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29 Cards in this Set
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Function of Ribosomes
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make proteins
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All life on earth have DNA
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Yes because viruses are not alive
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Genes code for?
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Code for making protein
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Function of RNA
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Transfer info from nucleus to Ribosomes
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RNA can be found
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Nucleolus, cytoplasm
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Genes
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Sequence of DNA that determines a trait
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Watson and Crick famous for
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Developed the double helix moble
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Cells use DNA for
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Making proteins
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Base pairing rules
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A-T
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23% Cytosine, how much Guanine
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23%
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What happens to DNA after it unzips?
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It gets rebuilt
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How does a population of organisms end up with new traits?
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Mutation that is good
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Mutation
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A change in the DNA sequence
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DNA can be damaged
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Mutations, radiation
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Cancer
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The disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body.
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Mutation is good
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when the organism survives
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Mutation is bad
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when the organism dies
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Mutations are beneficial
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The population continues to grow
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Gene pool
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The stock of different genes in an interbreeding population.
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Sexual reproduction is good
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more genetic diversity
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Vestigial Trait
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a trait that serves no useful function
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Common Vestigial Trait
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Appendix, tailbone
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Developed concept of natural selection
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Charles Darwin
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Fitness
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all the traits and behaviors that allow an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment
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Confirm that a species has evolved into new species?
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DNA
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Fossil
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The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock
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Evidence that living things have changed over time?
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Fossil Record
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Species
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like organisms that breed to produce fertile offspring
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Purpose of antibiotics?
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To kill bacteria. They will build up a talerance
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