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1. 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.
A species role in the food chain is part of its
Catabolism
Anabolism
Lysosomes
2. The role played by an organism in its food chain.
T Cells
The Cell Theory
Niche
North America
3. Include: Vascular tissue - including both xylem and phloem - and sieve plates existing between cells of the stem.
Chimpanzees
Stem tissues
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Angiosperms
4. The phylum of insects (bees).
Endocytic vesicles
Silicon
Ecotone
Arthropoda
5. Sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome defined by the absence of one or more proteins required for blood clotting
Ectoderm tissue
About five million years ago...
Hemophilia
Morula
6. Anabolism
The Nitrogen cycle
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
The key limiting factor on cell size
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
7. Energy transformations that occur as chemicals are broken down or synthesized within the cell.
DNA replication
Cellular Metabolism
Iisotonic state
Kingdom Fungi
8. The process whereby cells build molecules and store energy (in the form of covalent chemical bonds).
Cerebrum
Interphase
Anabolsim
Internodal tissue
9. Subsets below the kingdom level
B Cells
Kingdom Fungi
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
Phyla
10. Are easily converted to ATP - but the main energy products of the Krebs cycle liberate electrons then used in the electron transfer reactions.
Vitamin C
Chlorophyll
The products of the Krebs cycle
Gene Migration
11. 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.
Protista
Trachea
Genetic screening
Chlorophyll
12. Layer that will become the gut lining as well as some accessory structures.
Altruism
Stomach secretions
Endoderm
The nucleus
13. Some patrol the blood for antigens - but are also equipped to destroy antigens. They may regulate immune responses as well.
T Cells
Simple fruits
Nematoda
The cell membrane
14. What phylum are snakes in?
Chordata
Pharynx
Adenine
Scurvy
15. Is a protein - which is a polymer of amino acids. They generally have the suffix -ase- like lactase.
Anabolism
Vascular bundles make up the
Biogeochemical cycles
An enzyme
16. Where protein synthesis occurs. They float unattached in the cytoplasm. They contain RNA that is specific to their function in protein formation.
An enzyme
Free ribosomes
Cerebellum
The biosphere
17. 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
Phosphorous
Biosphere
Annelida
Circadian rhythms
18. Are organic cofactors or coenzymes that are required by some enzymatic reactions.
Interphase
Chimpanzees
Vitamins
A catalyst
19. The lineage that led to the modern Homo Sapiens diverged from the lineage that led to the modern chimpanzee.
Prothallus
About five million years ago...
Arthropoda
Interphase
20. A cell will only remain stable if the surface area of the plasma membrane maintains a __________ with the volume of the cytoplasm.
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Balance
The community
The Cell Theory
21. Has extreme hot or cold temperatures - with very low precipitation - sandy or rocky terrain - sparse vegetation (mainly succulents) - small animals - rodents - and reptiles.
Gnathostomata
Desert
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
Chromosome
22. Process of breaking down complex materials (foods) to form simpler substances and release energy.
Catabolism
Restriction enzymes
The key limiting factor on cell size
Multiple fruit
23. Niche
Multiple fruit
Catabolism
A species role in the food chain is part of its
The cuticle
24. Is a compound fruit that forms from several ovaries of separate flowers that fuse together during ripening (strawberry - or pineapple).
Prosthetic groups
Annelida
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
Multiple fruit
25. The phyla composed of segmented worms.
Circadian rhythms
An enzyme
Annelida
Balance
26. (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
Phototropism
Ectoderm tissue
Saprophytic
Plasmodesmata
27. Are formed when the plasma membrane of a cell encloses a molecule outside the membrane - then releases a membrane bound sack containing the desired molecule into the cytoplasm. This process allows the cell to absorb molecules that are larger in size
Cenozoic era
Gene Migration
Kingdom Fungi
Endocytic vesicles
28. The physical place where a particular organism lives. It must include all the factors that will support its life and reproduction.
Color blindness
Cerebellum
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Habitat
29. Some energy is lost as heat and becomes unusable.
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
Lactose
Cenozoic era
Habituation
30. Allows for the genetic code to be preserved in future generations of cells.
DNA replication
Kingdom Plantae
The cuticle
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
31. Enzymes are usually __________ to certain reactions.
Hydrolysis
Genetic imprinting
Very specific
Prosthetic groups
32. Algae and Protozoa belong to the kingdom...
Cellular Respiration
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Endoderm
Protista
33. Controls balance and muscle coordination
Cerebellum
Chromatin
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Endoderm
34. Is more like branching out of a tree with dead ends and new branches appearing simultaneously than like steps on a ladder.
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Population
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Trachea
35. 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.
An enzyme
Imprinting
Gene Migration
Cenozoic era
36. 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.
The pituitary gland
Successful reproduction
Blastula
Destroy most enzymes
37. Veins in the leaf and are also distributed throughout the stem
Genetic screening
Catabolism
Gymnosperms
Vascular bundles make up the
38. Refers to the birthrate of a population.
Kingdom Protista
Imprinting
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
Natality
39. Is found on the stem between nodes.
Internodal tissue
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Nematoda
DNA replication
40. Are cells involved in immunity and are produced in bone marrow as stem cells.
Lymphocytes
Hemophilia
Chromatin
Early hominids...
41. Covalent bonds
Share electrons
An inhibitor
Did not evolve together
Phosphorous gas
42. Inorganic phosphate
An enzyme
Pi
Phosphorous gas
Anabolism
43. Assumes that there are periods of stability during which little evolutionary change occurs - and that speciation can occur rapidly over a very short period of time.
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
Paleozoic era
Ionic bonds involve
A lysosome
44. 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.
Filtered by the liver
A mutation
Porifera
Iisotonic state
45. 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
Vitamin C
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Ectoderm
46. Respiratory organs within insects
pH of Water
Non-protein
Spiracles
Biogeochemical cycles
47. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with no jaws.
Aganatha
Lysis
Meristem tissue
Vitamin C
48. Protein synthesis
North America
So it can be used over and over again.
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
49. 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.
Plasmodesmata
Biogeochemical cycles
The adrenal glands
The cell membrane
50. Controls sensory and motor responses - and controls memory - speech - and intelligence factors.
Protista
Savanna
Cerebrum
Phosphorous gas
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