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Honors Freshman Science
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The measure of the relative importance of each species within a community & based on its abundance & productivity & or size
community
species diversity
ribosome
natural selection
2. Holds the cell in place and gives it structure
polysaccharide
imprinting
genetic equilibrium
cytoskeleton
3. Response of any plant to the amount of light it receives
photoperiodism
classical conditioning
uniform dispersion
mechanical isolation
4. Spiral shaped prokaryotic cells
water vacuole
spirillum
Batesian mimicry
cross fertilization
5. Exactly the same as mitosis without any DNA replication
polymer
turgor pressure
zygote
meiosis 2
6. Holds the ovaries to the body of the uterus
slash and burn agriculture
viviporous
endosperm
ovarian ligament
7. 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
secondary structure
habituation
epididymis
K selection populations
8. Plant growth response that is dependent on the direction of stimulus
complementary
tropic response
mortality
behavioral (sexual) isolation
9. Stimulates the development of seminiferous tubules and spermatogenesis in males & stimulates the development of follicles and the secretion of estrogen in females
CDK
sociobiology
FSH
altruism
10. Very low precipitation
community
DNA replication
desert
CFCs
11. Found out that the hormone was being produced in the tip
ER lumen
anaphase
Darwin
environmental science
12. A disaccharide made from glucose and galactose & milk sugar
lactose
ectoparasite
social behavior
pyramid of energy
13. Rod shaped prokaryotic cells
insight learning
allopatric speciation
trophic level
bacillus
14. Both individuals have male and female parts but don't self fertilize
pyrimidine
cell elongation
interbreeding
hermaphrodism
15. Initial shoot that comes out of the ground
meiosis 1
nucleus
coleoptile
testosterone
16. When most are average and extremes are better
condom
quaternary structure
stabilizing selection
ethylene
17. Has its own life support for the embryo
species richness
land egg
cell theory
corpus luteum
18. When an original part of the double helix is put together with a new strand & and the same is done with the other part of the original
flagella
lipid
negative tropic response
semiconservative replication
19. A single strand of RNA that carries the information for making a protein
operant conditioning
altruism
megasporocyte
mRNA
20. Capillary bed that is adjacent to the capillaries of the uterine lining & exchanges everything except for blood
mobile carrier
coevolution
antrhopomorphic
placenta
21. When a cell or nucleus has only a single set of chromosomes
chitin
haploid
biological organization
cilia
22. The rate at which energy is captured during photosynthesis
condensation reaction
meiosis
disturbance
gross primary productivity
23. The strand of DNA that is synthesized smoothly and continuously
sign stimulus
dispersion
facilitated diffusion
leading strand
24. When the chromosomes align at the cells middle
controlled burning
phosphorus cycle
metaphase
ribosome
25. Focuses on the evolution of social behavior through natural selection
sociobiology
promoter codon
passive transport
water vacuole
26. A symbiotic relationship in which both partners benefit
Beta human chorion gonadotropic
mutualism
photoperiodism
megaspore
27. A main component of cell walls of fungi and of the external skeletons of insects & crayfish & and other arthropods
chitin
meiosis 2
recombination
amino acid
28. A tool of ecological management in which the undergrowth and plant litter are deliberately burned under controlled condition before they accumulate to dangerous levels
DNA polymerase III
courtship ritual
abiogenesis
controlled burning
29. When a population's allele and genotype frequencies don't change from generation to generation
genetic equilibrium
seminiferous tubules
cytokinin
prophase
30. Produces semen (2)
seminiferous tubules
genetic equilibrium
Bubourethral gland
placenta
31. Speciation that occurs when a new species evolves within the same geographic region as the parental species
sympatric speciation
organismic model
promoter codon
M phase
32. The study of heredity
stigma
community structure and functioning
primary structure
genetics
33. Grasses and scattered trees & less precipitation than in grasslands
DNA
granum
savanna
allopatric speciation
34. A stable and persistent community & is impossible to achieve because of disturbances
climax community
positive tropic response
comminity
homologous chromosomes
35. A disaccharide made from two glucoses & malt sugar
nucleus
maltose
vasectomy
sexual reproduction
36. A long whip-like tail used for movement
fatty acid
flagella
hypothalamus
phagocytosis
37. Eggs formed and held in the mother & eggs hatch and the offspring leaves the mother
the signal to start bringing amino acids
DNA helicase
ovouiviporous
cilia
38. Going from areas of high concentration to low concentration & going with the concentration gradient
snRNP
mortality
species diversity
passive transport
39. One species excludes another from its niche as a result of interspecific competition
competitive exclusion principle
holandric
ovouiviporous
deforestation
40. Has cones
progesterone
gymnosperm
spirillum
intrasexual selection
41. Individual & population & community & ecosystem & landscape & biosphere
cervix
mRNA
parthenogenesis
biological organization
42. Reproductive successfulness
recombination
fitness
RNA
mortality
43. 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
niche
ovulation
mobile carrier
age structure
44. Lining of the uterus
interkinesis
taiga
endometrium
realized niche
45. A lipid that consists of carbon atoms arranged in four attached rings & three of which are hexagonal and the other is pentagonal
microevolution
Okazaki fragment
steroid
heredity
46. Eggs laid and then fertilized
gibberellin
external fertilization
palentology
pinocytosis
47. The idea that evolution takes place in relatively short bursts of rapid change followed by long periods of stability
punctuated equilibrium
phagocytosis
interbreeding
life table
48. The typical form of carbohydrate used for energy storage in plants
starch
disruptive selection
DNA helicase
grasslands
49. The constituent of a protein & has an amino group (NH2) and a carboxyl group (COOH) bonded to the same alpha carbon
quaternary structure
hybrid
keystone species
amino acid
50. The tubules that extend from each pole to the equatorial region
plasmolysis
polar microtubules
seminicle vesical
haploid