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Honors Freshman Science
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1. Speciation that occurs when a new species evolves within the same geographic region as the parental species
community
angiosperm
disturbance
sympatric speciation
2. Figured out that the hormone that made plants bend was on the opposite side from the light
stabilizing selection
biogeochemical cycle
Boysen-Jensen
courtship ritual
3. A structure that separates the duplicated chromosomes during anaphase
carrying capacity
spirillum
mitotic spindle
Thomas Malthus
4. A scientific discipline with ties to evology that focuses on how humans interact with the environment
Batesian mimicry
environmental science
mortality
realized niche
5. The complex formed when the enzyme and substrate combine
semipermeable membrane
ES complex
lysosome
secondary productivity
6. The proportion of a specific allele in a particular population
allele frequency
hydrolysis reaction
primary growth
testosterone
7. The probability of survivorship doesn't change with age
type 2 survivorship curve
corpus luteum
interspecific competition
natality
8. Composes the genes and contains the instructions for making all the proteins & as well as the RNA & an organism needs
DNA
food web
ER lumen
nucleus
9. Kills sperm
secondary structure
spermacide
style
tundra
10. The beta pleated sheet or alpha helix
function group
land egg
secondary structure
RNA polymerase
11. When one individual behaves in a way that seem to benefit others rather than itself
endoplasmic reticulum
polymer
altruism
survivorship curve
12. A long & unbranched hydrocarbon chain with a carboxyl group (COOH) at one end
fatty acid
kinetechore
food web
umbilical cord
13. Produces gonatotropin releasing hormone (GnRH)
acrosome
hypothalamus
biological magnification
behavior ecology
14. Coccus prokaryotic cells
recombination
starch
ethylene
spherical
15. A type of natural selection for successful mating
nucleolus
sexual selection
corpus luteum
competitive exclusion principle
16. 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
crepuscular
frameshift mutation
interference competition
age structure
17. A form of active transport that uses energy to pump ions from the outside to the inside of a cell
sodium potassium pump
classical conditioning
vasectomy
genetic equilibrium
18. The number and types of species present & the relative abundance of each species & the interactions between different species & the resilience to disturbances & energy and nutrient flow & productivity
seminicle vesical
oviduct
community structure and functioning
turgor pressure
19. A graph of the number of organisms at each trophic level in a given ecosystem
biogeochemical cycle
pyramid of numbers
Beta human chorion gonadotropic
biomass
20. The interactions of tertiary structures
oscillate
quaternary structure
complementary
active transport
21. The buildup of predator and prey strategies
facilitation
evolutionary arms race
self fertilization
iteroparous
22. Energy from food passing from one organism to the next in a sequence
food chain
hydrologic cycle
vas deferens
RNA
23. The potential ecological niche of a species
sister chromatids
population crash
fundamental niche
land egg
24. A disaccharide made from two glucoses & malt sugar
denaturation
ethylene
stroma
maltose
25. A macromolecule composed of amino acids
type 2 survivorship curve
directional selection
commensalism
protein
26. Female part of the flower
community stability
self fertilization
dominant species
pistil
27. Exactly the same as mitosis
meiosis 1
water vacuole
oviduct
sign stimulus
28. Reproductive successfulness
sister chromatids
fitness
embryo sac
hormone
29. A behavior that has been modified in response to environmental experience
phytochrome
learned behavior
microtubule
ES complex
30. Aka aggregated distribution & occurs when resources in an area are clumbed & when there is limited seed dispersal or asexual reproduction & or when families/colonies all live together & good because the organisms can protect one another
gated channel
clumped dispersion
operant conditioning
Golgi complex
31. Cutting of vas deferens
cognition
vasectomy
meiosis 1
slash and burn agriculture
32. Fossil record
grasslands
palentology
megaspore
secondary structure
33. Unfertilized egg develops into a reproducing haploid animal that is capable of reproducing using a different process to make gametes
polysaccharide
flagella
oxytocin
parthenogenesis
34. Stimulates the growth of sex organs at puberty and the development of secondary sex characteristics & induces maturation & stimulates monthly preparation of endometrium for pregnancy & makes cervical mucus thinner and more alkaline
estrogen
aposematic coloration
sympatric speciation
K selection populations
35. Energy from food passing from one organism to the next in a sequence
centromere
food chain
antiparallel
rhythm method
36. Abstinence during ovulation period
facilitated diffusion
pinocytosis
competitive exclusion principle
rhythm method
37. Both individuals have male and female parts but don't self fertilize
hermaphrodism
semelparous
amino acid
GnRH
38. 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
follicle
epistasis
spermacide
anterior pituitary
39. Very low precipitation
polar body
habitat isolation
interkinesis
desert
40. Both extremes are better than average
disruptive selection
G1 phase
nitrogen cycle
apical meristem
41. Camouflage
culture
bioaccumulation
cryptic coloration
sucrose
42. Reproductive isolation due to different habitats in the same area
GnRH
endometrium
habitat isolation
condensation reaction
43. Both extremes are better than average
heredity
ectoparasite
allele
disruptive selection
44. Produces proteins
negative feedback
ribosome
hermaphrodism
sexual selection
45. Zygote after it has undergone mitosis and grown
ovary
palentology
polar microtubules
embryo
46. The constituent of a protein & has an amino group (NH2) and a carboxyl group (COOH) bonded to the same alpha carbon
DNA
3' end
rRNA
amino acid
47. Compounds with the same molecular formulas but different structures
telophase
RNA
chloroplast
isomer
48. The rate at which energy is captured during photosynthesis
sex reversal
grasslands
gross primary productivity
crossing over
49. When there is equilibrium between to areas & but molecules are still moving
fecundity
dynamic equilibrium
protein channel
ester linkage
50. Involves persistent changes in behavior that result from experience
hypertonic
starch
learning
ecotone