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1. Are where the sugars synthesized by photosynthesis travel through to various parts of the plant.
Non-protein
Phyla
Vascular bundles
Morula
2. Engages in both passive and active transport.
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
The Nitrogen cycle
3. Channels is cell membranes that carry water between cells.
Plasmodesmata
Ionic bonds involve
Chromosome
Lactose
4. Breaking down
Catabolism
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Iisotonic state
A prosthetic group
5. Covers and protects the leaf.
Cellular Metabolism
Cuticle
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
Share electrons
6. 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).
Scurvy
Genetic maintenance
Gregor Medel
Altruism
7. Is a kingdom that includes algae and protozoa.
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Hydrolysis
The adrenal glands
Protista
8. Is the organelle where cellular reproductive processes occur.
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Chordata
Larynx
The nucleus
9. Is a social behavior of an organism that is beneficial to the group at the individual's expense.
Parenchyma tissue
A species role in the food chain is part of its
Altruism
Chimpanzees
10. Produce antibodies into the bloodstream that find and attach themselves to foreign antigens (toxins - bacteria).
B Cells
Biogeochemical cycles
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Altruism
11. Becomes available for erosion as undersea sedimentary rocks are up-thrust by volcanic activity - erosion releases it from rocks into streams where it combines with oxygen to form phosphates in lakes that are then absorbed by plants - it is recycled t
Phosphorous
Meristem tissue
Ionic bonds involve
Catabolism
12. The systematic search for individuals with a specific genotype in a delineated population.
pH of Water
Genetic screening
Gametogenesis
Anabolsim
13. Most fossils of Hominids are from continents other than...
North America
The hormone aldosterone
pathogenic
Interphase
14. The most recent and present era. It includes the radiation of flowering plants - the angiosperms.
Ionic bonds involve
The pancreas
Cenozoic era
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
15. Attaches to an enzyme and blocks the enzyme reaction rather than enhancing it - like a prosthetic group would.
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
An inhibitor
The adrenal glands
Ectoderm
16. There was extensive radiation of fish during the Devonian and Silurian periods within the Paleozoic Era.
Paleozoic era
Will increase the reaction rate
Mitochondria
Aves
17. Is weaker than ionic - covalent - disulfide - or double bonds.
A hydrogen bond
Paleozoic era
Differential reproduction
Interphase
18. 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.
Bronchi
Imprinting
The adrenal glands
Genome
19. Where protein synthesis occurs. They float unattached in the cytoplasm. They contain RNA that is specific to their function in protein formation.
The pituitary gland
Biosphere
Genetic maintenance
Free ribosomes
20. High temperatures
Plasmodesmata
Destroy most enzymes
Protista
Differential reproduction
21. Anabolism
Blastula
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Cerebrum
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
22. The vocal cords are found in the larynx.
Will increase the reaction rate
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Larynx
Prothallus
23. 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.
Cerebellum
An enzyme
Trachea
Recycled environmental factors
24. The individual we recognize as an adult fern.
Chimpanzees
Mature sporophyte
Gametogenesis
Phosphorous gas
25. Protein synthesis
The hormone aldosterone
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
Ionic bonds involve
Cuticle
26. A reaction that adds water to another compound. (2 hydrogens - 1 oxygen).
Common elements found in proteins
North America
Hydrolysis
Iisotonic state
27. The part of the earth that contains all living things - including the atmosphere (air) - the lithosphere (earth) - and the hydrosphere (water).
A prosthetic group
Lymphocytes
Biosphere
North America
28. Is a molecule that stores information for protein synthesis and genetic coding.
Lysis
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Ribonucleic acid
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
29. Layer that will become the skin - some endocrine glands - and the nervous system.
Bronchi
Ectoderm
Blastula
C ---OH
30. Has extreme hot or cold temperatures - with very low precipitation - sandy or rocky terrain - sparse vegetation (mainly succulents) - small animals - rodents - and reptiles.
Mesozoic era
Desert
Share electrons
Porifera
31. The size of a cell is limited by the ratio of its surface area to volume.
The key limiting factor on cell size
North America
Meristem tissue
Anabolsim
32. Includes all living and nonliving components of the Earth to support living things.
Kingdom Protista
Differential reproduction
Centrioles
The biosphere
33. A hydrogen bond involves the ________________ and can be easily broken.
Kingdom Fungi
The Nitrogen cycle
Did not evolve together
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
34. Carbon - Hydrogen - Oxygen - and Nitrogen
Interphase
Paleozoic era
Common elements found in proteins
Vascular bundles make up the
35. The solid mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
An enzyme
Morula
The community
Genetic imprinting
36. Plants that produce flowers as reproductive organs. They have two divisions - monocots and dicots.
Chordata
Angiosperms
Carbon
Morula
37. 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.
Xylem tissue
Genetic screening
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
Internodal tissue
38. The pharynx is between the nasal passage and the trachea. Air passes into the body via the nasal passage - then passes through the pharynx and on to the trachea.
Pharynx
A mutation
Cnidaria
Protista
39. Is when expression of genetic traits is determined by weather the trait is inherited from the mother or the father.
Protista
The biosphere
Phosphorous gas
Genetic imprinting
40. Mitochondria - they constitute the center of cellular respiration.
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41. Energy transformations that occur as chemicals are broken down or synthesized within the cell.
Chlorophyll
Midbrain
Epidermal tissue
Cellular Metabolism
42. 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
Simple fruits
Niche
Bryophytes
43. 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.
Stem tissues
About five million years ago...
Prosthetic groups
Prothallus
44. 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.
Catabolism
Successful reproduction
A sex linked recessive disease
Cerebellum
45. The role played by an organism in its food chain.
Niche
Endocytic vesicles
Carrying capacity
Internodal tissue
46. In DNA Guanine pairs with...
Very specific
Pharynx
Cytosine
Multiple fruit
47. Layer that will become the gut lining as well as some accessory structures.
Endoderm
Aves
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Internodal tissue
48. 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.
Kingdom Fungi
Cerebrum
A gene is
Lysosomes
49. Is a protein - which is a polymer of amino acids. They generally have the suffix -ase- like lactase.
The community
Desert
Cellular Respiration
An enzyme
50. 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 Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
The Cambrian Period
Prothallus
Endoderm
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