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Honors Freshman Science
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Takes less energy and is more efficient than sexual reproduction
asexual reproduction
facilitation
gated channel
osmotic pressure
2. Fossil record
palentology
antrhopomorphic
incomplete dominance
ribosome
3. More cells
growth from cell division
semiconservative replication
intraspecific competition
coevolution
4. The change in species composition over time in a habitat that was not previously inhabited by organisms (no soil)
hydrophillic
cytokinesis
navigation
primary succession
5. Partner chromosomes similar in size & shape & and the position of their centromeres (XX)
triaclyglycerol molecule
homologous chromosomes
cytoplasm
sepal
6. Microsporocyte after meiosis
microspore
gene poll
biological organization
oral contraceptive
7. Lays eggs
cellulose
binary fission
permease
oviporous
8. Promotes cell elongation & apical dominance
chorion
commensalism
auxin
character displacement
9. Occurs when there is the same concentration in different areas
microclimate
microspore
lipid
equilibrium
10. Plant growth response that is not dependent on the direction of the stimulus
nastic response
producers
primary structure
competition
11. The potential ecological niche of a species
pistil
fundamental niche
biogenesis
gymnosperm
12. The global movement of phosphorus between the abiotic environment and organisms
phosphorus cycle
territoriality
oscillate
dispersion
13. The cycle that goes from oen organism to another in food chains and from living organisms to the abiotic environment and back
species richness
filament
genetics
biogeochemical cycle
14. Flowering plant
DNA replication
angiosperm
seasonal isolation
cooperative ion channel
15. Coding material
tundra
hypertonic
ester linkage
exon
16. An organic compound consisting of only carbon and hydrogen
angiosperm
Mullerian mimicry
hypotonic
hydrocarbon
17. Growth response to gravity & positive in stem & negative in roots
intraspecific competition
cross fertilization
RNA primer
gravitropism
18. Warning coloration & conspicuous colors of patters which advertise a species' unpalatibility to potential predators
aposematic coloration
G2 phase
oviduct
enzyme
19. Abstinence during ovulation period
polysaccharide
rhythm method
zygote
coevolution
20. The process of gaining knowledge & including thinking & processing information & learning & reasoning & and awareness of thoughts & perceptions and self
ovulation
niche
thigmotropism
cognition
21. A chain produced by likening small organic compounds called monomers
imprinting
polymer
lipid
hypertonic
22. The strand of DNA that is always growing away from the replication fork & so only short pieces can be synthesized
lagging strand
sociobiology
sexual reproduction
polysaccharide
23. A phospholipid bilayer in which the layers are oriented towards each other and there are proteins on the outside of and in between the layers
saturated fatty acid
fluid mosaic model
plasmolysis
home range
24. A species that is crucial in determining the nature of the entire community and that greatly affects the rest of the community & keeps the who ecosystem in balance
phytochrome
keystone species
habitat
biosphere
25. Competition among population of different species
directional selection
allele frequency
interspecific competition
phototropism
26. The time between mitosis and the S phase & when the cell grows and performs its function
secondary productivity
G1 phase
biological magnification
cellulose
27. All the alleles present in the population
leading strand
gene poll
insight learning
vas deferens
28. When two parts of sister chromatids exchange corresponding parts
oral contraceptive
crossing over
environmental science
DNA helicase
29. The change in allelic frequencies of two or more populations over time & the interdependent evolution of two or more interacting species
age structure
coevolution
spermatid
oscillate
30. Used for long term energy storage & cell membranes & padding and insulation & and steroids & soluble in nonpolar solvents and relatively insoluble in water
rhythm method
lipid
competition
binary fission
31. All the Earth's communities and their interactions and connections with the planet's abiotic factors
microclimate
abiogenesis
oral contraceptive
biosphere
32. Species interacting in a positive way & Which modifies and enhances the local environment for other species
facilitation
succession
prophase
viviporous
33. Species interacting in a positive way & Which modifies and enhances the local environment for other species
facilitation
society
haploid
cristae
34. The offspring of two genetically dissimilar parents
stigma
biosphere
coevolution
hybrid
35. A phospholipid bilayer in which the layers are oriented towards each other and there are proteins on the outside of and in between the layers
society
fluid mosaic model
people overpopulation
community
36. Species that are all undesirable resemble each other
Mullerian mimicry
cell wall
condom
diaphragm
37. The average per capita birth rate
cytoplasm
heredity
natality
grasslands
38. Towards the stimulus
hypotonic
positive tropic response
telophase
RNA primer
39. A molecule consisting of a clycerol joined to three fatty acids
translation
base substitution mutation
triaclyglycerol molecule
interkinesis
40. Megasporocyte after meiosis
secondary consumers
megaspore
society
ovulation
41. Pressure the cell membrane exerts on the cell wall when the water vacuole is filled
turgor pressure
snRNP
acid growth hypothesis of elongation
adaptive radiation
42. A gateway in the cell membrane that lets molecules through
gametic isolation
protein channel
autosome
plasmolysis
43. A single strand of RNA that carries the information for making a protein
cell membrane
pair bonds
mRNA
enzyme
44. Fluid filled sac where the primary oocyte divides to form the secondary oocyte and the polar body
follicle
hypotonic
lagging strand
sodium potassium pump
45. Connects the baby to the placenta
umbilical cord
Beta human chorion gonadotropic
mRNA
ecotone
46. Microsporocyte after meiosis
endosperm
microspore
parasitism
Golgi complex
47. Implanted in the uterus & probably stimulates inflammatory response and prevents implantation
temperate forest
intrauterine device (IUD)
DNA polymerase III
Golgi complex
48. The ability to produce viable offspring
fecundity
amnion
species richness
society
49. Fluid filled chamber that surrounds and protects the developing embryo in a land egg
allele frequency
slash and burn agriculture
cryptic coloration
amnion
50. Completes the preparation of the endometrium for pregnancy
habitat isolation
urethra
progesterone
random dispersion