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Honors Freshman Science

Subject : science
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1. Moving a solid molecule into a cell






2. The passage of energy in a one-way direction through an ecosystem






3. The young have a high probability of surviving & which the old have a much lower probability






4. A structure that separates the duplicated chromosomes during anaphase






5. Fused compound of the polar nuclei and the sperm cells that isn't used






6. Fluid filled chamber that surrounds and protects the developing embryo in a land egg






7. Original cell that forms sperm






8. The mating of genetically similar individuals that are more closely related than if they had been chosen at random from the entire population






9. Female part of the flower






10. The increase in the concentration as the toxin passes through successive levels of the food web






11. Species interacting in a positive way & Which modifies and enhances the local environment for other species






12. Stimulates the anterior pituitary to make FSH and LH






13. Breaking apart water






14. Gases act like a blanket and hold heat in the atmosphere






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






16. Both extremes are better than average






17. 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






18. A conservation approach that emphasizes restoring and maintaining the quality of an entire ecoystem rather than the conservation of individual species






19. Top of the stamen & where pollen is produced






20. Required for making a boy a boy and sexual growth






21. Composes the genes and contains the instructions for making all the proteins & as well as the RNA & an organism needs






22. Eggs formed and held in the mother & eggs hatch and the offspring leaves the mother






23. The tubules that extend from each pole to the equatorial region






24. Aka temperate deciduous forest & broadleaf trees






25. The number of individuals of a species per unit of area or volume at a given time






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






27. Aka boreal forest & big evergreen forests & cold most of the year






28. The movement of alleles






29. When the sister chomatids separate and the chromosomes move to opposite poles






30. Fused compound of the polar nuclei and the sperm cells that isn't used






31. Growth response to physical disturbance & positive or negative






32. Each gene is present in two copies & when gametes are formed each gamete gets only one of the two factors






33. The constituent of a protein & has an amino group (NH2) and a carboxyl group (COOH) bonded to the same alpha carbon






34. The beta pleated sheet or alpha helix






35. Cells are the basic unit of living organisms and all cells come from pre-existing cells






36. When an original part of the double helix is put together with a new strand & and the same is done with the other part of the original






37. Coding material






38. Reproductive successfulness






39. Birth canal






40. Behavior that is common to a population & learned from other members of the group & and transmitted from one generation to another






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






42. Checks for errors and takes of RNA primer






43. Things that eat the primary consumers & third lowest trophic level






44. A disaccharide made from two glucoses & malt sugar






45. Flowering plant






46. A parasite that lives on the outside of the host






47. Causes rapid cell division






48. Up or down






49. A lipid that consists of a clycerol molecule attached at one end to two fatty acids & and at the other end to a phosphate group linked to an organic compound






50. The information from the mRNA being used to form a protein