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1. Which part of aerobic respiration results in the production of CO2?
structural support
2
artificial selection
krebs cycle
2. What organelle was observable in the onion epidermis stained with iodine?
phytochrome
chloroplasts
lumen
nucleus
3. What process involves the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane?
palisade mesophyll
active transport
osmosis
bryophytes
4. NO vascular tissue - NO roots - have modified photosynthetic tissue to help it absorb carbon dioxide without losing too much water - can survive in variety of environments - seedless - and commonly seen as mosses - hornworts - and liverworts.
prokaryotes
bryophytes
pericycle
gymnosperms
5. Three generations of gymnosperms
seed
lipids
transcription
maternal sporophyte - gametophyte - daughter sporophyte
6. Cladifils- modified stems that look like leaves - all parts are photosynthetic
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7. You can determine the age of a woody branch by counting these
transcription
prokaryotes
phytochrome
bud scale scars
8. What type of RNA has a codon?
mRNA
versions of a gene
translation
absorption of water
9. What cell undergoes meiosis?
polar nuclei
polar nuclei
NOT a sperm - microspore - or egg cell
dehiscent
10. Change in gene frequency in a gene population over time.
ghost plant
pasteurization
evolution
pathogens
11. 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.
storage
ferns
effects of rising carbon dioxide
12. What are harmful effects of bacteria?
lack of available oxygen
DNA
pathogens
bionary fission and asexually
13. What is a final product of glycolysis?
evolution
xylem
pyruvate
dehiscent
14. What type of fruit develops from a cluster of many simple flowers?
multiple
telophase-I
pericycle
-water vapor -oxygen -carbon dioxide
15. What is NOT a function of the vacuole?
transcription
pathogens
artificial selection
synthesis of proteins
16. What is a final product of glycolysis?
anther
pyruvate
zone of maturation
structural support
17. What is the role of endosperm?
structural support
phytochrome
anaphase
provide nutrients for a developing embryo
18. The part of an apple most often eaten by people is receptacle tissue - not ovary - making this what type of fruit?
translation
accessory
palisade mesophyll
active transport
19. What process would be used by a plant to move potassium ions across a membrane AGAINST a concentration gradient?
mRNA
both gymnosperms and angiosperms
active transport
-water vapor -oxygen -carbon dioxide
20. What tissue can be found in a root but not in a stem?
bionary fission and asexually
pericycle
pairs of chromosomes that each carry an allele for a given trait
multiple
21. What is the function of the cortex in a root?
cheese - yogurt - pharmaceuticals
pitcher plant
electron transport chain
storage
22. What type of RNA has a codon?
mRNA
tRNA
biome
sister chromatids
23. A plant that carries two different versions of a gene for a single trait is...
DNA
interrupt the dark period with several minutes of light
pericycle
heterozygous
24. A tissue in Which mitosis takes place - giving rise to the secondary xylem.
translation
vascular cambium
40x
translation
25. What are adenine - guanine - thymine - cytosine?
nitrogenous base
krebs cycle -glycolysis
seed
heartwood
26. Where in the chloroplast do protons accumulate - resulting in an electrochemical gradient which drives ATP-synthase?
heterozygous
orchids
lumen
eukaryotes
27. During which phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication occur?
orchids
pathogens
S-phase
polar nuclei
28. In what part of a flower is pollen produced?
ferns
chlorophyll-A
anther
nucleus
29. Which class of organic macromolecule stores the greatest amount of potential energy?
lipids
phytochrome
40x
evolution
30. What phenomena explains how a photon can strike any chlorophyll molecule in the antennal complex and still reach the reaction center?
synthesis of proteins
starch
resonance
water
31. An ecosystem with similar climatic conditions on earth - such as communities of plants - animals - and soil organisms
carbon dioxide
seed
krebs cycle -glycolysis
biome
32. During which phase of mitosis do the sister chromatids separate?
starch
orchids
structural support
anaphase
33. 'Alleles' are best described as...
artificial selection
versions of a gene
lichens
cytokinnin
34. A gymnosperm - lives in the desert for up to 3000 years - only grows 2 leaves - 5 feet across - they receive 1 inch of lower of rainfall per year - roots can grow under the soil at least a mile.
mobility by cilia or flagella - do not have roots - and are not adapted to dry land
multiple
butcher's broom
welwichsia
35. How does DNA replication take place?
biome
carbon dioxide
bocarnia
2 strands separate - 2 new strands are produced - each new DNA molecule contains 1 old strand
36. Have a nucleus - and a cell membrane
the water potential is higher in the potato than the sugar solution
pairs of chromosomes that each carry an allele for a given trait
mangrove
eukaryotes
37. 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
gymnosperms
radial arrangement
hormones are produced in a part of a plant and act in another part.
absorption of water
38. What hormone is most important in the ripening of fruits?
phytochrome
ethylene
versions of a gene
natural selection
39. In what portion of a root might you find 'root hairs'?
bryophytes
zone of maturation
cytokinnin
tRNA
40. What best describes a dry fruit which opens at maturity?
dehiscent
2 strands separate - 2 new strands are produced - each new DNA molecule contains 1 old strand
fungi
welwichsia
41. What is a function of the epidermis?
endodermis
maternal sporophyte - gametophyte - daughter sporophyte
-regulate water loss -regulate gas exchange -allow light to enter the leaf
anaphase
42. Epiphytes - valemine breaks down compost in roots
natural selection
starch
orchids
mangrove
43. What structure is MOST important in generating root pressure?
endodermis
palisade mesophyll
lumen
absorption of water
44. What type of RNA has an anticodon?
tRNA
mRNA
nucleus
bocarnia
45. How do bacteria reproduce?
iris diaphragm
bionary fission and asexually
-water vapor -oxygen -carbon dioxide
both gymnosperms and angiosperms
46. What best describes a dry fruit which opens at maturity?
nitrogenous base
2
dehiscent
lack of available oxygen
47. Traits that are desirable can be selected and bred for. process of selectively mating and breeding plants with particular traits.
artificial selection
bud scale scars
biome
zone of maturation
48. What part of a stem can a tree live without?
starch
active transport
heartwood
bionary fission and asexually
49. Have a cell wall - no membrane - and no nucleus
multiple
2 strands separate - 2 new strands are produced - each new DNA molecule contains 1 old strand
prokaryotes
bocarnia
50. Epiphytes - valemine breaks down compost in roots
radial arrangement
polar nuclei
orchids
interrupt the dark period with several minutes of light
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