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Honors Freshman Science

Subject : science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cut down trees and then burn them & pollutes the air & 'kills' the soil






2. Zygote after it has undergone mitosis and grown






3. The number and proportion of people at each age in a population






4. Transmits hereditary information and determines what proteins a cell manufactures






5. When the heterozygote has a phenotype intermediate between those of its two parents






6. Where sperm is stored






7. The interaction of two or more animals & usually of the same species






8. One dominant and one recessive






9. Growth response to physical disturbance & positive or negative






10. A fatty acid that contains the maximum possible number of hydrogens






11. Where chromosomes are attached to spindle fibers






12. A lipid that consists of a clycerol molecule attached at one end to two fatty acids & and at the other end to a phosphate group linked to an organic compound






13. The maximum rate at which a population of a given species could increase under ideal conditions & plenty of resources &and a low population density & is influenced by the age of reproductive maturity & how long the organism is able to reproduce & and






14. The study of the past and present geographic distribution of organisms






15. A disaccharide made from glucose and galactose & milk sugar






16. Produce estrogen and progesterone






17. When a cell or nucleus has only a single set of chromosomes






18. The strand of DNA that is synthesized smoothly and continuously






19. Affects the ripening of fruit






20. An organic compound with 3-7 carbons with a hydroxyl (OH) group bonded to each but one & which is double bonded to an oxygen






21. Figured out that the hormone that made plants bend was on the opposite side from the light






22. The rate at which energy is captured during photosynthesis






23. Very low precipitation






24. The buildup of predator and prey strategies






25. Leaves right around the base of the flower that contains the flower






26. Pressure the cell membrane exerts on the cell wall when the water vacuole is filled






27. Morning after pill






28. An abrupt decline from high to low population density






29. The study of how both the number of individuals in a certain species that are found in an area and the dynamics of the population






30. An actively cooperating group of individuals belonging to the same species and often closely related






31. The interactions of tertiary structures






32. Individual & population & community & ecosystem & landscape & biosphere






33. Any event in time that disrupts community or population structure






34. The empty space in the ER tubes






35. The sequence of nucleotides in one chain dictates the complementary sequence of nucleotides in the other






36. When a population is regulated by its environment's limits & grows until it levels out just below the carrying capacity and then oscillates






37. Male gamete released into the female






38. Produces follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH)






39. Things that eat the producers & second lowest trophic level






40. The probability of mortality is highest at a young age & the survival probability increases with age






41. A type of learning in which an animal learns to ignore a repeated & irrelevant stimulus






42. Destoy the ozone layer






43. The average per capita birth rate






44. Emphasizes species individuality & shows how each species has its own abiotic living requirements






45. Both dominant or recessive






46. When all the water is sucked out of a cell






47. An intimate relationship or association between members of two or more species






48. Associates strongly with polar water molecules






49. Involves mitosis and cytokinesis






50. Have traits that contribute to a high population growth rate & usually small & reach maturity early & have short life span & have lots of offspring & provide little to no parental care