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1. Contains multicellular photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms including gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Kingdom Plantae
Endoderm
Hydrolysis
Cnidaria
2. 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.
Free ribosomes
Blastula
Natality
Imprinting
3. Some enzymes contain a __________ component that is essential to their functions.
B Cells
Cnidaria
Non-protein
Phyla
4. Has an equal (50%) chance of being passed from a carrier mother to a son or a daughter.
Carbon
A sex linked recessive disease
Successful reproduction
Gymnosperms
5. 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.
Balance
Centrioles
Cellular Metabolism
A lysosome
6. The class composed of birds.
Desert
A hydrogen bond
Color blindness
Aves
7. Is a substance that changes the speed of a reaction without being affected itself.
Very specific
Chlorophyll
Genetic imprinting
A catalyst
8. Is a compound fruit that develops from many ovaries of a single flower fusing together (raspberry).
Aggregate fruit
Isotonic Conditions
R-selection
Paleozoic era
9. Fossilized burrows from multicellular organisms begin to appear in the geological record approximately 700 million years ago during the Precambrian period. These multicellular animals had only soft parts and could not be fossilized.
Precambrian period
Carrying capacity
North America
Chromatin
10. Anabolism
The key limiting factor on cell size
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
A species role in the food chain is part of its
11. Stood upright before there was an increase in brain size.
Circadian rhythms
Early hominids...
A mutation
Natality
12. Is a protein - which is a polymer of amino acids. They generally have the suffix -ase- like lactase.
Prosthetic groups
An enzyme
Forebrain
C ---OH
13. Produces the most ATP molecules - yielding 34 ATPs per glucose molecule.
The adrenal glands
Centrioles
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Gymnosperms
14. Consists of undifferentiated cells capable of quick growth and specialization. It is responsible for elongation of the stem.
Kingdom Plantae
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
Internodal tissue
Meristem tissue
15. A suffix meaning 'to break apart.' O || ||
Very specific
Lysis
Aggregate fruit
Aves
16. A length of DNA (with corresponding histones) is responsible for the production of a certain protein that causes a particular trait to be expressed in an organism.
A gene is
Cellular Respiration
Cellular Metabolism
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
17. Disease causing
Phloem tissue
pathogenic
Vascular bundles make up the
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
18. Allows for the genetic code to be preserved in future generations of cells.
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Endoderm
DNA replication
Protista
19. Is when expression of genetic traits is determined by weather the trait is inherited from the mother or the father.
Vitamin C
North America
The biosphere
Genetic imprinting
20. The process of forming eggs and sperm cells in the reproductive organs.
Gametogenesis
Carbon
Isotonic Conditions
Color blindness
21. 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).
Hypothalamus
Phloem tissue
Balance
Nucleotides
22. Produce adrenaline. This hormone is a well-known constrictor of blood vessels.
The adrenal glands
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
Will increase the reaction rate
Hydrolysis
23. Approximately 7 - making it neither basic (under 7) nor alkaline (over 7).
Arthropoda
pH of Water
Carrying capacity
Genetic maintenance
24. The role played by an organism in its food chain.
The community
Desert
The hormone aldosterone
Niche
25. Is found in the root cap and is responsible for quick growth in the roots.
Meristem tissue
Alveoli
Gymnosperms
A prosthetic group
26. Contains organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including molds and mushrooms.
Mitochondria
Kingdom Fungi
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
Hypothalamus
27. Developed by the German scientists Schleiden and Schwann - States that all living things are made of cells - cells are the basic units of life - all cells come from pre-existing cells.
The Cell Theory
Biogeochemical cycles
An inhibitor
Pi
28. Is a coenzyme required in the synthesis of collagen.
Cuticle
Phloem tissue
Meristem tissue
Vitamin C
29. Has loosely packed cells that allow for gas and moisture exchange.
Filtered by the liver
Ectoderm
Parenchyma tissue
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
30. A hydrogen bond involves the ________________ and can be easily broken.
Ecological niches open up
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
Aves
Very specific
31. Is composed of an anterior and posterior lobe. The stalk of the lobe is connected to the hypothalamus. Antidiuretic Hormone (AH) is produced in the hypothalamus and stored in the posterior pituitary. Upon nervous stimulation from the hypothalamus - t
Destroy most enzymes
The pituitary gland
Ribonucleic acid
Chromatin
32. Protein synthesis
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
Isotonic Conditions
Blastula
The nucleus
33. A sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome in which an individual cannot perceive certain colors.
T Cells
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Color blindness
Did not evolve together
34. Occurs when an individual learns not to respond to a particular stimulus - for instance when a stimulus is repeated many times without consequence.
Habituation
Imprinting
Chordata
The primary role of DNA in the cell
35. Enzymes are usually __________ to certain reactions.
Vascular bundles
Very specific
Balance
A catalyst
36. Is the major component of sand and is the most abundant element found in the lithosphere. It is not recycled.
Silicon
Stomach secretions
The hormone aldosterone
Endocytic vesicles
37. Algae and Protozoa belong to the kingdom...
Protista
Blastula
The cell membrane
Internodal tissue
38. Is comprised of all the organisms that interact within a given ecosystem whether or not it is at carrying capacity.
A sex linked recessive disease
Hypothalamus
Trachea
The community
39. Some patrol the blood for antigens - but are also equipped to destroy antigens. They may regulate immune responses as well.
Will increase the reaction rate
T Cells
An inhibitor
Vascular bundles
40. Is the outermost of the three main layers of an embryo.
Phloem tissue
Ectoderm tissue
Gymnosperms
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
41. The solid mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
DNA replication
Plasmodesmata
Morula
Isotonic Conditions
42. Most chemical pollutants accidentally ingested by humans are __________ - mixed with broken down pigments in the bile - then bile is secreted into the small intestine - proceeds to the large intestine - and is expelled in the feces.
Chromatin
Filtered by the liver
Tundra
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
43. The process whereby cells build molecules and store energy (in the form of covalent chemical bonds).
Simple fruits
Anabolsim
Cytosine
Gregor Medel
44. This is a carboxyl group and is the signature group found within organic acids.
Scurvy
A sex linked recessive disease
An enzyme
C ---OH
45. The phyla composed of segmented worms.
DNA replication
Annelida
Bronchi
Endocytic vesicles
46. Is an accidental change of the DNA sequence of the gene that can result in creating a change of trait that is not found in the parent.
Lysis
Chordata
A mutation
Cnidaria
47. Covalent bonds
The biosphere
Kingdom Fungi
Share electrons
The key limiting factor on cell size
48. 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.
The cell membrane
R-selection
Chlorophyll
The nucleus
49. Is more like branching out of a tree with dead ends and new branches appearing simultaneously than like steps on a ladder.
Restriction enzymes
Anabolsim
Genetic maintenance
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
50. The individual we recognize as an adult fern.
Bronchi
Color blindness
Mature sporophyte
Phosphorous
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