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BIo 110
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
12/16/2010

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For life to have arisen from inanimate chemicals, it is believed that these conditions are necessary.
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NO free oxygen, chemical building blocks,
time, energy.
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A characteristic of living things
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Response to the environment.
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Swarm behavior and consciousness are examples of--- properties.
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Emergent
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The maintenance of constant internal environment in the organism is
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homeostasis
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A heterotroph is an organism that
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obtains nourishing molecules by consuming other organisms.
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an autotroph is an organism that
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is capable of synthesizing nourishing molecules using energy from external sources.
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An anaerobe is an organism that
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use no oxygen in metablosim
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an aerobe
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uses oxygen
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The ensemble of all the chemical activities taking place in an organism
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Metabolism
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Water displays these following properties
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excellent solvent, high surface tension, high specific heat.
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isotopes have
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the same number of protons but different number of neutrons.
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the linear sequence of amino acids in a protein is its ___ structure.
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Primary
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When we have a protein with more than one subunit, we refer to its
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Quaternary structure.
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Two molecules with the same formula but different placements are ___ isomers
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Structural
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the formation of a peptide bond releases a water molecule, this is an example of
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Condensation
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Homologous structures are the result of convergent evolution
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False
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The occurrence of a species in just a single location
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Endemism
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Homo floresiensis was present on the earth at the same time as homo sapiens.
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True
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Darwins' finches are
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an example of adaptive radiation, evolved from a single finch species, and showed micro evolution over a span of a few years.
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The accumulation of genetic changes within a population
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Micro evolution.
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The evolution of large antlers in now extinct Irish elk
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increased the mating success of males.
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Mating system in which few males mate with more than one females
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polygyny
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Mating system in which few males mate with more than one females
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polygyny
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Pink iguanas on the galapagos islands
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are a newly discovered species that is distinct from other species of iguanas
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Two geographically separated populations appear different but can breed and produce offspring
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Subspecies
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successful mating of two closely related species produces a
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hybrid
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Tree-like descriptions of the evolutionary origin of a group of related species
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phylogenies
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For two populations of species to be considered Separate They must fill this criteria
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The two populations cannot mate with each other.
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the process of naturally occurring variation
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Natural Selection
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In___, the selecting agent is humans, whereas in __ the selecting agent is the environment.
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artificial selection; natural selection
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Isotopes have the same number of neutrons but different number of protons
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False
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Dark colored moths have become less common as coal dust from urban areas of england has become less prevalent. This is an example of__
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Directional selection
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West chester faculty on evolution of salamanders
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Dr. Waber
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west chester pharmacology
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Dr. Beneski
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