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Honors Freshman Science
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Abstinence during ovulation period
biological magnification
dominant species
ovary
rhythm method
2. A link formed when three or more amino acids combine
bioaccumulation
haploid
polypetide
behavior
3. Opening into the uterus
cervix
oscillate
Thomas Malthus
operant conditioning
4. LH-like hormone produced by the placenta that maintains the corpus luteum
competition
parasitism
Beta human chorion gonadotropic
5' end
5. Exactly the same as mitosis
granum
gamete
Punnett square
meiosis 1
6. Promotes cell elongation & apical dominance
RNA
survivorship curve
G2 phase
auxin
7. The transmission of genetic information from parent to offspring
sociobiology
stigma
heredity
genetic code
8. The formation of an association between some normal body function and a new stimulus
RNA polymerase
classical conditioning
chloroplast
mitochondria
9. The increase in the concentration as the toxin passes through successive levels of the food web
biological magnification
cooperative ion channel
meiosis 2
endoplasmic reticulum
10. The process of gaining knowledge & including thinking & processing information & learning & reasoning & and awareness of thoughts & perceptions and self
sister chromatids
cell elongation
cognition
frameshift mutation
11. The global movement of phosphorus between the abiotic environment and organisms
lysis
Mullerian mimicry
phosphorus cycle
temperate woodland
12. Has cones
ecology
controlled burning
gymnosperm
Darwin
13. Holds the cell in place and gives it structure
parental investment
disaccharide
ovary
cytoskeleton
14. An individual of unknown genotype is crossed with a homozygous recessive individual
external fertilization
anther
cryptic coloration
test cross
15. The amount of energy that remains in plant tissues after cellular respiration & the amount of biomass found in excess of that broken down by a plant's cellular respiration for normal daily activities
carrying capacity
net primary productivity
ribosome
diploid
16. A main component of cell walls of fungi and of the external skeletons of insects & crayfish & and other arthropods
hydrophobic
coevolution
chitin
unsaturated fatty acid
17. The empty space in the ER tubes
antiparallel
Beta human chorion gonadotropic
endocytosis
ER lumen
18. Stimulates the development of seminiferous tubules and spermatogenesis in males & stimulates the development of follicles and the secretion of estrogen in females
phototropism
FSH
haploid
active transport
19. A group consisting of members of the same species that live together in a prescribed area at the same time
Darwin
pair bonds
population
quaternary structure
20. A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is unharmed
disruptive selection
genetics
megaspore
commensalism
21. Spontaneous generation & life may arise from nonliving matter (incorrect idea)
food chain
abiogenesis
heredity
commensalism
22. Connects the baby to the placenta
umbilical cord
mitotic spindle
ribosome
glycogen
23. Unzips the DNA strand
adaptive radiation
cilia
DNA helicase
semipermeable membrane
24. Opening into the uterus
cervix
competition
directional selection
interstitial cell
25. The clearance of large expanses of forest for agriculture or other uses
kin selection
biological organization
deforestation
courtship ritual
26. Gives live birth
intraspecific competition
secondary productivity
fat
viviporous
27. An actively cooperating group of individuals belonging to the same species and often closely related
culture
society
saturated fatty acid
endosymbiotic theory
28. Produces semen (2)
paritally hydrogenated
exon
Batesian mimicry
Bubourethral gland
29. Occurs when there is the same concentration in different areas
equilibrium
LH
macroevolution
adaptive radiation
30. Where ribosomes are made & in the nucleus
nucleolus
biological magnification
corpus luteum
succession
31. Composes the genes and contains the instructions for making all the proteins & as well as the RNA & an organism needs
natality
DNA
kin selection
population
32. Morning after pill
RU-486
biogenesis
Okazaki fragment
DNA replication
33. When natural selection favors individuals of each species that avoid or reduce among coexisting species as a result of each species' niche differing from the others in one or more ways & reducing competition
resource partitioning
ecology
cytoplasm
people overpopulation
34. Provides genetic variation through recombination
Thomas Malthus
mitotic spindle
genetic equilibrium
sexual reproduction
35. Plastic cap over the cervix
diaphragm
gymnosperm
heredity
endoparasite
36. The structure in the mitochondria
secondary growth
disturbance
cristae
food web
37. When all the water is sucked out of a cell
testes
microtubule
pseudopod
plasmolysis
38. Grow and divide asexual reproduction
megaspore
species richness
binary fission
are selection populations
39. A compound in which carbon atoms are covalently bonded to one another to form the backbone of the molecule
contact inhibition
organic compound
anther
tRNA
40. The DNA information being transferred to mRNA
protein
start codon
transcription
directional selection
41. Male gamete released into the female
internal fertilization
spermatid
Boysen-Jensen
facilitated diffusion
42. A mating system in which a male mates with only one female during a breeding season
testes
operant conditioning
monogamy
carrying capacity
43. The constricted region in a chromatid
testes
gene poll
centromere
endometrium
44. A mutation in which the wrong base it transcribed
base substitution mutation
greenhouse effect
Bubourethral gland
contact inhibition
45. Promotes cell eleongation & cell division & and seed growth
asexual reproduction
gibberellin
hypotonic
Golgi complex
46. Destoy the ozone layer
glycoprotein
CFCs
polar body
hermaphrodism
47. Local variation in climate produced by differences in elecation
sepal
intron
DNA ligase
microclimate
48. Fused compound of the polar nuclei and the sperm cells that isn't used
temperate woodland
social behavior
endosperm
K selection populations
49. Reproductive isolation due to structural differences
modern synthesis
exploitation competition
Punnett square
mechanical isolation
50. An environmental factor whose ways of affecting a population are altered when there is a change in population density
denaturation
budding
density dependent factor
semipermeable membrane