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Honors Freshman Science

Subject : science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Abstinence during ovulation period






2. A link formed when three or more amino acids combine






3. Opening into the uterus






4. LH-like hormone produced by the placenta that maintains the corpus luteum






5. Exactly the same as mitosis






6. Promotes cell elongation & apical dominance






7. The transmission of genetic information from parent to offspring






8. The formation of an association between some normal body function and a new stimulus






9. The increase in the concentration as the toxin passes through successive levels of the food web






10. The process of gaining knowledge & including thinking & processing information & learning & reasoning & and awareness of thoughts & perceptions and self






11. The global movement of phosphorus between the abiotic environment and organisms






12. Has cones






13. Holds the cell in place and gives it structure






14. An individual of unknown genotype is crossed with a homozygous recessive individual






15. The amount of energy that remains in plant tissues after cellular respiration & the amount of biomass found in excess of that broken down by a plant's cellular respiration for normal daily activities






16. A main component of cell walls of fungi and of the external skeletons of insects & crayfish & and other arthropods






17. The empty space in the ER tubes






18. Stimulates the development of seminiferous tubules and spermatogenesis in males & stimulates the development of follicles and the secretion of estrogen in females






19. A group consisting of members of the same species that live together in a prescribed area at the same time






20. A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is unharmed






21. Spontaneous generation & life may arise from nonliving matter (incorrect idea)






22. Connects the baby to the placenta






23. Unzips the DNA strand






24. Opening into the uterus






25. The clearance of large expanses of forest for agriculture or other uses






26. Gives live birth






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






28. Produces semen (2)






29. Occurs when there is the same concentration in different areas






30. Where ribosomes are made & in the nucleus






31. Composes the genes and contains the instructions for making all the proteins & as well as the RNA & an organism needs






32. Morning after pill






33. When natural selection favors individuals of each species that avoid or reduce among coexisting species as a result of each species' niche differing from the others in one or more ways & reducing competition






34. Provides genetic variation through recombination






35. Plastic cap over the cervix






36. The structure in the mitochondria






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






38. Grow and divide asexual reproduction






39. A compound in which carbon atoms are covalently bonded to one another to form the backbone of the molecule






40. The DNA information being transferred to mRNA






41. Male gamete released into the female






42. A mating system in which a male mates with only one female during a breeding season






43. The constricted region in a chromatid






44. A mutation in which the wrong base it transcribed






45. Promotes cell eleongation & cell division & and seed growth






46. Destoy the ozone layer






47. Local variation in climate produced by differences in elecation






48. Fused compound of the polar nuclei and the sperm cells that isn't used






49. Reproductive isolation due to structural differences






50. An environmental factor whose ways of affecting a population are altered when there is a change in population density