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1. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with jaws.
Gnathostomata
Porifera
Interphase
Habitat
2. Enzymes are usually __________ to certain reactions.
Very specific
Porifera
An enzyme
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
3. Are produced when water passes through the cell membrane by osmosis from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration - to equalize water concentration.
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Isotonic Conditions
A mutation
Ectoderm
4. The phylum of insects (bees).
Arthropoda
The products of the Krebs cycle
Cuticle
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
5. In order to become an established part of an island ecosystem there must be a populations large enough to ensure _________ - a food source - a suitable habitat - and a source of moisture.
Population
Midbrain
Morula
Successful reproduction
6. Is when expression of genetic traits is determined by weather the trait is inherited from the mother or the father.
Catabolism
Simple fruits
Genetic imprinting
Lymphocytes
7. Is the organelle where cellular reproductive processes occur.
Phosphorous
The pituitary gland
The nucleus
Gymnosperms
8. Is a molecule that stores information for protein synthesis and genetic coding.
A mutation
Ribonucleic acid
Genetic imprinting
Cellular Respiration
9. Include: Vascular tissue - including both xylem and phloem - and sieve plates existing between cells of the stem.
Stem tissues
The cell membrane
Xylem tissue
Hemophilia
10. Some enzymes contain a __________ component that is essential to their functions.
Non-protein
pH of Water
Natality
Chimpanzees
11. Stood upright before there was an increase in brain size.
Savanna
Early hominids...
Ionic bonds involve
Recycled environmental factors
12. Respiratory organs within insects
Forebrain
Spiracles
Tundra
Genetic maintenance
13. Studied the relationships between traits expressed in parents and offspring and the genes that caused the traits to be expressed.
Chimpanzees
A sex linked recessive disease
Gregor Medel
Mitochondria
14. Allows for the genetic code to be preserved in future generations of cells.
Gene Migration
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
Meristem tissue
DNA replication
15. Veins in the leaf and are also distributed throughout the stem
Vascular bundles make up the
parasitic
Cellular Metabolism
Cenozoic era
16. Contains the chromosomes and is the site of reproduction through mitosis and meiosis.
Arthropoda
The nucleus
Gregor Medel
Internodal tissue
17. Engages in both passive and active transport.
Ectoderm
Hemophilia
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
A mutation
18. The process whereby cells build molecules and store energy (in the form of covalent chemical bonds).
Anabolsim
The key limiting factor on cell size
Hemophilia
Nematoda
19. Is made of stacked cells connected by sieve plates that allow nutrients to pass from cell to cell. They transport food made in the leaves (by photosynthesis) to the rest of the plant).
Cellular Metabolism
Centrioles
Phloem tissue
A gene is
20. Is found on the stem between nodes.
Internodal tissue
Niche
Phloem tissue
Gregor Medel
21. A sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome in which an individual cannot perceive certain colors.
Color blindness
Meristem tissue
Imprinting
Free ribosomes
22. Plants and animals obtain usable nitrogen
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Ectoderm tissue
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
Recycled environmental factors
23. Proposes that those individuals within a population that are most adapted to the environment are also the most likely individuals to produce viable offspring.
Kingdom Plantae
Vitamins
Midbrain
Differential reproduction
24. Is a kingdom that includes algae and protozoa.
Annelida
Mature sporophyte
Protista
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
25. A hydrogen bond involves the ________________ and can be easily broken.
Desert
Mesoderm
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
The adrenal glands
26. Is a kind of plain characterized by a warm climate - grassland - and seasonally dry climate conditions.
A catalyst
So it can be used over and over again.
Multiple fruit
Savanna
27. Becomes available for erosion as undersea sedimentary rocks are up-thrust by volcanic activity - erosion releases it from rocks into streams where it combines with oxygen to form phosphates in lakes that are then absorbed by plants - it is recycled t
Phosphorous
Bryophytes
Kingdom Animalia
Altruism
28. Approximately 7 - making it neither basic (under 7) nor alkaline (over 7).
pH of Water
The products of the Krebs cycle
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
An inhibitor
29. Has extreme cold temperatures - low precipitation - modified grassland - perma-frost - a short growing season and some plants and animals.
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Silicon
Tundra
A mutation
30. Cleave strands of DNA segments at certain sites.
Plasmodesmata
Successful reproduction
Restriction enzymes
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
31. Produce seeds without flowers. They include conifers (cone-bearers) and cycads.
Gymnosperms
Phloem tissue
DNA replication
Cytosine
32. Synthesis
Anabolism
Gymnosperms
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
Scurvy
33. Is a disease caused by lack of vitamin C in which the body is unable to build enough collagen (a major component of connective tissue).
Chromatin
Scurvy
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Successful reproduction
34. An opportunistic life strategy strategy. Lichens invading a bare rock area after a volcanic eruption is an example.
Forebrain
Meristem tissue
The hormone aldosterone
R-selection
35. Energy transformations that occur as chemicals are broken down or synthesized within the cell.
Hypothalamus
Cellular Metabolism
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Gametocide
36. The trachea includes the windpipe or larynx in its upper portion - and the glottis - an opening that allows the gases to pass into the two branches known as the bronchi.
Bronchi
parasitic
T Cells
Trachea
37. Is weaker than ionic - covalent - disulfide - or double bonds.
Kingdom Protista
A hydrogen bond
Common elements found in proteins
The Nitrogen cycle
38. Some energy is lost as heat and becomes unusable.
The cuticle
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
Recycled environmental factors
Scurvy
39. Is a phylum that contains sponges.
Cuticle
Chromosome
T Cells
Porifera
40. The pituitary gland.
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
The cell membrane
Lysosomes
North America
41. The size of a cell is limited by the ratio of its surface area to volume.
Habituation
The key limiting factor on cell size
Paleozoic era
Cellular Metabolism
42. Is the number of organisms that can be supported within a particular ecosystem.
Desert
pathogenic
The pancreas
Carrying capacity
43. Is found in the root cap and is responsible for quick growth in the roots.
Meristem tissue
Aggregate fruit
Cellular Metabolism
pathogenic
44. The phyla composed of segmented worms.
Natality
Mesozoic era
The cuticle
Annelida
45. High temperatures
Non-protein
Destroy most enzymes
Cell walls
A hydrogen bond
46. Attaches to an enzyme and blocks the enzyme reaction rather than enhancing it - like a prosthetic group would.
An inhibitor
Catabolism
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Kingdom Protista
47. In DNA Guanine pairs with...
Genetic imprinting
Precambrian period
Phloem tissue
Cytosine
48. Some patrol the blood for antigens - but are also equipped to destroy antigens. They may regulate immune responses as well.
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Ionic bonds involve
T Cells
The community
49. When the water concentration inside and outside the cell is equal - It is said to be in an...
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
Lysosomes
Cuticle
Iisotonic state
50. The sharp boundary of an ecosystem.
Ecotone
Lysosomes
Hypothalamus
Carrying capacity
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