Core AP Biology concepts across all units: cell processes, genetics, evolution, ecology.
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- What is the primary function of mitochondria?
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To produce ATP through cellular respiration- ____ are the organelles responsible for photosynthesis in plant cells.
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Chloroplasts- What process produces four haploid cells from one diploid cell?
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Meiosis- How many phases does mitosis have?
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Four (prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase)- ____ is the molecule that carries genetic information in most organisms.
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DNA- What does ATP stand for?
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Adenosine triphosphate- In the lac operon, what molecule acts as a repressor in the absence of lactose?
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A repressor protein (gene product of the i gene)- What are the three main stages of cellular respiration?
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Glycolysis, citric acid cycle (Krebs cycle), electron transport chain- ____ converts light energy into chemical energy stored in glucose.
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Photosynthesis- What is the term for organisms that produce their own food using light energy?
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Autotrophs (or producers)- Gregor Mendel's law of segregation states that alleles separate during which process?
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Meiosis- In a heterozygous individual, the ____ allele is the one that is expressed in the phenotype.
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dominant- What is the term for the physical expression of an organism's genes?
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Phenotype- What is the term for the genetic makeup of an organism?
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Genotype- Which nitrogen bases pair together in DNA?
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Adenine with thymine, guanine with cytosine (A-T, G-C)
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