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Honors Freshman Science
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Has its own life support for the embryo
mitochondria
intrinsic rate of increase
land egg
founder effect
2. Choosing certain trains and breeding only individuals that axhibited the desired traits
artificial selection
punctuated equilibrium
phagocytosis
net primary productivity
3. Noncoding material
intron
gene flow
binary fission
disaccharide
4. The science that deals with human population statistics
human demographics
insight learning
random dispersion
recombination
5. A group consisting of members of the same species that live together in a prescribed area at the same time
testosterone
population
RNA
cross fertilization
6. The global movement of carbon between the abiotic environment and organisms
Beta human chorion gonadotropic
environmental science
biomass
carbon cycle
7. A long & unbranched hydrocarbon chain with a carboxyl group (COOH) at one end
zygote
fatty acid
species richness
turgor pressure
8. A graph that indicates the energy content of the biomass of each trophic level
meiosis 1
pyramid of energy
intron
ethylene
9. TATA
food chain
glycocalyx
promoter codon
tubal ligation
10. A chain produced by likening small organic compounds called monomers
prophase
phospholipid
polymer
nucleic acid
11. The strand of DNA that is always growing away from the replication fork & so only short pieces can be synthesized
intrauterine device (IUD)
human demographics
lagging strand
Mullerian mimicry
12. The global movement of water between the abiotic environment and organisms
hydrologic cycle
nucleotide
food chain
type 2 survivorship curve
13. The contribution that each parent makes in producing and rearing offspring
hydrophillic
microclimate
parental investment
G2 phase
14. Destoy the ozone layer
limited resource
internal fertilization
CFCs
territoriality
15. The time between mitosis and the S phase & when the cell grows and performs its function
polypetide
binary fission
navigation
G1 phase
16. The number of species in a community
species richness
FSH
negative feedback
nucleolus
17. Affects the ripening of fruit
megasporocyte
monosaccharide
phytochrome
ethylene
18. Morning after pill
plasmolysis
sociobiology
population dynamics
RU-486
19. Aka boreal forest & big evergreen forests & cold most of the year
exon
amino acid
taiga
behavioral (sexual) isolation
20. A lipid that consists of carbon atoms arranged in four attached rings & three of which are hexagonal and the other is pentagonal
isomer
steroid
ecological pyramid
complementary
21. A mutation in which the entire reading chain is shifted & changed everything after an addition or delection
hypertonic
frameshift mutation
growth from cell division
M phase
22. Contains enzymes that help with fertilization
resource partitioning
insight learning
acrosome
estrogen
23. Fluid filled chamber that surrounds and protects the developing embryo in a land egg
amnion
heredity
paritally hydrogenated
yoke sac
24. Noncoding material
intron
niche
seasonal isolation
exponential population growth
25. When a cell controls how fast it wants to take things in
condom
gated channel
progesterone
zygote
26. When a cell controls how fast it wants to take things in
chorion
migration
dynamic equilibrium
gated channel
27. Coccus prokaryotic cells
spirillum
turgor pressure
spherical
hypotonic
28. Local variation in climate produced by differences in elecation
Beta human chorion gonadotropic
binary fission
microclimate
stroma
29. Sticky part of the pistil that pollen sticks to
cellulose
sodium potassium pump
stigma
denaturation
30. The buildup of a toxin in an organism's body
phagocytosis
bioaccumulation
enzyme
land egg
31. Stimulates contraction & prostaglandin release & and ejection of milk
angiosperm
oxytocin
pyramid of numbers
population ecology
32. The ability to produce viable offspring
fecundity
secondary consumers
heterotroph
secondary consumers
33. Where sperm is stored
epididymis
Golgi complex
coevolution
sepal
34. The start of a gene
exploitation competition
resource partitioning
promoter
cryptic coloration
35. The ability to adapt past experiences that may involve different stimuli to solve a new problem
species richness
taiga
insight learning
acid growth hypothesis of elongation
36. Contain identical & double stranded DNA sequences (><)
maltose
circadian rhythms
sister chromatids
DNA polymerase III
37. Involves mitosis and cytokinesis
M phase
nitrogen cycle
behavior ecology
temperate forest
38. Genes that tend to be inherited together
K selection populations
homozygous
linked genes
sucrose
39. Megasporocyte after meiosis
osmotic pressure
meiosis
megaspore
microspore
40. The nuclear division that produces two nuclei containing chronosomes identical to those in the parental nucleus
hydrocarbon
epistasis
mitosis
hormone
41. Lining of the uterus
evolutionary arms race
the signal to start bringing amino acids
endometrium
phosphorus cycle
42. When the animal must do something to gain a reward or to avoid punishment
operant conditioning
biological organization
thigmotropism
land egg
43. Microsporocyte after meiosis
meiosis 2
ecosystem management
microspore
5' end
44. Inhibits ovulation & affects the endometrium and cervical mucus to prevent implantation & regulates the menstrual cycle
food chain
oral contraceptive
base substitution mutation
territoriality
45. Plastic cap over the cervix
diaphragm
learning
injectable contraceptive
osmotic pressure
46. Interaction among two or more individuals that attempt to use the same essential resource
active transport
competition
allele frequency
ecosystem management
47. The local environment where a species lives
habitat
environmental science
age structure
random dispersion
48. Where DNA is held & the control center of the cell
cryptic coloration
parental investment
nucleus
savanna
49. Destoy the ozone layer
acrosome
organismic model
centriole
CFCs
50. The process by which heritable traits make it more likely that an organism will have greater reproductive success
stigma
natural selection
cristae
RU-486