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Honors Freshman Science
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The enzyme that makes RNA and unzips the DNA for transcription
estrogen
RNA polymerase
hydrolysis reaction
hydrolysis reaction
2. The concentration is equal in both areas
interspecific competition
isotonic
DNA polymerase III
polypoidy
3. Can't make its own food
heterotroph
individualistic model
habitat
mitotic spindle
4. Decompose all trophic levels
polar microtubules
incomplete dominance
decomposers
logistic population growth
5. On the side where the 3' carbon is
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6. Regulates the ecosystem function by nutrient cycling and by availability of other resources
K selection populations
bottom up process
DNA helicase
negative feedback
7. The division of the cell cytoplasm to form two cells
lysosome
cytokinesis
polypoidy
sympatric speciation
8. A conservation approach that emphasizes restoring and maintaining the quality of an entire ecoystem rather than the conservation of individual species
DNA polymerase III
negative feedback
ecosystem management
start codon
9. Used for reproductive purposes and peeing
urethra
genetic equilibrium
gene flow
primary consumers
10. Quantitative estimate of the total mass & the amount of living material
biomass
anticodon
leading strand
species diversity
11. The end of a gene
secondary consumers
gene poll
termination sequence
mitotic spindle
12. The person that said that the human population would quickly outgrow the natural resources and that it would cause war
Thomas Malthus
microclimate
ovarian ligament
injectable contraceptive
13. Where chromosomes are attached to spindle fibers
Okazaki fragment
symbiosis
microclimate
kinetechore
14. A gateway in the cell membrane that lets molecules through
protein channel
DNA
gamete
Mullerian mimicry
15. Growth response to gravity & positive in stem & negative in roots
intron
learned behavior
gravitropism
slash and burn agriculture
16. Breaking apart water
Mullerian mimicry
hydrolysis reaction
fundamental niche
glycogen
17. A fatty acid that doesn't contain the maximum possible number of hydrogens
unsaturated fatty acid
anaphase
kin selection
palentology
18. Very low precipitation
glycoprotein
population crash
land egg
desert
19. A section of three nitrogenous bases
codon
glycoprotein
parental investment
glycocalyx
20. Cold & dry & permafrost & treeless & short growing season
ovaries
tundra
termination sequence
fecundity
21. The increase in the concentration as the toxin passes through successive levels of the food web
intrauterine device (IUD)
5' end
biological magnification
mitochondria
22. A parasite that lives on the outside of the host
ectoparasite
transcription
translation
cervix
23. The study of how both the number of individuals in a certain species that are found in an area and the dynamics of the population
behavior
population ecology
anther
biogenesis
24. The measure of the relative importance of each species within a community & based on its abundance & productivity & or size
species diversity
society
hydrophillic
RNA
25. A macromolecule composed of amino acids
protein
tRNA
sexual selection
anther
26. Growth response to light & positive
pinocytosis
phototropism
umbilical cord
decomposers
27. When the heterozygote has a phenotype intermediate between those of its two parents
incomplete dominance
Batesian mimicry
centriole
start codon
28. Aka boreal forest & big evergreen forests & cold most of the year
biogenesis
taiga
haploid
nucleotide
29. Fluid filled chamber that surrounds and protects the developing embryo in a land egg
exploitation competition
natality
amnion
lagging strand
30. Moving into unoccupied niches & causes speciation
controlled burning
adaptive radiation
sympatric speciation
phosphorus cycle
31. Aka boreal forest & big evergreen forests & cold most of the year
taiga
hypotonic
sign stimulus
intermediate disturbance hypothesis
32. A common type of gene interaction in which the presence of certain alleles can prevent or mask the expression of a different allele and express their own phenotype instead
endometrium
nastic response
isomer
epistasis
33. Energy level
cyclin
trophic level
telophase
biological magnification
34. Chromosomes other than sex chromosomes
autosome
ecosystem management
mutualism
behavior ecology
35. The typical form of carbohydrate used for energy storage in plants
resource partitioning
bottom up process
starch
testosterone
36. Produces oxytocin
interphase
spherical
posterior pituitary
energy flow
37. Individual & population & community & ecosystem & landscape & biosphere
biosphere
filament
Thomas Malthus
biological organization
38. The site of photosynthesis
heterozygous
chloroplast
G1 phase
oscillate
39. Both individuals have male and female parts but don't self fertilize
hermaphrodism
exponential population growth
gamete
yoke sac
40. The movement of alleles
turgor pressure
granum
human demographics
gene flow
41. Contains multiple monosacharides bonded together & consists of repeating units of simple sugars
polysaccharide
directional selection
energy transduction
niche
42. A species that affects the community because it is very common
survivorship curve
type 3 survivorship cure
sexual selection
dominant species
43. Exactly the same as mitosis without any DNA replication
gated channel
meiosis 2
hydrophillic
cross fertilization
44. The accelerating population growth rate that occurs when optimal conditions allow a constant per capita growth rate
community stability
exponential population growth
community
limited resource
45. The major carrier of genetic information in eukaryotes & found in the cell nucleus
exponential population growth
chromosome
hydrologic cycle
transcription
46. A link formed when two amino acids combine
dipeptide
pyramid of biomass
incomplete dominance
social behavior
47. Produces semen (1)
human demographics
hypothalamus
holandric
seminicle vesical
48. Lays eggs
oviporous
negative tropic response
ER lumen
meiosis
49. Species that are all undesirable resemble each other
sucrose
Mullerian mimicry
corpus luteum
land egg
50. Animal starch & used for energy storage
succession
glycogen
pair bonds
spirillum