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| An organism is a multicellular decomposer made of eukaryotic cells. What kingdom does it belong in? |
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| An organism is a single-celled consumer made of prokaryotic cells. What kingdom does it belong in? |
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| Briefly describe conjugation in bacteria. |
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| Conjugation passes a trait from one bacteria to another via a strand of DNA called a plasmid. |
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| Even though conjugation among bacteria does not result in offspring, it can significantly affect the population of bacteria growth. |
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| If the trait that is passed by the plasmid allows the bacteria to survive when it otherwise wouldn't, it will increase the population. |
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| What two phyla contain macroscopic algae? |
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| Rhodophyta and Phaeophyta |
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| What is the function of rhizoid hyphae? |
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| It supports the fungus and digests the food. |
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| What is the function of a stolon? |
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| What is the function of a sporophore? |
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| It releases spores for reproduction. |
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| What is the function of hausterium? |
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| It is a parasitic fungus that invades the cells of a living host and absorbs food directly from the cytoplasm. |
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| What phylum contains fungi that do not have a known method of reproduction? |
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| Name a form of mutualism in which fungi participate. Describe: |
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| A lichen is a mutualistic relationship between fungus and alga. The alga produces food for both via photosynthesis while the fungus supports and protects the alga. |
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| To turn gas into liquid do you add or remove energy? |
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| What determines the vast majority of the characteristics in an atom? |
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| The amount of PROTONS and ELECTRONS. |
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| Consider the following chemical reactions: 02 + 2H3 -> 2H20. What are the reactants, products, and how many molecules of H2 are used in the reaction? |
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The reactants are {O2 and H4}
The product is {H2O}
There are 2. |
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| Two solutions of different solute concentration are separated by a membrane. After a while, the water levels of the two solutions change. Has osmosis or diffusion taken place? What kind of membrane is being used? |
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| Osmosis has taken place and a semipermeable membrane was used. |
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| As a sequence of nucleotide bases. |
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| What are the 4 stages of cellular respiration? Which one produces the most energy? |
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1) Glycolysis
2)The formation of acetyl coenzyme A.
3) The electron transport system. ( this one uses the most energy) |
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| If a cell has no oxygen, what stage of cellular respiration can still run? |
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| List in order the stages of mitosis. |
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| Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. |
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| A diploid number of a cell is 16. What is the haploid number? |
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| What is the difference between a gamete and a normal cell? |
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| A gamete is haploid while a normal cell is diploid. |
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| List in order the stages of meiosis. |
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| ProI, metaI, anaI, teloI, ProII, metaII, anaII, teloII. |
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| What are the gametes produced in male animals called? What about those of a female? |
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| A persons decides to wait to get a vaccine until he contracts measles. What is wrong with this strategy? |
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| A vaccine is only good if you take it before getting infected, because it is meant to build up the antibodies that you need to fight off the virus before it overwhelms the body. |
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| What is a phenotype and a genotype? |
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Genotype:the specific allele makeup of the individual (tt, TT, Tt)
Phenotype:Tall, or short, red or green (you know) |
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| Two individuals have the same exact genotype for a certaint trait but they are not identical when it come to that trait. How is this possible? |
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| The environmental and (in the case of humans)spiritual factors were probably different. |
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| If a recessive genetic disease occurs much more frequently in ment that women, which chromosome should be studied as a possible source of the disease? |
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| What change to the concept of macroevelution did Neo-Darwinism make? |
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| The added MUTATION as a means by which info could be added to the genetic code |
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| What age old concept was Darwin able to dispel with his research? |
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| The immutability of species. |
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| How would an adherent to punctuated equilibrium explain the lack of intermediate links in the fossil record? |
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| "Since the transition from species to species takes such a short amount of time, there is virtually no chance of an intermediate link being fossilized. |
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| Does the study of structural homology provide evidence for or against macroevelution? |
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| It provides strong evidence against it because the similar structures are determined by quite different genes. |
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| Did Darwin ever recant his beliefs? |
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| The amino acid sequence in the protein called cytochrome C are studied for many different organisms which where all compared to that of a horse. According the hypothesis of macroevelution which should be more similar the the cytochrome C of a horse? That of a fish, giraffe, or bacterium? |
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| What roles do amebocytes play in the life of a sponge? |
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| They help digest and transport nutrients, help carry waste to be exctreded, the bring necessary gases such as oxygen to the cells, and the y form spicules or spongin. |
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| What are the 5 common characteristics among arthropods? |
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1) Exoskeleton
2) Body segmentation
3) Jointed appendages
4) An open circulatory system
5) Ventral nervous system |
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| What are the 5 characteristics that set arachnids apart from other arthropods? |
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1)4pairs of walking legs
2) 2 body segments
3) No Antennae
4) Book lungs
5) 4pairs of simple eyes. |
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| What are the 4 characteristics that set insects apart from other arthropods? |
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1) 3 pairs of walking legs
2) Wings
3) 3 body segments
4) 1 pair antennae |
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| Why don't insects have a respiratory system? |
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| They have a complex network of tranchaes that allow air to travel throughout the body. |
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| What does the cerebrum do? |
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| It integrates sensory information and coordinates a response to that info |
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| A female mates a male and then lays eggs that develop and hatch. Internal or external fertilization? What kind of development? |
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| Internal fertilization and oviparous development. |
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| What is the fundamental difference between monocots and dicots?? |
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| The number of cotyledons produced in the seed. |
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| What is the property of water that governs how the water flows upwards in a plant? |
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| What are the male and female reproductive organs of a flowers |
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| What is the purpose of a cotyledon? |
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| It provides nutrients to the embryo in the seed. |
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| State the 5 characteristics that set reptiles apart from other vertebrates? |
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1) Rough scaly skin
2) Being ectothermic
3) Breathing with lungs whole life
4) 3 chambered hear with a partly divided ventricle.
5) Producing amniotic eggs covered in a leathery shell. |
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| What are the 5 characteristics that set mammals apart from other vertebrates. |
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1) hair covering skin
2) reproduce with internal fertilization and usually vivip
3) Nourish young with milk secreted from specialized glands.
4) 4 chambered heart
5) endothermic. |
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| The 6 characteristics of birds. |
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1) endothermic
2) 4 chambered heart
3) toothless bill
4) oviparous, laying amniotic egg covered in a lime-containing shell
5)Feathers
6) Skeleton composed of porous lightweight bones. |
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