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Honors Freshman Science
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Changes within a species that occur in relatively short periods of time that are the result of changes in the genetic composition of populations
monosaccharide
edge effect
circadian rhythms
microevolution
2. 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
K selection populations
bottom up process
biome
ovouiviporous
3. Energy level
testes
interspecific competition
megaspore
trophic level
4. Aka temperate deciduous forest & broadleaf trees
palentology
G1 phase
temperate forest
ecosystem management
5. Destoy the ozone layer
fatty acid
dynamic equilibrium
CFCs
function group
6. An arm of an amoeba
crepuscular
symbiosis
cilia
pseudopod
7. A sequence of three bases that hydrogen bond with the mRNA codon by complementary base pairing
CDK
anticodon
dynamic equilibrium
Batesian mimicry
8. The transmission of genetic information from parent to offspring
ester linkage
disturbance
heredity
habituation
9. Gases act like a blanket and hold heat in the atmosphere
zygote
ecosystem management
fluid mosaic model
greenhouse effect
10. A single cell made from the union of two gametes
zygote
cryptic coloration
lysis
base substitution mutation
11. A periodic long-distance travel from one location to another
survivorship curve
migration
RU-486
territoriality
12. A single strand of RNA that folds back on itself to form a specific shape
monosaccharide
filament
tRNA
oscillate
13. Provides structure for the cell
homozygous
estrogen
cytoplasm
cell wall
14. Provides genetic variation through recombination
cervix
ER lumen
species diversity
sexual reproduction
15. Towards the stimulus
spirillum
ecotone
positive tropic response
endometrium
16. The net energy available for biomass production by consumer organisms
directional selection
testes
parental investment
secondary productivity
17. Provides structure for the cell
umbilical cord
monosaccharide
cell wall
dipeptide
18. When water moves into a cell with a wall & and the cell grows and pushes against the cell wall and makes it rigid
DNA polymerase III
gravitropism
RNA primer
turgor pressure
19. The clearance of large expanses of forest for agriculture or other uses
mortality
deforestation
semelparous
sister chromatids
20. When cells touch each other and stop dividing
endoplasmic reticulum
contact inhibition
tertiary structure
interkinesis
21. Up or down
linked genes
anther
primary growth
sister chromatids
22. Birth canal
vagina
testes
mRNA
macroevolution
23. Unfertilized egg develops into a reproducing haploid animal that is capable of reproducing using a different process to make gametes
ovary
fecundity
crossing over
parthenogenesis
24. An intimate relationship or association between members of two or more species
competitive exclusion principle
symbiosis
mutualism
disturbance
25. The process of gaining knowledge & including thinking & processing information & learning & reasoning & and awareness of thoughts & perceptions and self
food chain
cognition
primary consumers
oxytocin
26. A conservation approach that emphasizes restoring and maintaining the quality of an entire ecoystem rather than the conservation of individual species
energy flow
polar body
ecosystem management
budding
27. Reproductive isolation due to molecular and chemical differences
5' end
temperate woodland
gametic isolation
prostate
28. Stalk of the stamen
DNA ligase
filament
binary fission
interstitial cell
29. An environmental factor whose ways of affecting a population are altered when there is a change in population density
mitotic spindle
K selection populations
density dependent factor
polar microtubules
30. An economical form of reserve fuel storage which yields over two times more energy than carbs when metabolized
abiogenesis
thigmotropism
fat
barrier method
31. Species interacting in a positive way & Which modifies and enhances the local environment for other species
facilitation
DNA replication
Thomas Malthus
polar microtubules
32. A graph that indicates the energy content of the biomass of each trophic level
genetics
pyramid of energy
photoperiodism
DNA ligase
33. Top of the stamen & where pollen is produced
pinocytosis
contact inhibition
type 3 survivorship cure
anther
34. The process of community development over time & which involves species in one stage being replaced by other species
succession
tropic response
coevolution
aposematic coloration
35. Cutting of vas deferens
apical meristem
amino acid
vasectomy
dipeptide
36. Ascribing human feelings to animals
complementary
ovouiviporous
external fertilization
antrhopomorphic
37. A link formed when three or more amino acids combine
hypothalamus
sodium potassium pump
polypetide
disturbance
38. The person that said that the human population would quickly outgrow the natural resources and that it would cause war
interstitial cell
incomplete dominance
heterotroph
Thomas Malthus
39. Lateral
secondary growth
deforestation
mRNA
snRNP
40. The divergence of two similar species living in the same geographic area
vasectomy
sexual reproduction
character displacement
paritally hydrogenated
41. A macromolecule composed of amino acids
population density
protein
individualistic model
classical conditioning
42. Cells don't produce new cytoplasm to make the cell bigger & they produce an excess of protons which soften the cell walls so that the water vacuole fills up and makes the cell bigger
cognition
phosphorus cycle
acid growth hypothesis of elongation
population
43. Contains enzymes that help with fertilization
RNA primer
metaphase
migration
acrosome
44. The typical form of carbohydrate used for energy storage in plants
monosaccharide
antrhopomorphic
function group
starch
45. A plant structural compound
Law of Independent Assortment
cellulose
community structure and functioning
cell membrane
46. Plant growth response that is not dependent on the direction of the stimulus
auxin
megaspore
DNA polymerase 1
nastic response
47. The structure in the mitochondria
cristae
hypertonic
carbon cycle
succession
48. Competition within a given population
clumped dispersion
tropical rainforest
adaptive radiation
intraspecific competition
49. Participates in the process in which amino acids are linked to form polypeptides
carbon cycle
RNA
recombination
nucleolus
50. Oscillation between two things that affect the population & keeps the population in check
pistil
fat
pistil
negative feedback