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1. A suffix meaning 'to break apart.' O || ||
pathogenic
The products of the Krebs cycle
Lysis
Desert
2. Is a kingdom that includes algae and protozoa.
Prosthetic groups
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Population
Protista
3. Are membrane-bound organelles that contain digestive enzymes that digest dead or unused material within the cell or materials absorbed by the cell for use.
Lysosomes
Iisotonic state
Simple fruits
Aggregate fruit
4. Is a kind of plain characterized by a warm climate - grassland - and seasonally dry climate conditions.
Phloem tissue
A mutation
Destroy most enzymes
Savanna
5. The systematic search for individuals with a specific genotype in a delineated population.
Genetic screening
An inhibitor
Phosphorous gas
Cytosine
6. Are where the sugars synthesized by photosynthesis travel through to various parts of the plant.
Prosthetic groups
Vascular bundles
Lactose
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
7. Internally generated patterns of body functions - including hormonal signals - sleep - blood pressure - and temperature regulation - which have approximately a 24-hour cycle and occur even in the absence of normal cues about whether it is day or nigh
The nucleus
Gametocide
Circadian rhythms
The biosphere
8. Are surrounded by capillaries that allow for carbon dioxide to diffuse into the lungs and oxygen to diffuse out.
pH of Water
The products of the Krebs cycle
Catabolism
Alveoli
9. Is the organelle where cellular reproductive processes occur.
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Ribonucleic acid
The nucleus
Kingdom Animalia
10. Include: Vascular tissue - including both xylem and phloem - and sieve plates existing between cells of the stem.
Stem tissues
Simple fruits
Hemophilia
Iisotonic state
11. Carbon - Hydrogen - Oxygen - and Nitrogen
The biosphere
Common elements found in proteins
About five million years ago...
Aggregate fruit
12. Subsets below the kingdom level
Phyla
Anabolism
Population
Biosphere
13. Anabolism
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
Common elements found in proteins
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Balance
14. Is a coenzyme required in the synthesis of collagen.
Vitamin C
Centrioles
Cytosine
Gymnosperms
15. A reaction that adds water to another compound. (2 hydrogens - 1 oxygen).
Population
Hydrolysis
Mature sporophyte
Midbrain
16. Transfers water and does not require sieve plates to allow nutrients through.
Xylem tissue
Anabolism
An enzyme
Blastula
17. The sharp boundary of an ecosystem.
Vascular bundles make up the
Ecotone
Savanna
Iisotonic state
18. All store energy within their chemical bonds.
Prothallus
Balance
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Phosphorous gas
19. The process whereby cells build molecules and store energy (in the form of covalent chemical bonds).
Hemophilia
A mutation
Anabolsim
Midbrain
20. 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.
Plasmodesmata
Meristem tissue
Successful reproduction
Natality
21. Approximately 7 - making it neither basic (under 7) nor alkaline (over 7).
Nematoda
pH of Water
The Cambrian Period
Annelida
22. The solid mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
Allopatric speciation
The cuticle
Morula
Mesozoic era
23. Produce seeds without flowers. They include conifers (cone-bearers) and cycads.
Plasmodesmata
Habituation
Gymnosperms
Silicon
24. The preservation of the integrity of genetic information from one generation to another.
Biogeochemical cycles
Genetic maintenance
Kingdom Plantae
Angiosperms
25. Channels is cell membranes that carry water between cells.
Plasmodesmata
Aganatha
The salivary gland
Filtered by the liver
26. Covalent bonds
Chlorophyll has the ability to
An enzyme
Share electrons
Early hominids...
27. States that where random mating is occurring within a population that is in equilibrium with its environment - the gene frequencies and genotype ratios will remain constant from generation to generation. It is a mathematical formula that shows why re
Habituation
Simple fruits
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Trachea
28. Some patrol the blood for antigens - but are also equipped to destroy antigens. They may regulate immune responses as well.
Very specific
T Cells
The cell membrane
Epidermal tissue
29. Carbon - nitrogen - phosphorous - and water. These are all recycled through biogeochemical processes.
Stomach secretions
Meristem tissue
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Recycled environmental factors
30. Is the period when the cell is active in carrying on the function it was designed to perform within the organism. Cells spend much more time in interphase than in cell division.
Interphase
About five million years ago...
Balance
Cnidaria
31. Contain one celled eukaryotes such as algae and protozoa.
The products of the Krebs cycle
Mitochondria
Habituation
Kingdom Protista
32. 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.
Natality
The Nitrogen cycle
Ecotone
Imprinting
33. Contains many genes and is a structure comprised of linear DNA and associated proteins.
Chromosome
Gametogenesis
Mesozoic era
The pituitary gland
34. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with jaws.
Gnathostomata
Spiracles
parasitic
The cuticle
35. Is when expression of genetic traits is determined by weather the trait is inherited from the mother or the father.
An enzyme
Imprinting
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Genetic imprinting
36. Sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome defined by the absence of one or more proteins required for blood clotting
Phosphorous gas
Lysosomes
Tundra
Hemophilia
37. Protein synthesis
Germ layers
The cell membrane
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
38. Is very rare and is not absorbed by plant leaves. Phosphorous is nearly always found in solid form.
Phosphorous gas
Phototropism
Midbrain
pH of Water
39. Is composed of a double layer (bilayer) of phospholipids with protein globules imbedded within the layers. The construction of the membrane allows it to aid the function of the cell by permitting entrance and exit of molecules as needed by the cell.
Simple fruits
Altruism
Gametogenesis
The cell membrane
40. Niche
B Cells
Genetic screening
A species role in the food chain is part of its
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
41. 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.
Niche
Catabolism
Protista
Centrioles
42. Is the outermost of the three main layers of an embryo.
Ectoderm tissue
The primary role of DNA in the cell
The salivary gland
Chlorophyll
43. Refers to the birthrate of a population.
Aves
Mature sporophyte
Natality
Kingdom Plantae
44. Inorganic phosphate
A prosthetic group
Ecotone
Pi
Kingdom Protista
45. Contains the chromosomes and is the site of reproduction through mitosis and meiosis.
The nucleus
Hypothalamus
Morula
The Cambrian Period
46. Is found on the stem between nodes.
Internodal tissue
Parenchyma tissue
Ecological niches open up
Very specific
47. Produces the most ATP molecules - yielding 34 ATPs per glucose molecule.
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Parenchyma tissue
Filtered by the liver
Recycled environmental factors
48. Studied the relationships between traits expressed in parents and offspring and the genes that caused the traits to be expressed.
Circadian rhythms
The hormone aldosterone
Gregor Medel
Catabolism
49. Some energy is lost as heat and becomes unusable.
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
The pituitary gland
Cnidaria
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
50. May be ions or non-protein molecules - they are similar to cofactors - but differ in that they are tightly attached by covalent bonds to the enzyme - rather than being separate atoms or molecules.
Trachea
Protista
Pharynx
Prosthetic groups
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