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| 1. What is the basic unit all living things are made of?? | |
| 2. What is the center of a eukaryotic cell better known as?? | |
| 3. What vital genetic material is housed in the nucleus?? | |
| 4. What type of organic compound is coded for and produced by 'reading' and 'translating' DNA?? | |
| 5. What is the process by which plants convert CO2 into organic compounds?? | |
| 6. What are the two most specific taxonomic ranks, used in naming organisms according to binomial nomenclature?? | |
| 7. What is one of the current six taxonomic kingdoms?? | |
| 8. What is one of two processes in which a cell divides?? | |
| 9. What is the collective physical and biological components of an environment?? | |
| 10. What is the combined chains of predators and prey in an ecosystem called?? | |
| 1. You might have to go to jail if you can't get this one. | |
| 2. If I didn't know better, I would think this was radioactive! | |
| 3. Often abbreviated to 3 letters, this material holds our genetic code and forms the basis of cloning. | |
| 4. These polymers are made of amino acids - meat, nuts, and dairy are all good sources of them. | |
| 5. You might mistake this term to mean 'to take a picture.' | |
| 6. 'Homo' and 'sapiens' are the two names of these ranks referring to human beings. | |
| 7. An example from each: an elephant, a tree, a mushroom, a diatom, E. coli and blue-green algae. | |
| 8. One of the processes is the way cells multiply constantly, while the other is the way cells split to produce eggs or sperm. | |
| 9. Environmentalists want to protect these from destruction. | |
| 10. A spider would be sure to know this answer. | |
| Many food chains put together are ... | |
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