300
What are phospholipids?
These specialized lipid
molecules play an essential
role in the formation of cell
membranes.
Cell Theory
$400
What are prokaryotes?
One of the simplest forms of
life, these cells lack a nucleus
and membrane-bound
organelles.
Cell Theory
$500
What is the cell wall?
This cell structure (absent in
animal cells) is largely
responsible for the rigidity of
plant cells.
Cell Theory
$100
What are mitochondria?
This organelle – the site of
cellular respiration – is
referred to as the
“powerhouse” of the cell.
Organelles
$200
What is the chloroplast?
This organelle is the site of
sugar production in
autotrophic organisms.
Organelles
$300
What is the nucleus?
This organelle is only found
in eukaryotic cells, and
contains the genetic material.
Organelles
$400
What is the nucleolus?
This organelle is responsible
for production of ribosomes.
Organelles
$500
What is the Rough ER?
It is along the folds of this
organelle that ribosomes
work with RNA molecules to
build proteins.
Organelles
$100
What is the control group?
This is the group of subjects
in an experiment that is used
as the basis for comparison in
analyzing results.
Scientific Method
$200
Answer
Daily Double
Scientific Method
$300
What are inferences?
Logical interpretations or
explanations based on
observations and prior
knowledge.
Scientific Method
$400
What is a variable?
In order for an experiment to
produce good data, the
scientist should make sure
that he/she is testing only one
of these.
Scientific Method
$500
What is the independent variable?
This is the variable in an
experiment that is
deliberately being
manipulated.
Scientific Method
$100
What is sexual reproduction?
The primary purpose of
meiosis is to prepare for this.
Mitosis & Meiosis
$200
What is interphase?
It is during this stage in the
cell cycle that DNA replicates
itself in preparation for cell
division.
Mitosis & Meiosis
$300
What is 23?
It is the number of
chromosomes found in a
normal human gamete
resulting from a meiotic
division.
Mitosis & Meiosis
$400
What is metaphase?
During this phase in mitosis,
chromosomes line up along
the center of the cell.
Mitosis & Meiosis
$500
What is cytokinesis?
Immediately following
mitosis, this process
completes the division of the
cell into two identical
daughter cells.
Mitosis & Meiosis
$200
What is chlorophyll?
These molecules are used to
absorb the solar energy
needed to excite electrons in
the “Light” Reactions.
Photosynthesis
$400
What is the Calvin Cycle?
Also called the “Dark” or
Light-independent Reactions,
this process can take place
with or without the presence
of light.
Photosynthesis
$600
What are carbon dioxide and/or ATP?
The Light-Independent
Reactions can continue in the
absence of light until the
supply of one of these
molecules is exhausted.
Photosynthesis
$800
What is the production of glucose?
It is the primary purpose of
photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis
$1000
What is carbon dioxide?
This raw material for
photosynthesis is necessary
for the Light-Independent
Reactions to proceed.
Photosynthesis
$200
What are heterotrophs?
These types of organisms
must consume food to obtain
the energy necessary to run
their metabolic processes.
Cellular Respiration
$400
What is six?
For each glucose molecule in
cellular respiration, this many
molecules of carbon dioxide
are produced.
Cellular Respiration
$600
What is ATP?
This molecule is referred to
as the “energy currency” of
the cell.
Cellular Respiration
$800
What is anaerobic respiration?
This type of respiration does
not require the presence of
oxygen.
Cellular Respiration
$1000
What is glycolysis?
This process is the first step
in cellular respiration.
Cellular Respiration
$200
What is a Punnett Square?
These are useful for
predicting the probability of
producing each genotype
combination from a given set
of parents.
Genetics
$400
What is recessive?
An allele that is expressed
only when there are two
copies present is said to be
this.
Genetics
$600
Answer
Daily Double
Genetics
$800
What is crossing-over?
This event that occurs during
meiosis is responsible for
increasing genetic variability.
Genetics
$1000
What is codominant?
When two different alleles are
both expressed when present in
the same individual, they are
said to be this.
Genetics
$200
What is phenotype?
Rather than describing the
combination of alleles in an
individual, this term refers to
the appearance of the trait.
Genetics Returns!
$400
What is a pedigree?
Similar to a family tree, this
diagram is very useful in
analyzing the hereditary
patterns for a particular trait.
Genetics Returns!
$600
What are sex-linked disorders?
These types of genetic
disorders are far more
common in males than in
females.
Genetics Returns!
$800
What are autosomes?
This word is used to describe
any chromosomes that are not
sex chromosomes.
Genetics Returns!
$1000
What is homologous?
This term is used to describe
the matching chromosomes
that each came from opposite
parents.
Genetics Returns!
$200
What is an enzyme?
This type of protein acts as a
biological catalyst—speeding
up reactions in a living
system.
Grab Bag!
$400
Answer
Daily Double
Grab Bag!
$600
What are data?
This is what we call the
information being collected
during scientific research.
Grab Bag!
$800
What is observation?
This information is obtained
directly from our senses.
Grab Bag!
$1000
What are autotrophs?
It is a term used to describe
organisms including plants,
cyanobacteria, and certain
protists that are capable of
producing their own food.
Grab Bag!
Daily
Double
What is evidence?
This is the basis for all
scientific claims.
Daily
Double
What is a theory?
After much research by many scientists
and with the accumulation of much
evidence and support, a hypothesis may
become this.
Daily
Double
What is heterozygous?
An individual with one dominant
allele and one recessive allele is
said to be this.
The Jeopardy champion!