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Honors Freshman Science
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1. Occurs when each individual in a population consumes too large a share of resources
consumption overpopulation
biome
DNA
ovaries
2. A species is protected because of its similar appearance to an undesirable species
cristae
Batesian mimicry
M phase
biological organization
3. Fluid filled sac where the primary oocyte divides to form the secondary oocyte and the polar body
autosome
prostate
hermaphrodism
follicle
4. A disaccharide made from glucose and galactose & milk sugar
lactose
society
primary consumers
fecundity
5. Breaking apart water
hydrolysis reaction
RNA polymerase
ecosytem
behavior ecology
6. Individual & population & community & ecosystem & landscape & biosphere
palentology
style
sepal
biological organization
7. Aka boreal forest & big evergreen forests & cold most of the year
human demographics
interspecific competition
individualistic model
taiga
8. The study of how living organisms and the physical environment interact in an immense and complcated web of relationships & the broadest field of biology
ecology
mitochondria
disturbance
secondary productivity
9. Lays down an RNA primer that allows the DNA polymerase to attach to the DNA strand
paritally hydrogenated
gross primary productivity
RNA primer
aposematic coloration
10. The enzyme that takes out all of the introns & leaving only the exons
energy transduction
stamen
snRNP
oviduct
11. Have trains that maximize the chance of surviving in an environment where the number of individuals is the carrying capacity & have few offspring & are larger & have long life spans & develop slowly & reproduce late & have low reproductive rates & pr
vas deferens
holandric
K selection populations
lactose
12. A symbiotic relationship in which the parasite benefits which the host is harmed
hypertonic
abiogenesis
modern synthesis
parasitism
13. The role of an organism within the structure and function of a community & takes into account all biotic and abiotic aspects of the species & as well as all the physical & chemical & and biological factors that it needs to survive & its habitat & wha
RNA primer
niche
sympatric speciation
ribosome
14. A plant structural compound
insight learning
comminity
cellulose
denaturation
15. The probability of mortality is highest at a young age & the survival probability increases with age
carrying capacity
type 3 survivorship cure
allele
hormone
16. The enzyme that links the Okazaki fragments
cervix
adaption
DNA ligase
Boysen-Jensen
17. Inhibits ovulation & lasts a long time
injectable contraceptive
semiconservative replication
external fertilization
sucrose
18. Stable relationships that ensure cooperative behavior in mating and the rearing of the young
gravitropism
interference competition
pair bonds
rhythm method
19. An important part of the structure of ribosomes that has catalytic functions needed during protein synthesis
rRNA
mutualism
endosperm
pair bonds
20. Response of any plant to the amount of light it receives
photoperiodism
endosymbiotic theory
anaphase
endoparasite
21. Where seminiferous tubules are found & where testosterone is made
testes
internal fertilization
allele frequency
negative feedback
22. The idea that evolution takes place in relatively short bursts of rapid change followed by long periods of stability
oral contraceptive
punctuated equilibrium
polar body
habituation
23. Gases act like a blanket and hold heat in the atmosphere
greenhouse effect
human demographics
embryo
RNA
24. Choosing certain trains and breeding only individuals that axhibited the desired traits
artificial selection
promoter codon
classical conditioning
adaptive radiation
25. Holds the cell in place and gives it structure
ecology
cytoskeleton
cytokinesis
comminity
26. Produces testosterone
RNA
embryo sac
interstitial cell
cristae
27. The strand of DNA that is always growing away from the replication fork & so only short pieces can be synthesized
lagging strand
glycoprotein
lysis
purine
28. Stimulates the interstitial cells to secrete testosterone in males & stimulates ovulation and the development of the corpus luteum in females
oviduct
acid growth hypothesis of elongation
secondary productivity
LH
29. Transmits hereditary information and determines what proteins a cell manufactures
ER lumen
population crash
glycolipid
nucleic acid
30. Energy level
ovouiviporous
people overpopulation
altruism
trophic level
31. When two parts of sister chromatids exchange corresponding parts
altruism
crossing over
quaternary structure
circadian rhythms
32. The interactions of tertiary structures
quaternary structure
comminity
test cross
evolutionary arms race
33. Aka boreal forest & big evergreen forests & cold most of the year
stamen
taiga
home range
hypothalamus
34. The enzyme that controls the cell cycle & is destroyed during mitosis
mRNA
commensalism
stabilizing selection
cyclin
35. Physically changing from sex when there aren't any of one sex
oviduct
translation
courtship ritual
sex reversal
36. Turning energy from one form to another
cyclin
FSH
heredity
energy transduction
37. The structure in the mitochondria
biomass
Punnett square
cristae
mutualism
38. The number and types of species present & the relative abundance of each species & the interactions between different species & the resilience to disturbances & energy and nutrient flow & productivity
megasporocyte
parthenogenesis
community structure and functioning
uniform dispersion
39. A type of social learning based on early experience which allows offspring to bond to their mother
microsporocyte
imprinting
home range
species diversity
40. A group of the populations of all the different species in an area
prophase
zygote
comminity
oscillate
41. Collects waste products in a land egg
mutualism
hybrid
pyrimidine
allontois
42. The change in species composition over time in a habitat that was not previously inhabited by organisms (no soil)
telophase
endosymbiotic theory
primary succession
denaturation
43. Any process that leads to new gene combinations
rhythm method
pistil
sexual selection
recombination
44. The accelerating population growth rate that occurs when optimal conditions allow a constant per capita growth rate
exponential population growth
prostate
ovarian ligament
circadian rhythms
45. Gives live birth
viviporous
semipermeable membrane
base substitution mutation
start codon
46. Genes that tend to be inherited together
umbilical cord
stamen
linked genes
metaphase
47. Reproductive isolation due to structural differences
ester linkage
antrhopomorphic
nitrogen cycle
mechanical isolation
48. A channel that takes things from one side of the phospholipid bilayer to the other by having a protein attach to the channel which changes its shape and moves the stuff to the other side
cooperative ion channel
pair bonds
sociobiology
founder effect
49. The proportion of a particular genotype in the population
genotype frequency
food chain
habituation
secondary consumers
50. Halfway between saturated and unsaturated
spermacide
endoparasite
people overpopulation
paritally hydrogenated