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1. This is a carboxyl group and is the signature group found within organic acids.
Cnidaria
Interphase
Plasmodesmata
C ---OH
2. Controls hunger and thirst
Isotonic Conditions
T Cells
Cytosine
Hypothalamus
3. Contains many genes and is a structure comprised of linear DNA and associated proteins.
Mitochondria
The cell membrane
Chromosome
Internodal tissue
4. Covalent bonds
Epidermal tissue
The nucleus
The key limiting factor on cell size
Share electrons
5. Is a phylum that contains sponges.
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Ectoderm tissue
Saprophytic
Porifera
6. Is when expression of genetic traits is determined by weather the trait is inherited from the mother or the father.
The pituitary gland
Biosphere
Genetic imprinting
Cell walls
7. Is a social behavior of an organism that is beneficial to the group at the individual's expense.
Altruism
Epidermal tissue
Ribonucleic acid
A sex linked recessive disease
8. Is secreted by the adrenal cortex to promote sodium reabsorption in the kidney.
The hormone aldosterone
Multiple fruit
Genetic maintenance
Protista
9. Provide rigidity to plant cells (and some bacteria) and are not found within animal cells.
Gregor Medel
Biosphere
Cellular Respiration
Cell walls
10. Is a protein - which is a polymer of amino acids. They generally have the suffix -ase- like lactase.
Vitamin C
The Cell Theory
An enzyme
Successful reproduction
11. Bacteria break ammonia into nitrites - then into nitrates that are usable by plants; volcanic activity produces ammonia and nitrates that enter the soil and can be absorbed by plants; lightning reacts with atmospheric nitrogen to form nitrates that a
The pituitary gland
The Nitrogen cycle
Bronchi
So it can be used over and over again.
12. The sharp boundary of an ecosystem.
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Mesozoic era
Ecotone
The cell membrane
13. The most recent and present era. It includes the radiation of flowering plants - the angiosperms.
Chlorophyll
The pancreas
Cenozoic era
Endoderm
14. The preservation of the integrity of genetic information from one generation to another.
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Gametocide
Genetic maintenance
Biogeochemical cycles
15. Is found on the stem between nodes.
Will increase the reaction rate
Pharynx
Internodal tissue
Catabolism
16. Respiratory organs within insects
Spiracles
Cell walls
Did not evolve together
Biosphere
17. Is the earliest period of the Paleozoic era. Began with the Cambrian explosion - this explosion of life resulted in the representatives of most of the modern phyla being present.
Scurvy
Trachea
Recycled environmental factors
The Cambrian Period
18. Contain one celled eukaryotes such as algae and protozoa.
Ectoderm tissue
Kingdom Protista
An enzyme
Gnathostomata
19. Are where the sugars synthesized by photosynthesis travel through to various parts of the plant.
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
Vascular bundles
Chlorophyll has the ability to
A sex linked recessive disease
20. Process in which elements - chemical compounds - and other forms of matter are passed from one organism to another and from one part of the biosphere to another.
Protista
Cerebellum
Biogeochemical cycles
Spiracles
21. A sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome in which an individual cannot perceive certain colors.
Aggregate fruit
The products of the Krebs cycle
The community
Color blindness
22. Decomposition of living matter for consumption.
Color blindness
parasitic
Allopatric speciation
The cell's 'powerhouses'
23. The destruction of gametes - (sex cells such as sperm and eggs).
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Bronchi
Cell walls
Gametocide
24. All store energy within their chemical bonds.
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
The primary role of DNA in the cell
DNA replication
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
25. Are more closely related to Homo Sapiens than to other apes - but Homo Sapiens did not evolve from chimpanzees.
Genome
Chimpanzees
Share electrons
A gene is
26. An enzyme is unaffected by the reactions it catalyzes
Chlorophyll
The Nitrogen cycle
So it can be used over and over again.
Alveoli
27. A type of innate behavior (instinct.) The FAP is a preprogrammed response to a particular stimulus (known as a releaser stimulus). FAP's include courtship behaviors and feeding of young. These are not learned behaviors - they are automatically perfor
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
The cuticle
Anabolism
Natality
28. Occurs when two populations are geographically isolated from each other. Over time this results in the production of two separate species.
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Allopatric speciation
So it can be used over and over again.
Cerebrum
29. An opportunistic life strategy strategy. Lichens invading a bare rock area after a volcanic eruption is an example.
Cell walls
R-selection
Ectoderm
Spiracles
30. Is the outermost of the three main layers of an embryo.
The products of the Krebs cycle
The community
The adrenal glands
Ectoderm tissue
31. There was extensive radiation of fish during the Devonian and Silurian periods within the Paleozoic Era.
Chromosome
Paleozoic era
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
About five million years ago...
32. Is the outermost layer of cells of the stem.
Endoderm
Epidermal tissue
Cellular Metabolism
The nucleus
33. The phyla composed of segmented worms.
Genetic imprinting
Internodal tissue
Annelida
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
34. Are tubes constructed of a geometrical arrangement of microtubules in a pinwheel shape. Their function includes the formation of new microtubules - but is primarily to form the structural skeleton around which cells split during mitosis and meiosis.
Centrioles
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Lactose
Porifera
35. Disease causing
Iisotonic state
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
pathogenic
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
36. Inorganic phosphate
Lysis
Carbon
A mutation
Pi
37. Consists of undifferentiated cells capable of quick growth and specialization. It is responsible for elongation of the stem.
Kingdom Plantae
The Cambrian Period
Successful reproduction
Meristem tissue
38. The class composed of birds.
Gymnosperms
A hydrogen bond
Aves
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
39. Is a compound fruit that develops from many ovaries of a single flower fusing together (raspberry).
Habitat
Epidermal tissue
Carbon
Aggregate fruit
40. Is a behavior that is learned during a critical point (often very early) in an individual's life. Imprinting enables the young the recognize members of their own species.
Mesoderm
Imprinting
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Cellular Respiration
41. Occurs when an individual from an adjacent population of the same species immigrates and breeds with a member of a previously locally isolated group - resulting in a change in the gene pool.
A gene is
Gene Migration
Chlorophyll
Porifera
42. A cell will only remain stable if the surface area of the plasma membrane maintains a __________ with the volume of the cytoplasm.
A mutation
Balance
Ectoderm
Germ layers
43. The phyla of sponges.
Cytosine
Alveoli
Biogeochemical cycles
Porifera
44. An orienting response to light.
Scurvy
Phototropism
Gametocide
Cerebrum
45. Biotic (living) factors such as population and food source - and abiotic (non-living) factors such as weather - temperature - soil features - sunlight).
Ectoderm
The Cell Theory
The habitat of an organism includes
Cell walls
46. 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.
Nucleotides
T Cells
Kingdom Plantae
Trachea
47. Plants that produce flowers as reproductive organs. They have two divisions - monocots and dicots.
The products of the Krebs cycle
Angiosperms
Kingdom Plantae
Anabolsim
48. Controls olfactory lobes (smell)
Forebrain
Mesoderm
Biosphere
Cenozoic era
49. Controls balance and muscle coordination
Cerebellum
Circadian rhythms
Endocytic vesicles
Porifera
50. Is weaker than ionic - covalent - disulfide - or double bonds.
A hydrogen bond
Saprophytic
A lysosome
About five million years ago...
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