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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Cutting of the oviduct






2. Warm & lots of rain & highest level of diversity and production






3. The ability to adapt past experiences that may involve different stimuli to solve a new problem






4. The concentration of water is lower than in the other area






5. More cells






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






7. The assignments of codons for amino acids and for start and stop signals






8. The cells that don't become eggs in oogenesis






9. The concentration of water is lower than in the other area






10. Checks for errors and takes of RNA primer






11. A parasite that lives on the outside of the host






12. 'packages' cell products






13. The use of cues to change direction when necessary to reach a specific destination






14. A species that affects the community because it is very common






15. Promotes cell elongation & apical dominance






16. Aka chaparral & mixed scrub community with lower rainfall than in a deciduous forest






17. Where ribosomes are made & in the nucleus






18. Little 'hairs' around the membrane used for movement






19. Unzips the DNA strand






20. Where DNA is held & the control center of the cell






21. Holds the ovules






22. Genes that tend to be inherited together






23. A periodic long-distance travel from one location to another






24. Initial fertilized cell






25. Defense of a territory






26. Grasses and scattered trees & less precipitation than in grasslands






27. Noncoding material






28. All of the contents of the cell inside the membrane






29. Moving molecules into a cell






30. Causes rapid cell division






31. Stable relationships that ensure cooperative behavior in mating and the rearing of the young






32. The enzyme that makes RNA and unzips the DNA for transcription






33. The study of changes in a population (how and why the population numbers increase and decrease)






34. Fertile soil & all grass






35. Species that expend their energy in a single & huge reproductive effort






36. Grow and divide asexual reproduction






37. The division of the cell cytoplasm to form two cells






38. Eggs formed and held in the mother & eggs hatch and the offspring leaves the mother






39. Required for making a boy a boy and sexual growth






40. A form of a gene






41. Reproductive isolation due to different habitats in the same area






42. Regulates the ecosystem function by nutrient cycling and by availability of other resources






43. Covalently linking monomers






44. Connects the baby to the placenta






45. Species interacting in a positive way & Which modifies and enhances the local environment for other species






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






47. The net energy available for biomass production by consumer organisms






48. Birth canal






49. A simple signal that triggers a specific behavioral response






50. Warning coloration & conspicuous colors of patters which advertise a species' unpalatibility to potential predators