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Honors Freshman Science
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Spontaneous generation & life may arise from nonliving matter (incorrect idea)
fitness
intron
abiogenesis
population density
2. Reproductive isolation due to different mating signals
sexual reproduction
lagging strand
behavioral (sexual) isolation
population density
3. A compound present on the outer surface of cells that aren't bacteria
turgor pressure
microsporocyte
glycoprotein
M phase
4. All of the contents of the cell inside the membrane
pinocytosis
GnRH
cytoplasm
kinetechore
5. The empty space in the ER tubes
trophic level
nucleotide
ER lumen
competitive exclusion principle
6. Have traits that contribute to a high population growth rate & usually small & reach maturity early & have short life span & have lots of offspring & provide little to no parental care
edge effect
clumped dispersion
oviporous
are selection populations
7. The average per capita birth rate
ovary
natality
turgor pressure
pinocytosis
8. Holds the ovaries to the body of the uterus
allopatric speciation
biosphere
ovarian ligament
posterior pituitary
9. The constricted region in a chromatid
osmotic pressure
phototropism
centromere
food chain
10. Produces testosterone
energy flow
gene flow
crossing over
interstitial cell
11. Where protein synthesis takes place
cell wall
ecology
hypothalamus
ribosome
12. Growth response to physical disturbance & positive or negative
thigmotropism
phytochrome
pyramid of numbers
decomposers
13. Going through protein channels with the concentration gradient
corpus luteum
Thomas Malthus
ribosome
facilitated diffusion
14. A compound on the surface of animal cells that allow cells to recognize and interact with one another
glycolipid
denaturation
anaphase
injectable contraceptive
15. Camouflage
fat
water vacuole
Okazaki fragment
cryptic coloration
16. A mutation in which the entire reading chain is shifted & changed everything after an addition or delection
sucrose
disruptive selection
frameshift mutation
limited resource
17. The divergence of two similar species living in the same geographic area
M phase
macroevolution
phagocytosis
character displacement
18. The probability of mortality is highest at a young age & the survival probability increases with age
type 3 survivorship cure
ER lumen
ovary
kin selection
19. The time inbetween meiosis 1 and 2
interkinesis
placenta
primary structure
steroid
20. The net energy available for biomass production by consumer organisms
nucleic acid
water vacuole
secondary productivity
biological organization
21. A parasite that lives inside the host
endoparasite
RNA primer
barrier method
lysis
22. Behavior that is common to a population & learned from other members of the group & and transmitted from one generation to another
punctuated equilibrium
culture
evolutionary arms race
density independent factor
23. Where cell aerobic respiration takes place
microsporocyte
mitochondria
semiconservative replication
polar body
24. When DNA replicates
acrosome
S phase
imprinting
sister chromatids
25. Larger cells
interkinesis
parasitism
cell elongation
evolutionary arms race
26. A piece of DNA made on the lagging strand
Okazaki fragment
trophic level
filament
savanna
27. Produces semen (2)
Bubourethral gland
endoctrine
pyramid of energy
codon
28. Reproductive successfulness
spermacide
starch
fitness
character displacement
29. A species that is crucial in determining the nature of the entire community and that greatly affects the rest of the community & keeps the who ecosystem in balance
interphase
parasitism
keystone species
condom
30. Each gene is present in two copies & when gametes are formed each gamete gets only one of the two factors
temperate forest
Law of Segregation
greenhouse effect
promoter
31. Turning energy from one form to another
nucleus
ectoparasite
energy transduction
carbon cycle
32. When the cell prepares itself for division
G2 phase
Darwin
insight learning
Mullerian mimicry
33. Species that show repetitive reproductive cycles
iteroparous
human demographics
microtubule
migration
34. A channel that takes things from one side of the phospholipid bilayer to the other by having a protein attach to the channel which changes its shape and moves the stuff to the other side
food chain
temperate forest
cooperative ion channel
spermacide
35. When the sister chomatids separate and the chromosomes move to opposite poles
anaphase
semiconservative replication
behavior
function group
36. Both dominant or recessive
homozygous
comminity
linked genes
density dependent factor
37. Required for making a boy a boy and sexual growth
placenta
corpus luteum
testosterone
altruism
38. Larger cells
cell elongation
rhythm method
biosphere
protein channel
39. A molecule consisting of a clycerol joined to three fatty acids
behavior
triaclyglycerol molecule
food chain
ecosytem
40. Makes up the cytoskeleton
directional selection
kinetechore
microtubule
contact inhibition
41. A group of populations of different species that live and interact in the same place at the same time
Beta human chorion gonadotropic
homologous chromosomes
meiosis 2
community
42. The increase in the concentration as the toxin passes through successive levels of the food web
megaspore
biological magnification
quaternary structure
ovouiviporous
43. The enzyme that takes out all of the introns & leaving only the exons
snRNP
operant conditioning
dipeptide
Batesian mimicry
44. The enzyme that takes out all of the introns & leaving only the exons
phototropism
sodium potassium pump
snRNP
DNA polymerase 1
45. When water moves into a cell and keeps going in until the membrane bursts
organismic model
lysis
adaptive radiation
polypoidy
46. High to low concentration
concentration gradient
tubal ligation
gene flow
steroid
47. A long whip-like tail used for movement
negative tropic response
turgor pressure
heredity
flagella
48. The empty space in the ER tubes
heredity
ER lumen
self fertilization
human demographics
49. A piece of DNA that codes for a specific trait
holandric
greenhouse effect
adaption
gene
50. Genes that tend to be inherited together
umbilical cord
linked genes
habitat isolation
sexual selection