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1. This is a carboxyl group and is the signature group found within organic acids.
C ---OH
Gymnosperms
Cellular Respiration
Hypothalamus
2. Is the control of protein synthesis. Genetic traits are expressed and specialization of cells occur as a result of the combination of proteins produced by the DNA of a cell.
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Cenozoic era
Aggregate fruit
The salivary gland
3. The pituitary gland.
The hormone aldosterone
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
Angiosperms
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
4. Ended with the extinction of the dinosaurs.
The Cell Theory
The products of the Krebs cycle
Carrying capacity
Mesozoic era
5. Respiratory organs within insects
Spiracles
Anabolsim
Savanna
Stomach secretions
6. 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.
Altruism
Biogeochemical cycles
Protista
DNA replication
7. Biotic (living) factors such as population and food source - and abiotic (non-living) factors such as weather - temperature - soil features - sunlight).
Arthropoda
Recycled environmental factors
Prosthetic groups
The habitat of an organism includes
8. Enzymes are usually __________ to certain reactions.
Protista
Very specific
Interphase
Ecotone
9. The large brain and upright posture of Homo Sapiens...
pathogenic
Aggregate fruit
Did not evolve together
pH of Water
10. Energy transformations that occur as chemicals are broken down or synthesized within the cell.
Kingdom Fungi
Saprophytic
Cellular Metabolism
Mitochondria
11. Is a compound fruit that develops from many ovaries of a single flower fusing together (raspberry).
Bronchi
The hormone aldosterone
Aggregate fruit
The salivary gland
12. The phylum of insects (bees).
Prosthetic groups
Phosphorous
Arthropoda
A hydrogen bond
13. 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).
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Scurvy
Plasmodesmata
Internodal tissue
14. High temperatures
Destroy most enzymes
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Desert
DNA replication
15. Secretes insulin to lower blood sugar and maintain equilibrium. A person eats three candy bars. Within minutes this endocrine gland affects blood-glucose homeostasis.
The pancreas
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
Spiracles
Very specific
16. Proposes that those individuals within a population that are most adapted to the environment are also the most likely individuals to produce viable offspring.
Allopatric speciation
About five million years ago...
Differential reproduction
Morula
17. 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.
Lysis
The Cambrian Period
The community
Lysosomes
18. Is an abundant element found in protoplasm. Together with oxygen - hydrogen - and nitrogen - it composes over 90% of cellular structure.
Phototropism
Chordata
Carbon
Habituation
19. Nonvascular plants such as mosses which lack tissue for conducting food or water.
C ---OH
Bryophytes
Habitat
Recycled environmental factors
20. Channels is cell membranes that carry water between cells.
Plasmodesmata
Cellular Metabolism
Germ layers
Blastula
21. Chlorophyll pigments absorb photons of light - leaving the chlorophyll in a higher energy (excited) state - these then supply energy to reactions that produce ATP from ADP and Pi.
Simple fruits
A hydrogen bond
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Tundra
22. Cleave strands of DNA segments at certain sites.
An inhibitor
The pituitary gland
The habitat of an organism includes
Restriction enzymes
23. Can be accounted for by the theory of punctuated equilibrium. The fossil record shows periods of stability with regard to appearance and disappearance of species as well as periods of sudden change.
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
Chromatin
Gametocide
Share electrons
24. When the water concentration inside and outside the cell is equal - It is said to be in an...
Chordata
Share electrons
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Iisotonic state
25. Include: Vascular tissue - including both xylem and phloem - and sieve plates existing between cells of the stem.
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Stem tissues
Ectoderm
26. 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.
Isotonic Conditions
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
Chlorophyll
Multiple fruit
27. A suffix meaning 'to break apart.' O || ||
Lysis
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Balance
Kingdom Plantae
28. Are where the sugars synthesized by photosynthesis travel through to various parts of the plant.
Vascular bundles
Epidermal tissue
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
Gnathostomata
29. Is an ion that binds to an enzyme making it more able to catalyze a reaction.
An inhibitor
Biogeochemical cycles
Gametogenesis
A prosthetic group
30. 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
A gene is
Circadian rhythms
North America
The products of the Krebs cycle
31. The cells of a developing embryo (at the gastrula stage) differentiate into layers - that will later develop into different tissues and organs - including the mesoderm - ectoderm - and endoderm.
Germ layers
Cuticle
Protista
Mature sporophyte
32. Contains multicellular photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms including gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Ecotone
An enzyme
Mesozoic era
Kingdom Plantae
33. 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).
Phloem tissue
Ectoderm tissue
Trachea
Free ribosomes
34. A hydrogen bond involves the ________________ and can be easily broken.
Aggregate fruit
The Cambrian Period
Internodal tissue
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
35. The process of forming eggs and sperm cells in the reproductive organs.
Gametogenesis
The products of the Krebs cycle
Filtered by the liver
pH of Water
36. Studied the relationships between traits expressed in parents and offspring and the genes that caused the traits to be expressed.
Gregor Medel
Stem tissues
Chordata
Protista
37. Is found in the root cap and is responsible for quick growth in the roots.
Precambrian period
Meristem tissue
Restriction enzymes
Successful reproduction
38. All store energy within their chemical bonds.
The nucleus
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Cellular Respiration
39. Refers to the birthrate of a population.
Natality
Bryophytes
The community
Cerebellum
40. 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
The adrenal glands
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Lactose
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
41. Covers and protects the leaf.
Germ layers
Ectoderm tissue
Cuticle
Vascular bundles
42. Plants and animals obtain usable nitrogen
Epidermal tissue
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
Cuticle
Kingdom Protista
43. 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
Cenozoic era
Genetic screening
Midbrain
The Nitrogen cycle
44. Some enzymes contain a __________ component that is essential to their functions.
Vitamins
The pancreas
Non-protein
A lysosome
45. 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
Paleozoic era
Mitochondria
Phloem tissue
46. The physical place where a particular organism lives. It must include all the factors that will support its life and reproduction.
Alveoli
Gregor Medel
Habitat
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
47. A reaction that adds water to another compound. (2 hydrogens - 1 oxygen).
Anabolsim
Hydrolysis
Did not evolve together
Internodal tissue
48. Is a packet of digestive enzymes that destroy cellular wastes.
A lysosome
Prosthetic groups
Gene Migration
Porifera
49. 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.
Phototropism
Mesozoic era
Mitochondria
Successful reproduction
50. Decomposition of living matter for consumption.
A mutation
parasitic
Internodal tissue
Ectoderm
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