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Honors Freshman Science
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1. Where chromosomes are attached to spindle fibers
circadian rhythms
vas deferens
snRNP
kinetechore
2. Focuses on the evolution of social behavior through natural selection
sympatric speciation
uniform dispersion
sociobiology
endocytosis
3. A vacuole filled with digestive enzymes
unsaturated fatty acid
phosphorus cycle
lysosome
sucrose
4. Warm & lots of rain & highest level of diversity and production
termination sequence
Law of Segregation
tropical rainforest
social behavior
5. Controls the growth and development in animals
turgor pressure
modern synthesis
endoctrine
mutualism
6. The maximum rate at which a population of a given species could increase under ideal conditions & plenty of resources &and a low population density & is influenced by the age of reproductive maturity & how long the organism is able to reproduce & and
internal fertilization
intrinsic rate of increase
CDK
codon
7. Oscillation between two things that affect the population & keeps the population in check
species richness
negative feedback
barrier method
hydrophillic
8. Busiest at dawn or dusk
parthenogenesis
sister chromatids
sexual selection
crepuscular
9. Up or down
cytokinesis
pair bonds
biomass
primary growth
10. Composes the genes and contains the instructions for making all the proteins & as well as the RNA & an organism needs
DNA polymerase III
DNA
gated channel
seasonal isolation
11. When strands run in opposite directions
age structure
umbilical cord
uniform dispersion
antiparallel
12. Growth response to physical disturbance & positive or negative
homologous chromosomes
thigmotropism
ectoparasite
behavioral (sexual) isolation
13. A species is protected because of its similar appearance to an undesirable species
hypothalamus
pinocytosis
Batesian mimicry
energy transduction
14. A symbiotic relationship in which the parasite benefits which the host is harmed
external fertilization
parasitism
saturated fatty acid
pyramid of biomass
15. Species interacting in a positive way & Which modifies and enhances the local environment for other species
anterior pituitary
sympatric speciation
maltose
facilitation
16. Abstinence during ovulation period
random dispersion
rhythm method
fitness
termination sequence
17. Cells are the basic unit of living organisms and all cells come from pre-existing cells
anther
dipeptide
cell theory
DNA helicase
18. The person that said that the human population would quickly outgrow the natural resources and that it would cause war
density independent factor
nucleus
Thomas Malthus
slash and burn agriculture
19. Gases act like a blanket and hold heat in the atmosphere
evolutionary arms race
CFCs
greenhouse effect
limited resource
20. The study of changes in a population (how and why the population numbers increase and decrease)
energy flow
carbon cycle
intrinsic rate of increase
population dynamics
21. The enzyme that controls the cell cycle & is destroyed during mitosis
interspecific competition
cyclin
courtship ritual
passive transport
22. The concentration of water is lower than in the other area
succession
primary structure
gene poll
hypotonic
23. When the animal must do something to gain a reward or to avoid punishment
operant conditioning
phototropism
classical conditioning
phosphorus cycle
24. A sequence of three bases that hydrogen bond with the mRNA codon by complementary base pairing
anticodon
human demographics
uniform dispersion
producers
25. The average per capita death rate
protein channel
biome
vas deferens
mortality
26. Cutting of vas deferens
maltose
vasectomy
bacillus
population crash
27. When females select their mates on the basis of some physical trait or some resource offered by the winning suitor
endoparasite
intersexual selection
ovary
Golgi complex
28. 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
population ecology
edge effect
comminity
bacillus
29. Lateral
hermaphrodism
secondary growth
cell theory
cytoplasm
30. The transmission of genetic information from parent to offspring
heredity
density dependent factor
ovouiviporous
bioaccumulation
31. The mating of genetically similar individuals that are more closely related than if they had been chosen at random from the entire population
interbreeding
species richness
cell membrane
pyramid of numbers
32. A graph of the number of organisms at each trophic level in a given ecosystem
Law of Independent Assortment
steroid
pyramid of numbers
base substitution mutation
33. 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
extinction
apical meristem
epistasis
cilia
34. Spontaneous generation & life may arise from nonliving matter (incorrect idea)
abiogenesis
protein
negative tropic response
density independent factor
35. Associates strongly with polar water molecules
holandric
hydrophillic
ecology
termination sequence
36. When most are average and extremes are better
turgor pressure
spherical
producers
stabilizing selection
37. The number of species in a community
polymer
megaspore
species richness
trophic level
38. The global movement of carbon between the abiotic environment and organisms
tertiary structure
edge effect
dispersion
carbon cycle
39. 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
allele
gamete
K selection populations
sex reversal
40. Changes that take place over very long periods of time that may result in speciation
nucleic acid
yoke sac
macroevolution
progesterone
41. Occurs when each individual in a population consumes too large a share of resources
gymnosperm
embryo
consumption overpopulation
population ecology
42. Changes within a species that occur in relatively short periods of time that are the result of changes in the genetic composition of populations
courtship ritual
chromosome
microevolution
anaphase
43. A grid that shows the possible combinations of alleles
seminiferous tubules
semiconservative replication
Punnett square
population dynamics
44. Lining of the uterus
savanna
endometrium
sociobiology
embryo
45. On the side where the 3' carbon is
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46. Stimulates contraction & prostaglandin release & and ejection of milk
antrhopomorphic
stamen
pyramid of numbers
oxytocin
47. A stack of thylakoids
granum
endocytosis
natural selection
water vacuole
48. Spacing
allele frequency
phytochrome
dispersion
turgor pressure
49. The probability of mortality is highest at a young age & the survival probability increases with age
negative tropic response
DNA polymerase III
species diversity
type 3 survivorship cure
50. The assignments of codons for amino acids and for start and stop signals
ecological pyramid
ovary
genetic code
competitive exclusion principle