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Honors Freshman Science

Subject : science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The probability of survivorship doesn't change with age






2. The genetic drift that results when a small number of individuals from a large population found a new colony






3. The contribution that each parent makes in producing and rearing offspring






4. An abrupt decline from high to low population density






5. When there is equilibrium between to areas & but molecules are still moving






6. Sticky part of the pistil that pollen sticks to






7. Making more DNA






8. Fossil record






9. When individuals of the same sex actively compete for mates






10. Moving into unoccupied niches & causes speciation






11. Chromosomes other than sex chromosomes






12. A compound in which carbon atoms are covalently bonded to one another to form the backbone of the molecule






13. Chemical messenger






14. Morning after pill






15. When all the water is sucked out of a cell






16. Shows interactions at their most basic level (who eats who)






17. Turning energy from one form to another






18. Occurs when there is the same concentration in different areas






19. Checks for errors and takes of RNA primer






20. Camouflage






21. Organizes the cell for purposes of cell division






22. 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






23. Pressure the cell membrane exerts on the cell wall when the water vacuole is filled






24. Active at nigh






25. Individual & population & community & ecosystem & landscape & biosphere






26. AAAA...






27. The enzyme that takes out all of the introns & leaving only the exons






28. 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






29. Plants & make their own food & lowest trophic level






30. When a cell controls how fast it wants to take things in






31. When a cell or nucleus has only a single set of chromosomes






32. Reproductive isolation due to different habitats in the same area






33. Secretes hormones that keep uterine lining thick in the event of fertilization & what the follicle turns into after fertilization






34. Exactly the same as mitosis






35. An organic compound with 3-7 carbons with a hydroxyl (OH) group bonded to each but one & which is double bonded to an oxygen






36. LH-like hormone produced by the placenta that maintains the corpus luteum






37. Going up and down around a set point






38. Species that are all undesirable resemble each other






39. Involves persistent changes in behavior that result from experience






40. A lipid that consists of carbon atoms arranged in four attached rings & three of which are hexagonal and the other is pentagonal






41. The proportion of a specific allele in a particular population






42. Can't make its own food






43. An individual of unknown genotype is crossed with a homozygous recessive individual






44. New genetically identical 'self' grows on the side and then breaks off






45. Original cell that forms sperm






46. The empty space in the ER tubes






47. Defense of a territory






48. Going up and down around a set point






49. When two parts of sister chromatids exchange corresponding parts






50. A disaccharide made from glucose and fructose & table sugar