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Honors Freshman Science
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The probability of survivorship doesn't change with age
territoriality
cilia
vas deferens
type 2 survivorship curve
2. The genetic drift that results when a small number of individuals from a large population found a new colony
habituation
founder effect
carrying capacity
nucleus
3. The contribution that each parent makes in producing and rearing offspring
Beta human chorion gonadotropic
species diversity
zygote
parental investment
4. An abrupt decline from high to low population density
founder effect
gene poll
population crash
disruptive selection
5. When there is equilibrium between to areas & but molecules are still moving
ovary
FSH
anther
dynamic equilibrium
6. Sticky part of the pistil that pollen sticks to
promoter
biogeography
stigma
binary fission
7. Making more DNA
oscillate
heredity
gene poll
DNA replication
8. Fossil record
sociobiology
meiosis
palentology
adaptive radiation
9. When individuals of the same sex actively compete for mates
intrasexual selection
gene poll
fecundity
internal fertilization
10. Moving into unoccupied niches & causes speciation
spermacide
edge effect
adaptive radiation
density independent factor
11. Chromosomes other than sex chromosomes
anterior pituitary
autosome
tropical rainforest
abiogenesis
12. A compound in which carbon atoms are covalently bonded to one another to form the backbone of the molecule
turgor pressure
negative feedback
organic compound
endoparasite
13. Chemical messenger
acid growth hypothesis of elongation
hormone
nocturnal
survivorship curve
14. Morning after pill
Boysen-Jensen
RU-486
positive tropic response
founder effect
15. When all the water is sucked out of a cell
holandric
condom
territoriality
plasmolysis
16. Shows interactions at their most basic level (who eats who)
vagina
endoplasmic reticulum
food web
cell membrane
17. Turning energy from one form to another
DNA replication
DNA ligase
spermatid
energy transduction
18. Occurs when there is the same concentration in different areas
age structure
condensation reaction
net primary productivity
equilibrium
19. Checks for errors and takes of RNA primer
tropical rainforest
DNA polymerase 1
parthenogenesis
endosymbiotic theory
20. Camouflage
cryptic coloration
fecundity
interference competition
viviporous
21. Organizes the cell for purposes of cell division
modern synthesis
greenhouse effect
centriole
nucleic acid
22. 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
net primary productivity
contact inhibition
meiosis 2
ovouiviporous
23. Pressure the cell membrane exerts on the cell wall when the water vacuole is filled
turgor pressure
function group
classical conditioning
hydrocarbon
24. Active at nigh
biogenesis
nocturnal
mechanical isolation
type 2 survivorship curve
25. Individual & population & community & ecosystem & landscape & biosphere
energy flow
disaccharide
active transport
biological organization
26. AAAA...
people overpopulation
concentration gradient
insight learning
termination sequence
27. The enzyme that takes out all of the introns & leaving only the exons
parental investment
population
snRNP
pistil
28. 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
polar microtubules
community structure and functioning
palentology
intron
29. Plants & make their own food & lowest trophic level
amnion
DNA polymerase 1
sexual reproduction
producers
30. When a cell controls how fast it wants to take things in
gated channel
tRNA
ovary
cyclin
31. When a cell or nucleus has only a single set of chromosomes
pyramid of numbers
haploid
polypoidy
age structure
32. Reproductive isolation due to different habitats in the same area
Beta human chorion gonadotropic
complementary
amino acid
habitat isolation
33. Secretes hormones that keep uterine lining thick in the event of fertilization & what the follicle turns into after fertilization
mechanical isolation
hydrolysis reaction
corpus luteum
carbon cycle
34. Exactly the same as mitosis
spermatid
meiosis 1
epididymis
barrier method
35. An organic compound with 3-7 carbons with a hydroxyl (OH) group bonded to each but one & which is double bonded to an oxygen
endoplasmic reticulum
G1 phase
monosaccharide
RU-486
36. LH-like hormone produced by the placenta that maintains the corpus luteum
territoriality
Beta human chorion gonadotropic
polar microtubules
population
37. Going up and down around a set point
oscillate
injectable contraceptive
land egg
disturbance
38. Species that are all undesirable resemble each other
phototropism
diaphragm
primary succession
Mullerian mimicry
39. Involves persistent changes in behavior that result from experience
learning
lagging strand
nocturnal
nitrogen cycle
40. A lipid that consists of carbon atoms arranged in four attached rings & three of which are hexagonal and the other is pentagonal
DNA ligase
steroid
codon
ribosome
41. The proportion of a specific allele in a particular population
allele frequency
DNA polymerase III
dipeptide
S phase
42. Can't make its own food
gametic isolation
sucrose
heterotroph
urethra
43. An individual of unknown genotype is crossed with a homozygous recessive individual
test cross
species diversity
courtship ritual
termination sequence
44. New genetically identical 'self' grows on the side and then breaks off
fluid mosaic model
coevolution
snRNP
budding
45. Original cell that forms sperm
microsporocyte
negative tropic response
intrasexual selection
are selection populations
46. The empty space in the ER tubes
ER lumen
commensalism
nucleolus
dispersion
47. Defense of a territory
granum
community structure and functioning
hypothalamus
territoriality
48. Going up and down around a set point
oscillate
genetic code
spermatid
biogeochemical cycle
49. When two parts of sister chromatids exchange corresponding parts
crossing over
carrying capacity
random dispersion
kinetechore
50. A disaccharide made from glucose and fructose & table sugar
punctuated equilibrium
sucrose
tundra
seminicle vesical