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1. Composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic organism composed of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner - can be used as a natural fertilizer
lichens
eukaryotes
prokaryotes
palisade mesophyll
2. In what part of a flower is pollen produced?
structural support
tRNA
anther
nucleus
3. Lives in california - it is a lily - waxy - thin - sharp leaves to stop water loss - holds water for up to 2 years.
a changing/heterogeneous environment
telophase-I
bocarnia
absorption of water
4. How are the vascular bundles of a dicot arranged in the stem?
prokaryotes
radial arrangement
natural selection
leaf
5. 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
effects of rising carbon dioxide
vascular cambium
artificial selection
orchids
6. What type of RNA has an anticodon?
prophase
iris diaphragm
biome
tRNA
7. What are the major groups of algae?
cyanobacteria - green algae - red algae
absorption of water
a changing/heterogeneous environment
pathogens
8. Enzymes are an example of what type of molecule?
lichens
palisade mesophyll
protein
anther
9. If an ovule is fertilized - what will it develop into?
telophase-I
pericycle
seed
radial arrangement
10. Where in a plant is the water potential lowest?
seed
leaf
prophase
bocarnia
11. What separates during meiosis-II
krebs cycle
lumen
sister chromatids
iris diaphragm
12. During which phase of mitosis does the nuclear envelope disappear?
prophase
NOT a sperm - microspore - or egg cell
pericycle
tRNA
13. What type of RNA has a codon?
starch
mRNA
starch
nucleus
14. Transferring of the information from the DNA into the language of the mRNA.
multiple
translation
endodermis
krebs cycle -glycolysis
15. Which commonly eaten food is an example of a stem?
lipids
nitrogenous base
chlorophyll-A
potato
16. Individuals best adapted to their environment reproduce offspring. it requires variation - heritability - and selection.
eukaryotes
phytochrome
heartwood
natural selection
17. Under what circumstance would sexual reproduction be more successful than asexual reproduction?
fungi
transcription
DNA
a changing/heterogeneous environment
18. What tissue can be found in a root but not in a stem?
pericycle
natural selection
interrupt the dark period with several minutes of light
prophase
19. What organelle contains DNA?
40x
prophase
nucleus
chloroplasts
20. Individuals best adapted to their environment reproduce offspring. it requires variation - heritability - and selection.
natural selection
effects of rising carbon dioxide
pyruvate
40x
21. Which part of the microscope would be adjusted to sharpen the image of a specimen at high magnification?
xylem
iris diaphragm
mobility by cilia or flagella - do not have roots - and are not adapted to dry land
starch
22. In what part of a flower is pollen produced?
starch
anther
ghost plant
2 strands separate - 2 new strands are produced - each new DNA molecule contains 1 old strand
23. In double fertilization - one sperm cell fertilized an egg cell - What does the other sperm cell fertilize?
pairs of chromosomes that each carry an allele for a given trait
fuzzy plant
nitrogenous base
polar nuclei
24. What is the role of endosperm?
synthesis of proteins
chloroplasts
2
provide nutrients for a developing embryo
25. A piece of potato tuber is placed in a concentrated sugar-water solution. what statement BEST describes why the piece of potato shrinks in size over time?
artificial selection
the water potential is higher in the potato than the sugar solution
telophase-I
2 strands separate - 2 new strands are produced - each new DNA molecule contains 1 old strand
26. During which phase of mitosis does the nuclear envelope disappear?
eukaryotes
prophase
versions of a gene
lipids
27. How do bacteria reproduce?
-water vapor -oxygen -carbon dioxide
bionary fission and asexually
dehiscent
biome
28. The ocular lens of a microscope is 10x - and the objective lens is 4x. What is the total magnification of the microscope?
40x
S-phase
translation
xylem
29. What is considered part of the protoplast?
nitrogenous base
-organelles -cytosol -nucleus
interrupt the dark period with several minutes of light
versions of a gene
30. What causes diffusion of gases to occur?
krebs cycle -glycolysis
S-phase
andom particle movement results in a net movement from high to low concentration
ghost plant
31. What is the main function of the roots of a corn plant?
ferns
mangrove
chlorophyll-A
absorption of water
32. What would be a way of keeping a short-day plant from blooming?
interrupt the dark period with several minutes of light
cytokinnin
starch
telophase-I
33. Seeds are not protected by fruit and they do not have flowers - do not have shell around seeds - reproduce by releasing pollen into the air to make available to the ovule in the megaspores - causing fertilization
fuzzy plant
resonance
a changing/heterogeneous environment
gymnosperms
34. Which part of aerobic respiration results in the production of CO2?
krebs cycle
gymnosperms
phytochrome
structural support
35. What part of a stem can a tree live without?
mangrove
heartwood
translation
mobility by cilia or flagella - do not have roots - and are not adapted to dry land
36. A plant that carries two different versions of a gene for a single trait is...
heterozygous
anaphase
2 strands separate - 2 new strands are produced - each new DNA molecule contains 1 old strand
synthesis of proteins
37. What tissue can be found in a root but not in a stem?
starch
pyruvate
provide nutrients for a developing embryo
pericycle
38. What cellular processes generate short carbon chains or skeletons which plants use to assemble amino acids and lipids?
krebs cycle -glycolysis
ADP
storage
pairs of chromosomes that each carry an allele for a given trait
39. Which part of aerobic respiration generates the most ATP?
natural selection
electron transport chain
ADP
lack of available oxygen
40. What phenomena explains how a photon can strike any chlorophyll molecule in the antennal complex and still reach the reaction center?
sister chromatids
resonance
heartwood
pathogens
41. 3 part molecule with a sugar - phosphate group - and nitrogenous base - carries genes
prophase
multiple
DNA
leaf
42. In double fertilization - one sperm cell fertilized an egg cell - What does the other sperm cell fertilize?
lack of available oxygen
polar nuclei
potato
-regulate water loss -regulate gas exchange -allow light to enter the leaf
43. What are beneficial products made from bacteria?
palisade mesophyll
cheese - yogurt - pharmaceuticals
anther
lumen
44. Cladifils- modified stems that look like leaves - all parts are photosynthetic
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45. What process involves the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane?
active transport
structural support
osmosis
welwichsia
46. Heating up bacteria until it is harmless and cannot function.
anaphase
starch
nucleus
pasteurization
47. What would be a way of keeping a short-day plant from blooming?
palisade mesophyll
interrupt the dark period with several minutes of light
eukaryotes
starch
48. Bugs crawl into 'pitchers' - tiny hairs keep them from getting out - plant breaks down enzymes - and uses nitrogen. lives in places where nitrogen is limited.
multiple
pitcher plant
versions of a gene
bud scale scars
49. What best describes a dry fruit which opens at maturity?
seed
ADP
dehiscent
heterozygous
50. What process would be used by a plant to move potassium ions across a membrane AGAINST a concentration gradient?
the water potential is higher in the potato than the sugar solution
lack of available oxygen
active transport
bryophytes
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