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1. Are the organelles where cellular respiration occurs.
Cerebellum
Internodal tissue
Mitochondria
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
2. Inorganic phosphate
The salivary gland
Pi
The biosphere
Ecological niches open up
3. 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.
Biogeochemical cycles
A hydrogen bond
Anabolism
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
4. 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.
The biosphere
Non-protein
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
Pi
5. The systematic search for individuals with a specific genotype in a delineated population.
Xylem tissue
Genetic screening
Chimpanzees
Lactose
6. Are surrounded by capillaries that allow for carbon dioxide to diffuse into the lungs and oxygen to diffuse out.
Alveoli
Mitochondria
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Catabolism
7. Are the monomers that form nucleic acids - containing a sugar - phosphate group - and a nitrogenous base.
A sex linked recessive disease
The Cell Theory
Germ layers
Nucleotides
8. The bronchi lead to the two lungs where they branch out in all directions into smaller tubules known as bronchioles.
The products of the Krebs cycle
Bronchi
Annelida
Cerebrum
9. Contains multicellular photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms including gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Ionic bonds involve
Very specific
An inhibitor
Kingdom Plantae
10. The lineage that led to the modern Homo Sapiens diverged from the lineage that led to the modern chimpanzee.
Free ribosomes
About five million years ago...
Carrying capacity
The nucleus
11. Cleave strands of DNA segments at certain sites.
Restriction enzymes
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
Nematoda
Meristem tissue
12. 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.
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
Vascular bundles make up the
Chromosome
Successful reproduction
13. High temperatures
An enzyme
Protista
Phosphorous gas
Destroy most enzymes
14. Is a compound fruit that develops from many ovaries of a single flower fusing together (raspberry).
Aggregate fruit
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
A prosthetic group
Vitamin C
15. The most recent and present era. It includes the radiation of flowering plants - the angiosperms.
Midbrain
Cellular Metabolism
Cenozoic era
Pi
16. Consists of undifferentiated cells capable of quick growth and specialization. It is responsible for elongation of the stem.
C ---OH
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Meristem tissue
Gymnosperms
17. Transparency - polarity - high specific heat - and density (lower density when solid than when liquid.).
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Biogeochemical cycles
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
North America
18. The number of organisms in a given community - can be above or below the carrying capacity.
Population
Endocytic vesicles
The nucleus
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
19. Anabolism
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Natality
Tundra
A hydrogen bond
20. 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.
Adenine
Vascular bundles
Lysosomes
So it can be used over and over again.
21. Is a kingdom that includes algae and protozoa.
Trachea
Protista
Forebrain
The biosphere
22. The effect of a substrate concentration on the initial reaction rate in the presence of a limited amount of enzyme: _________________ as the concentration of substrate is increased until all the enzymes are used - then the reaction rate will level of
Will increase the reaction rate
Interphase
Gymnosperms
A mutation
23. An enzyme is unaffected by the reactions it catalyzes
So it can be used over and over again.
Porifera
Iisotonic state
Ectoderm tissue
24. Has an equal (50%) chance of being passed from a carrier mother to a son or a daughter.
Vitamin C
Genetic maintenance
Aves
A sex linked recessive disease
25. Is a compound fruit that forms from several ovaries of separate flowers that fuse together during ripening (strawberry - or pineapple).
Cenozoic era
Genetic imprinting
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Multiple fruit
26. The part of the earth that contains all living things - including the atmosphere (air) - the lithosphere (earth) - and the hydrosphere (water).
Biosphere
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
The pituitary gland
Allopatric speciation
27. Fossilized burrows from multicellular organisms begin to appear in the geological record approximately 700 million years ago during the Precambrian period. These multicellular animals had only soft parts and could not be fossilized.
Protista
Catabolism
Precambrian period
Lymphocytes
28. Carbon - Hydrogen - Oxygen - and Nitrogen
The salivary gland
Saprophytic
Common elements found in proteins
C ---OH
29. The preservation of the integrity of genetic information from one generation to another.
Isotonic Conditions
Trachea
Altruism
Genetic maintenance
30. Are organic cofactors or coenzymes that are required by some enzymatic reactions.
Niche
Chordata
Precambrian period
Vitamins
31. Between the endoderm and ectoderm - layer that will eventually form the muscles - and organs of the skeletal - circulatory - respiratory - reproductive - and excretory systems.
The Nitrogen cycle
The biosphere
Mesoderm
DNA replication
32. Produce seeds without flowers. They include conifers (cone-bearers) and cycads.
Precambrian period
Gymnosperms
The cell membrane
Catabolism
33. This is a carboxyl group and is the signature group found within organic acids.
An inhibitor
C ---OH
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Germ layers
34. Where protein synthesis occurs. They float unattached in the cytoplasm. They contain RNA that is specific to their function in protein formation.
Natality
Free ribosomes
Phloem tissue
Phototropism
35. Is the number of organisms that can be supported within a particular ecosystem.
A catalyst
Carrying capacity
Aves
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
36. Transfers water and does not require sieve plates to allow nutrients through.
Savanna
Gene Migration
Xylem tissue
Cuticle
37. A type of innate behavior (instinct.) The FAP is a preprogrammed response to a particular stimulus (known as a releaser stimulus). FAP's include courtship behaviors and feeding of young. These are not learned behaviors - they are automatically perfor
Imprinting
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Share electrons
Endocytic vesicles
38. Carbon - nitrogen - phosphorous - and water. These are all recycled through biogeochemical processes.
Silicon
Multiple fruit
A prosthetic group
Recycled environmental factors
39. The pituitary gland.
A prosthetic group
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
Biosphere
Imprinting
40. 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).
A hydrogen bond
Phloem tissue
The adrenal glands
Gametocide
41. Some energy is lost as heat and becomes unusable.
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
Kingdom Protista
Multiple fruit
Paleozoic era
42. Is a substance that changes the speed of a reaction without being affected itself.
Centrioles
Silicon
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
A catalyst
43. Is an accidental change of the DNA sequence of the gene that can result in creating a change of trait that is not found in the parent.
Multiple fruit
An enzyme
A sex linked recessive disease
A mutation
44. Is a molecule that stores information for protein synthesis and genetic coding.
Population
Genome
Prosthetic groups
Ribonucleic acid
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
Cenozoic era
Lysis
Gnathostomata
46. Occurs when two populations are geographically isolated from each other. Over time this results in the production of two separate species.
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
Allopatric speciation
Phosphorous
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
47. Proposes that those individuals within a population that are most adapted to the environment are also the most likely individuals to produce viable offspring.
Differential reproduction
Carrying capacity
The nucleus
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
48. Is found in the root cap and is responsible for quick growth in the roots.
C ---OH
Gregor Medel
Anabolism
Meristem tissue
49. The sharp boundary of an ecosystem.
Paleozoic era
Ecotone
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Cerebellum
50. Is the earliest period of the Paleozoic era. Began with the Cambrian explosion - this explosion of life resulted in the representatives of most of the modern phyla being present.
The Cambrian Period
About five million years ago...
Ribonucleic acid
Lysosomes
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