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1. During which phase of meiosis do daughter cells become haploid?
natural selection
telophase-I
cone
accessory
2. What are harmful effects of bacteria?
mangrove
lack of available oxygen
NOT a sperm - microspore - or egg cell
pathogens
3. What is a product of the biochemical reactions of photosynthesis?
starch
lack of available oxygen
pairs of chromosomes that each carry an allele for a given trait
lumen
4. What cell undergoes meiosis?
pasteurization
osmosis
NOT a sperm - microspore - or egg cell
carbon dioxide
5. How is algae different from 'true' plants?
both gymnosperms and angiosperms
carbon dioxide
mobility by cilia or flagella - do not have roots - and are not adapted to dry land
the water potential is higher in the potato than the sugar solution
6. What is a reactant in the photochemical reactions of photosynthesis?
active transport
protein
synthesis of proteins
water
7. The part of an apple most often eaten by people is receptacle tissue - not ovary - making this what type of fruit?
maternal sporophyte - gametophyte - daughter sporophyte
DNA
accessory
multiple
8. Change in gene frequency in a gene population over time.
mRNA
evolution
synthesis of proteins
lipids
9. What type of fruit develops from a cluster of many simple flowers?
multiple
fuzzy plant
accessory
krebs cycle -glycolysis
10. Lives in california - it is a lily - waxy - thin - sharp leaves to stop water loss - holds water for up to 2 years.
bocarnia
krebs cycle
prophase
orchids
11. What are the major groups of algae?
2 strands separate - 2 new strands are produced - each new DNA molecule contains 1 old strand
cyanobacteria - green algae - red algae
40x
natural selection
12. What is NOT a function of the vacuole?
synthesis of proteins
vascular cambium
pasteurization
heterozygous
13. Have a cell wall - no membrane - and no nucleus
hormones are produced in a part of a plant and act in another part.
evolution
prokaryotes
palisade mesophyll
14. What is the function of the cortex in a root?
lipids
storage
palisade mesophyll
gymnosperms
15. Heating up bacteria until it is harmless and cannot function.
storage
fuzzy plant
40x
pasteurization
16. During which phase of mitosis do the sister chromatids separate?
effects of rising carbon dioxide
anaphase
pitcher plant
synthesis of proteins
17. Transfer of DNA to RNA
nucleus
chlorophyll-A
-water vapor -oxygen -carbon dioxide
transcription
18. What plant tissue functions in conducting water from the roots to the leaves?
-regulate water loss -regulate gas exchange -allow light to enter the leaf
fuzzy plant
xylem
fungi
19. What causes diffusion of gases to occur?
andom particle movement results in a net movement from high to low concentration
orchids
-regulate water loss -regulate gas exchange -allow light to enter the leaf
iris diaphragm
20. What tissue can be found in a root but not in a stem?
fungi
pericycle
zone of maturation
synthesis of proteins
21. Info. carrying molecule - single stranded
translation
mangrove
RNA
ethylene
22. What is the main function of the roots of a corn plant?
vascular cambium
ferns
absorption of water
butcher's broom
23. What is NOT a structure found on a typical flowering plant?
evolution
cone
telophase-I
mobility by cilia or flagella - do not have roots - and are not adapted to dry land
24. What cellular processes generate short carbon chains or skeletons which plants use to assemble amino acids and lipids?
water
leaf
absorption of water
krebs cycle -glycolysis
25. The part of an apple most often eaten by people is receptacle tissue - not ovary - making this what type of fruit?
accessory
mobility by cilia or flagella - do not have roots - and are not adapted to dry land
iris diaphragm
lack of available oxygen
26. Info. carrying molecule - single stranded
pasteurization
RNA
ferns
chloroplasts
27. What type of RNA has an anticodon?
pairs of chromosomes that each carry an allele for a given trait
tRNA
bionary fission and asexually
accessory
28. Iodine can be used to test for what molecule - resulting in a blue-black color?
iris diaphragm
seed
starch
pyruvate
29. What organelle contains DNA?
mRNA
vascular cambium
nucleus
-organelles -cytosol -nucleus
30. In what portion of a root might you find 'root hairs'?
phytochrome
zone of maturation
the water potential is higher in the potato than the sugar solution
starch
31. Have a nucleus - and a cell membrane
osmosis
sister chromatids
welwichsia
eukaryotes
32. 'Alleles' are best described as...
versions of a gene
S-phase
pasteurization
-water vapor -oxygen -carbon dioxide
33. What type of RNA has an anticodon?
xylem
tRNA
resonance
welwichsia
34. What part of a stem can a tree live without?
mobility by cilia or flagella - do not have roots - and are not adapted to dry land
structural support
heartwood
prokaryotes
35. What best describes a dry fruit which opens at maturity?
iris diaphragm
absorption of water
ADP
dehiscent
36. Southern US - prop roots hold it in place as water moves out - it can breathe under water.
zone of maturation
orchids
the water potential is higher in the potato than the sugar solution
mangrove
37. What organelle do guard cells contain that other epidermal cells lack?
cheese - yogurt - pharmaceuticals
lumen
chloroplasts
dehiscent
38. A tissue in Which mitosis takes place - giving rise to the secondary xylem.
lack of available oxygen
vascular cambium
mangrove
evolution
39. What hormone is most important in the ripening of fruits?
lipids
ethylene
protein
S-phase
40. Which part of aerobic respiration generates the most ATP?
electron transport chain
polar nuclei
RNA
bocarnia
41. What are beneficial products made from bacteria?
pyruvate
cheese - yogurt - pharmaceuticals
40x
pitcher plant
42. What are harmful effects of bacteria?
endodermis
krebs cycle -glycolysis
effects of rising carbon dioxide
pathogens
43. What is a function of the epidermis?
cone
palisade mesophyll
-regulate water loss -regulate gas exchange -allow light to enter the leaf
-water vapor -oxygen -carbon dioxide
44. What type of fruit develops from a cluster of many simple flowers?
ghost plant
pairs of chromosomes that each carry an allele for a given trait
multiple
resonance
45. What contains the most potential energy?
chloroplasts
starch
tRNA
water
46. What would be a way of keeping a short-day plant from blooming?
interrupt the dark period with several minutes of light
lumen
cheese - yogurt - pharmaceuticals
pitcher plant
47. Which part of aerobic respiration results in the production of CO2?
nucleus
krebs cycle
starch
telophase-I
48. Individuals best adapted to their environment reproduce offspring. it requires variation - heritability - and selection.
accessory
radial arrangement
natural selection
abscistic acid
49. Differences in type and location of human-managed ecosystems - quantity and quality of available drinking water and air may also be affected by rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide
hormones are produced in a part of a plant and act in another part.
nucleus
effects of rising carbon dioxide
lipids
50. What is NOT a product of the krebs cycle?
transcription
telophase-I
ADP
pyruvate
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