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Honors Freshman Science
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The nuclear division that produces two nuclei containing chronosomes identical to those in the parental nucleus
mitochondria
anaphase
cotyledon
mitosis
2. Produces follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH)
tertiary structure
spherical
anterior pituitary
budding
3. A piece of DNA made on the lagging strand
learned behavior
nucleolus
parasitism
Okazaki fragment
4. A geographic area that animals seldom leave
termination sequence
home range
thigmotropism
species diversity
5. A compound in which carbon atoms are covalently bonded to one another to form the backbone of the molecule
nastic response
punctuated equilibrium
society
organic compound
6. 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
FSH
oral contraceptive
bacillus
7. All the Earth's communities and their interactions and connections with the planet's abiotic factors
biosphere
plasmolysis
polysaccharide
endosymbiotic theory
8. On the side where the 3' carbon is
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9. Where seminiferous tubules are found & where testosterone is made
cooperative ion channel
sister chromatids
testes
placenta
10. A macromolecule composed of amino acids
density independent factor
protein
Okazaki fragment
testosterone
11. Required for making a boy a boy and sexual growth
hydrophillic
megasporocyte
gymnosperm
testosterone
12. Where sperm cells are formed by spermatogenesis
seminiferous tubules
intron
isomer
ecosytem
13. Eggs laid and then fertilized
external fertilization
megasporocyte
intraspecific competition
rhythm method
14. Behavior that is common to a population & learned from other members of the group & and transmitted from one generation to another
chorion
culture
denaturation
consumption overpopulation
15. A mating system in which a male mates with only one female during a breeding season
monogamy
protein
home range
purine
16. Contains multiple monosacharides bonded together & consists of repeating units of simple sugars
homologous chromosomes
polysaccharide
cytoplasm
Darwin
17. A type of learning in which an animal learns to ignore a repeated & irrelevant stimulus
spherical
incomplete dominance
gene flow
habituation
18. The contribution that each parent makes in producing and rearing offspring
DNA polymerase 1
asexual reproduction
natural selection
parental investment
19. Cut down trees and then burn them & pollutes the air & 'kills' the soil
slash and burn agriculture
snRNP
cell elongation
random dispersion
20. The probability of survivorship doesn't change with age
type 2 survivorship curve
ES complex
3' end
microsporocyte
21. A periodic long-distance travel from one location to another
antiparallel
migration
Golgi complex
ES complex
22. Provides food for the developing embryo in a land egg
termination sequence
exploitation competition
dominant species
yoke sac
23. Going from areas of high concentration to low concentration & going with the concentration gradient
microevolution
crepuscular
passive transport
sex reversal
24. Used for reproductive purposes and peeing
oscillate
urethra
classical conditioning
thigmotropism
25. The strand of DNA that is always growing away from the replication fork & so only short pieces can be synthesized
cervix
secondary productivity
coleoptile
lagging strand
26. Cold & dry & permafrost & treeless & short growing season
intrasexual selection
tundra
complementary
consumption overpopulation
27. The evolutionary diversification of many related species from one or more ancestral species in a relatively short period
promoter
hydrocarbon
adaptive radiation
G2 phase
28. A type of learning in which an animal learns to ignore a repeated & irrelevant stimulus
epistasis
saturated fatty acid
diploid
habituation
29. The largest population that can be maintained for an indefinite period by a particular environment as long as there are no changes in it
monosaccharide
carrying capacity
tropical rainforest
spermacide
30. A species is protected because of its similar appearance to an undesirable species
prophase
Batesian mimicry
community
cyclin
31. Busiest at dawn or dusk
habitat isolation
G1 phase
mRNA
crepuscular
32. Coding material
mRNA
meiosis 2
exon
pyrimidine
33. A phospholipid bilayer in which the layers are oriented towards each other and there are proteins on the outside of and in between the layers
phagocytosis
S phase
fluid mosaic model
starch
34. Occurs when there is the same concentration in different areas
equilibrium
tropical rainforest
community stability
microspore
35. Produces semen (3)
prostate
keystone species
ectoparasite
commensalism
36. The transmission of genetic information from parent to offspring
heredity
pyrimidine
biological organization
ectoparasite
37. Moving a liquid molecule into a cell
allele
pinocytosis
hypothalamus
concentration gradient
38. Separates sperm from the egg
species diversity
barrier method
human demographics
cell theory
39. A sequence of three bases that hydrogen bond with the mRNA codon by complementary base pairing
operant conditioning
viviporous
the signal to start bringing amino acids
anticodon
40. The enzyme that makes RNA and unzips the DNA for transcription
facilitated diffusion
codon
intrauterine device (IUD)
RNA polymerase
41. The typical form of carbohydrate used for energy storage in plants
diaphragm
progesterone
starch
monosaccharide
42. An environmental factor whose ways of affecting a population are altered when there is a change in population density
density dependent factor
amnion
ecology
ovulation
43. A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is unharmed
tertiary structure
cytoskeleton
thigmotropism
commensalism
44. A geographic area that animals seldom leave
energy flow
tubal ligation
evolutionary arms race
home range
45. A chain produced by likening small organic compounds called monomers
parental investment
gravitropism
polymer
artificial selection
46. Promotes cell eleongation & cell division & and seed growth
RNA
transcription
abiogenesis
gibberellin
47. A cooperative view of the community that stresses interactions between different species
organismic model
interspecific competition
Boysen-Jensen
style
48. 'packages' cell products
Golgi complex
K selection populations
parental investment
macroevolution
49. A lipid that consists of carbon atoms arranged in four attached rings & three of which are hexagonal and the other is pentagonal
steroid
the signal to start bringing amino acids
keystone species
genetic equilibrium
50. The change in allelic frequencies of two or more populations over time & the interdependent evolution of two or more interacting species
granum
coevolution
intermediate disturbance hypothesis
Boysen-Jensen