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BIOLOGY CLASS
QUIZ ONE
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
08/28/2006

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5 steps of scientific method
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observation, question, hypothesis, experiment, conclusion
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describe seven characteristics exbibited by all living things
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organized into cells, assimilates and uses energy, homeostasis, responds to the environment, reproduction, growth and development, evolutionary adaptation
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the molecule of heredity is
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DNA[image]
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LIST THE TEN LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION FOUND IN LIVING THINGS
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ATOM, MOLECULE, ORGANELLE, CELL, TISSUE, ORGAN, ORGANISM, POPULATION, COMMUNITY, BIOSPHERE
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4 KINGDOMS OF THE DOMAIN EUKARYA
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PROTISTA, FUNGI, PLANTAE, ANIMALIA
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THEORY
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SET OF PRINCIPALS SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE
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HYPOTHESIS
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TENTATIVE, TESTABLE EXPLANATION OF AN OBSERVED PHENOMENON
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EXPERIMENTAL GROUP
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AN ADJUSTABLE CONDITION GROUP IN THE EXPERIMENT
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CONTROL GROUP
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GROUP WHERE NO VARIABLES ARE INTRODUCED
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HOMEOSTASIS
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MAINTAINED RELATIVELY STABLE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
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METABOLISM
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THE SUM OF ALL CHEMICAL REACTIONS CARRIED OUT BY A CELL OR LARGER ORGANISM
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DNA
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DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID- PRIMARY INFORMATION BEARING MOLECULE OF LIFE, 2 CHAINS OF NUCLEOTIDES LINKED TOGETHER TO FORM DOUBLE HELIX
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SPECIES
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GROUP OF ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL INTERBREEDING NATURAL POPULATION // REPRODUCTIVELY ISOLATED FROM OTHER POPULATIONS
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MUTATION
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PERMANENT ALTERATION IN DNA BASE SEQUENCE
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AUTOTROPH
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ANY ORGANISM THAT MAKES OWN FOOD, PHOTOSYNTHESIS[image]
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HETEROTROPH
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CONSUMER=-CANNOT MAKE OWN FOOD MUST GET FOOD FROM ELSWHERE--ALL ANIMALS ARE HETEROTROPHS[image]
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The _______ is the smallest unit of life
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Cell
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Organelle that carries out photosynthesis
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chloroplasts
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________________ takes place in the mitochondria
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Aerobic Respiration
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Cells can be divided into two groups ____________ and___________.
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Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic
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A cell that is ____________ has no nucleus or membrane bound organelles/
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Prokaryotic
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A cell that is __________________ has a nucleus and membrane bound organelles
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Eukaryotic
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The ____________ is found outside the plasma membrane in plants, bacteria, fungi,and some protists
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cell wall
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The ________________ refers to all the chromosomes and their associated proteins
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chromatin
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Name the three things that happen in the chloroplasts
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-capture sunlight
-ATP formed
-organic compounds form
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The "powerhouse of the cell" is the ______
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mitochondria
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Membrane bound recyclers that digest old or defective organelles are
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lysosomes
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Name three things that all cells have
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-plasma membrane
-DNA containing region
-cytosol
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The control center of the cell in eukaryotes is the _________
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nucleus
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The membranous network of channels that is continuous with the nuclear envelope is the
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Endoplasmic Reticulum+
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These non-membrane bound organelles are important in protein synthesis:
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Ribosomes
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This processes and distributes proteins
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Golgi Complex
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