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Biology 2nd Semester
Mr. Ryan's Semester Exam
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Biology
10th Grade
05/22/2007

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Term
A process that cause a large amount of the chemical energy of glucose to be converted to the energy in chemical bonds of ATP:
Definition
Aerobic Respiration
Term
A process that produces the oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere:
Definition
Photosynthesis
Term
With no limiting factors on population growth, what type of mathematical growth is expected?
Definition
Exponencial
Term
Type of plant tissue that is meristematic:
Definition
Cambium
Term
Phylum to which liverworts and mosses belong:
Definition
Bryophyta
Term
In Drosophilia, normal wing is dominant to wingless. What % of the offspring would be expected to have normal wings?
Definition
50%
Term
The cause of an egg developing into a male offspring in humans:
Definition
Contain an X Chromosome fertilized by a sperm containing a Y Chromosome
Term
Radial Symmetry is best shown in which organisms?
Definition
Jellyfish; Sea Star
Term
Examples of Mutualism:
Definition
E-Coli in Humans
Cellulose fermenting bacteria in cow
Root-Nodule bacteria of Beans
Protozoa in termites
Term
Similarities between Mitosis and Meiosis:
Definition
Both are preceded by the replication of DNA during Interphase.
Term
Structure(s) which secrete substances responsible for the development of secondary sex characteristics in a male mammal:
Definition
Testes
Term
Purpose of Stomata:
Definition
Let in CO2
Term
Actin and Myosin are proteins which help in what process?
Definition
Contraction of muscles
Term
Statements that provide evidence for a common origin of life:
Definition
Genetic code for protein synthesis
ATP
20 Amino Acids
The cell, the basic unit
Term
Man who predicted that the increase in the human population would become a major problem:
Definition
Thomas Malthus
Term
A meadow is studied for 25 years.
1st Year: Land was grassy; Dominant Bird: Grasshopper Sparrow.
25 years later: Land was covered with shrubs. Cardinals and Warblers were seen most often.
What is the process?
Definition
Succession
Term
Fact: Green plants that trap and digest insects grow well in certain volcanic clay soils.
Suggests that these plants are adapted to compensate for soils that lack which important chemical?
Definition
Nitrogen
Term
Zebras and Thomson's gazelles can coexist in the same ecosystem because of the fact that:
Definition
They don't occupy the same niche.
Term
Features of flowering plants that are adapted to a desert environment:
Definition
Taproot
Thick cuticle
Leaves are reduced to pines
Term
Place in correct sequence:
Definition
DNA, RNA, Protein, Trait
Term
TAC: Triplet code for an amino acid
The complementary coding triplet in messenger RNA would be:
Definition
AUG
Term
Systems that control animal behavior:
Definition
Nervous, Endocrine
Term
Enzymes: Function
Definition
Proteins that are specific in their reactions with substrates
Term
Most abundant molecule in living organisms:
Definition
Carbon Dioxide
Term
Result of Asexual Repoduction:
Definition
Offspring are genetically identical to the parent
Term
Facts about evolution:
Definition
Mutations produce new phenotypes
Environment will select some traits over others
New combinations of genes continually produce new phenotypes
Geographic isolation
Term
Arthopods that have wings:
Definition
Insects
Term
Arrange in correct order of Evolution:
Definition
Bony Fish
Amphibians
Reptiles
Birds
Term
Define: Ovulation:
Definition
An egg is released
Term
Storage form of glucose in animal cells:
Definition
Glycogen
Term
Roles of ATP:
Definition
RNA Synthesis
Glycolysis
Protein Synthesis
Contraction of a muscle
Term
A plant that is more primative than a pine tree but more advanced than a moss:
Definition
A fern plant
Term
Arrange in the correct sequence following fertilization:
Definition
Cleavage
Blastula
Gastrula
Larva
Term
What is the position of the blue whale in this food chain?
Definition
Secondary consumer
Term
Name a group of organisms that often function as decomposers in most forest ecosystems:
Definition
Fungi
Term
Interpret the results of the above cross:
Definition
Heterozygous: Dom. and Reces.
Homozygous Dom.: Both genes Dom.
Homozygous Reces.: Both genes Reces.
Term
Which major biochemical group of molecules contain nitrogen?
Definition
Proteins
Term
The 2 ways salts can enter living cells:
Definition
Active Transport
Diffusion
Term
Function of Thyroxine:
Definition
Stimulates general metabolism
Term
Cheetahs have been clocked at 110 km/hr. How would Darwin account for this?
Definition
Fast-Running cheetahs were more likely to survive and reproduce.
Term
Group of animals that successfully adapted to life on land through the development of the membranes that prevent water loss from embryos:
Definition
Reptile
Term
Casareian section will open this structure:
Definition
Uterus
Term
Placenta will be located in which structure?
Definition
Uterus
Term
Fertilization occurs here:
Definition
Fallopian Tube
Term
Progesterone is produced in this stucture:
Definition
Ovary
Term
Snapse is which number?
Definition
4
Term
Substance that cannot be digested by most animals:
Definition
Cellulose
Term
A cell organelle involved in packaging secretory products:
Definition
Golgi Apparatus
Term
Major constituent of plant cell walls:
Definition
Cellulose
Term
Substance incorporated into cell membranes:
Definition
Lipid
Term
Cell organelle involved in intracellular digestion:
Definition
Lysosome
Term
Cell organelle that contains enzymes or the Krebs Cycle:
Definition
Mitochondria
Term
What term is used to describe the event of a lamb being born with short bowed legs into a normal flock of sheep?
Definition
Mutation
Term
Crossing plants together:
Definition
Hybridization
Term
Black moths being less visible to predators:
Definition
Protective Coloration
Term
A flowering plant blooms in April cannot pollinate one that blooms in August:
Definition
Reproductive Isolation
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