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Honors Freshman Science

Subject : science
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When a population is regulated by its environment's limits & grows until it levels out just below the carrying capacity and then oscillates






2. Energy level






3. The offspring of two genetically dissimilar parents






4. A plant structural compound






5. The lifestyle a species actually pursues and the resources it actually uses






6. The buildup of a toxin in an organism's body






7. The global movement of water between the abiotic environment and organisms






8. The accelerating population growth rate that occurs when optimal conditions allow a constant per capita growth rate






9. Produce estrogen and progesterone






10. Can't make its own food






11. An organic compound consisting of only carbon and hydrogen






12. Energy from food passing from one organism to the next in a sequence






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






14. Plastic cover of the penis






15. Focuses on the evolution of social behavior through natural selection






16. Release of the egg






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






18. The potential ecological niche of a species






19. Stimulates the anterior pituitary to make FSH and LH






20. A behavior that has been modified in response to environmental experience






21. Transmits hereditary information and determines what proteins a cell manufactures






22. Emphasizes species individuality & shows how each species has its own abiotic living requirements






23. 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






24. A process carried out to ensure that the male is actually male and a member of the same species






25. States that species richness is greatest at moderate levels of disturbance & so all the different species are at different stages in succession






26. Connects the ovary to the uterus & where fertilization usually takes place






27. The ability to adapt past experiences that may involve different stimuli to solve a new problem






28. Promotes cell elongation & apical dominance






29. Interaction among two or more individuals that attempt to use the same essential resource






30. Halfway between saturated and unsaturated






31. Where cell aerobic respiration takes place






32. Inhibits ovulation & affects the endometrium and cervical mucus to prevent implantation & regulates the menstrual cycle






33. A molecule consisting of a clycerol joined to three fatty acids






34. The measure of the relative importance of each species within a community & based on its abundance & productivity & or size






35. The assignments of codons for amino acids and for start and stop signals






36. The buildup of predator and prey strategies






37. TATA






38. The change in allelic frequencies of two or more populations over time & the interdependent evolution of two or more interacting species






39. A compound on the surface of animal cells that allow cells to recognize and interact with one another






40. When the chromosomes align at the cells middle






41. When water moves into a cell and keeps going in until the membrane bursts






42. 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






43. Flowering plant






44. The evolutionary diversification of many related species from one or more ancestral species in a relatively short period






45. Different traits are passed on separately and independently from one another






46. The study of how living organisms and the physical environment interact in an immense and complcated web of relationships & the broadest field of biology






47. The global movement of carbon between the abiotic environment and organisms






48. The average per capita death rate






49. Both individuals have male and female parts but don't self fertilize






50. Speciation that occurs when a new species evolves within the same geographic region as the parental species