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Honors Freshman Science
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1. 'Water fearing' & repels water
community
hydrophobic
secondary consumers
species richness
2. Noncoding material
intron
zygote
phospholipid
testes
3. Triggers mitosis when it binds with cyclins at high enough concentrations & survives mitosis
binary fission
embryo sac
CDK
primary consumers
4. Aka contest competition & certain dominant individuals get a good supply of the limited resources while the other less dominant organisms in the population don't
interference competition
ovary
tropical rainforest
intersexual selection
5. The DNA information being transferred to mRNA
transcription
semipermeable membrane
intersexual selection
cytoplasm
6. A compound on the surface of animal cells that allow cells to recognize and interact with one another
type 2 survivorship curve
migration
parasitism
glycolipid
7. Both dominant or recessive
society
gross primary productivity
homozygous
population density
8. The global movement of phosphorus between the abiotic environment and organisms
people overpopulation
holandric
phosphorus cycle
commensalism
9. A long & unbranched hydrocarbon chain with a carboxyl group (COOH) at one end
fatty acid
negative feedback
lipid
polymer
10. Plant growth response that is not dependent on the direction of the stimulus
nastic response
sister chromatids
Batesian mimicry
cytoskeleton
11. Lateral
secondary growth
endoctrine
species diversity
genetic code
12. A type of learning in which an animal learns to ignore a repeated & irrelevant stimulus
habituation
heterotroph
prostate
home range
13. How the molecule folds on itself due to the functional group interactions
ecotone
polysaccharide
spermatid
tertiary structure
14. Morning after pill
diploid
RU-486
testosterone
osmotic pressure
15. When there is equilibrium between to areas & but molecules are still moving
dynamic equilibrium
passive transport
carrying capacity
negative tropic response
16. The rate at which energy is captured during photosynthesis
autosome
adaption
gross primary productivity
stroma
17. A link formed when two amino acids combine
M phase
natural selection
dipeptide
mortality
18. Physically changing from sex when there aren't any of one sex
primary growth
sex reversal
mitotic spindle
hermaphrodism
19. The average per capita birth rate
seminicle vesical
G1 phase
lysosome
natality
20. The enzyme that links the Okazaki fragments
biological magnification
DNA ligase
exploitation competition
interference competition
21. A transitional zone where two or more communities meets & contains all or most of the ecological niches of the adjacent communities as well as some that are unique to the ecotone
carbon cycle
ecotone
homologous chromosomes
rhythm method
22. Occurs when there is the same concentration in different areas
equilibrium
CDK
dispersion
recombination
23. Controls the growth and development in animals
endoctrine
ribosome
macroevolution
ovaries
24. Promotes cell eleongation & cell division & and seed growth
gibberellin
fluid mosaic model
K selection populations
Okazaki fragment
25. An organic compound with 3-7 carbons with a hydroxyl (OH) group bonded to each but one & which is double bonded to an oxygen
crepuscular
prostate
pinocytosis
monosaccharide
26. The use of cues to change direction when necessary to reach a specific destination
endometrium
Okazaki fragment
glycogen
navigation
27. 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
centriole
hydrocarbon
stroma
acid growth hypothesis of elongation
28. The global movement of nitrogen between the abiotic environment and organisms
sucrose
translation
nitrogen cycle
gametic isolation
29. Going up and down around a set point
ovary
habituation
oscillate
Law of Independent Assortment
30. Leaves right around the base of the flower that contains the flower
endoctrine
snRNP
uniform dispersion
sepal
31. A single cell made from the union of two gametes
zygote
enzyme
vasectomy
biogeography
32. The enzyme that controls the cell cycle & is destroyed during mitosis
cyclin
exploitation competition
ester linkage
coevolution
33. Initial fertilized cell
DNA
phenotype frequency
triaclyglycerol molecule
zygote
34. The rate at which energy is captured during photosynthesis
gross primary productivity
anaphase
deforestation
monosaccharide
35. The start of a gene
population ecology
promoter
epistasis
centromere
36. High to low concentration
DNA ligase
glycocalyx
pyramid of biomass
concentration gradient
37. Very low precipitation
GnRH
desert
land egg
extinction
38. When a molecule attaches to the channel and the carrier 'somersaults' to the other side and releases the molecule & then returns to its original side
dipeptide
energy flow
mobile carrier
auxin
39. Used for long term energy storage & cell membranes & padding and insulation & and steroids & soluble in nonpolar solvents and relatively insoluble in water
cyclin
density independent factor
lipid
autosome
40. Towards the stimulus
greenhouse effect
oscillate
granum
positive tropic response
41. The study of the past and present geographic distribution of organisms
hydrophobic
biomass
biogeography
taiga
42. Zygote after it has undergone mitosis and grown
sexual selection
genetic equilibrium
embryo
holandric
43. Stores water in plants
comminity
vasectomy
water vacuole
pyramid of energy
44. The largest population that can be maintained for an indefinite period by a particular environment as long as there are no changes in it
hydrophobic
carrying capacity
character displacement
aposematic coloration
45. Unzips the DNA strand
DNA helicase
consumption overpopulation
intrauterine device (IUD)
intermediate disturbance hypothesis
46. Involves mitosis and cytokinesis
gene poll
sepal
M phase
enzyme
47. Figured out that the hormone that made plants bend was on the opposite side from the light
Boysen-Jensen
semelparous
nocturnal
interbreeding
48. The transmission of genetic information from parent to offspring
lysosome
stigma
heredity
Beta human chorion gonadotropic
49. Thin inner membrane in a land egg
intrauterine device (IUD)
chorion
disaccharide
bioaccumulation
50. When the cell prepares itself for division
G2 phase
semelparous
ovaries
vas deferens