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Life Science Final E
Final Exam Review
Question | Answer |
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A primitive cell with no nucleus | prokaryotic |
The movement of molecules form higher concentration to lower concentration | diffusion |
A differnet form a gene may have for a trait | alleles |
A physical trait that shows as a result of an organisms genotype | phenotype |
The union of the egg and the sperm | fertilization |
A permanent change in teh DNA of an organism | mutation |
Theory that living things come from other living things | biogenesis |
A protein that speeds up reactions in cells | enzyme |
The science that studies heredity | genetics |
A cell with a true nucleus | eukaryotic |
Gregor Mendel is the Father of Genetics | True |
In a punnet square, a capital (T) stands for a recessive allele. | False |
The combination, (Tt), represents a heterozygous genotype | True |
The first word of an organism's scientific name is the species | False |
The simplest kingdom, Monera, is prokaryotic | True |
Classification today, most commonly separates organisms into five kingdoms | True |
Aristotle's calssification DID NOT have a logical spot for amphibians | True |
The cell membrane is important becasue it is selectively permeable | True |
The energy organelle of the cell is the ribosomes | False |
Proteins are assembled in the nucleolus | False |
The ability of an organism to maintain a steady state is called: | homeostasis |
Adaptations in organisms are ______ | inherited from parents |
A _____ is a prediction that can be tested. | hypothesis |
A _____ tells what the data means. | analysis |
Groups of different tissues working together to perform the same hob are called: | organs |
The passive movement of substances through the cell membrane is called | diffusion |
____ is the process of that releases energy from glucose. | cellular respiration |
All of the following are composed of body cells EXCEPT (bone, liver, sperm, skin) | sperm |
In sexual reproduction, a new organism is produced when: | sex cells from two parents combine |
The code form amaking proteins is carried to the ribosomes by | mRNA |
The correct writing or the scientific name for the sweet pea would be: | Lathyrus odoratus |
The green pigment in algae and cyanobacteria that is responsible for photosynthesis is ___ | chlorophyll |
Energy is stored during | photosynthesis |
When you leave strawberries in a bowl sprinkled with sugar. Later the strawberries are surrounded with a delicious sweet syrup. The syrup come from: | the inside of the strawberry |
When you leave strawberries in a bowl sprinkled with sugar. Later the strawberries are surrounded with a delicious sweet syrup.The transport involved is ____ | passive |
When you leave strawberries in a bowl sprinkled with sugar. Later the strawberries are surrounded with a delicious sweet syrup.The specific name of this type of molecular movement is ___ | osmosis |
The difference between DNA and RNA in their structure is | DNA is 2-stranded and RNA is 1 |
Another differnece between DNA and RNA is | RNA has uracil; DNA has thymine |
The sugar in RNA is | ribose |
The suguar in DNA is | deoxyribose |
DNA occurs in the or thfoughout the | nuclus |
RNA occurs in | both the nucleus and cytoplasm |
The function of the DNA is to | transcribe the message |
The functiuon of RNA is to | deliver and translate the message |
The shape of DNA is | double helix and spiralcase |
DNA's structure was duscovered by Rosalind Frankklin using | x-rays |
The model for DNA earned a NObel Prize. Who was named? | Watson, Crick and Wilkinson |
Which is the only kingdom that is prokaryotic? | bacteria (Monera) |
Which kingdoms are made up of only multicellualr organisms? | plant and animal |
According to the evolution theory, plants evolved from | algae and cyanobacteria |
The kingdom that does not have any consumers is | Plant |
Animals, according to evolution probably evolved from | Protozoan |
Which of the kingdoms only have consumers | animal and fungi |
Which of the kingdom is only single celled? | bacteria (Monera) |
Life, according to evoulution, probably started with the _____ | bacteria in the oceans |
What would happen if all bacteria and fungi were removed form the Earth | there wwould be garbage piled hish as there would be no sprophytes |
Explain the importance of nitrogen-fixing bacterial to plants | they change nitrogen into a useable form for plants to use |
Why are bacteria classified in their own kingdom, rather than in the other kingdoms | they are all prokaryotic |
What causes bread to rise and what causes the holes in it? | carbon dioxide escaping |
Why don't doctors give you an antibiotic when you have a cold? | colds are viral and antibiotics are bacteria |
Explain what happens to the consumers in a lake if all the producers die | consumers will eat each other up and then die |
Explain why phenotype is dependent on genotype | phenotype depends on the two alleles which is shown in the genotype |
what is the differnece between offspring formed by sexual reproduction and those formed by asexual reproduction? | sexual offspring are different than either parent while asexual are identical to their parent |
Why are placental mammals more likely to survive to adulthood than monotremes or marsupials | protected in the uterus till born fully developed |
Describe the difference between ectothermic and endothermic animals | ectothermic is cold blooded, while endothermic is warm blooded |
How can indoor plants help to purify the air in a room with cigarette smoke? | They use the carbon monoxide instead of carbon dioxide in photosynthesis |
Why are fresh fruits and vegetables sprinkled with water in produce markets? | to let water in by osmosis and maintaining equilibrium |
How is the cell of a one-celled organism differnt from the cells in many-celled organisms? | it is able with one cell to maintain all the function of life |
In what type of cells do mitosis and meisos take place? | Meiosis cells are sex cells only while mitosis cells are body cells |
Classify as to kingdoma single-celled, eukaryotic organism that makes its own food | protist(algae) |
Explain what binomial nomenclature is, and whit it is important to scientists | it is a 2 naming system, it keeps scientists from being confused and it uses genus and species in Latin |
The correct order for the reproduction in the flowering plant is | flower-pollination-fertilization-seed formation-seed dispersal-germination |
The order of the evolution of plants is | cyanobacteria-algae-nonvascular plants-vascular plants |
The follwoing is needed in order for photosynthesis to take place | water, carbon dioxide, sunlight, and chlorophyll |
Vascular plants with flowers and produce seeds in fruits | angiospems |
Stems that are soft and green | herbaceous |
Using the sun to make food | photosynthesis |
Flowering plant with 2 cotyledons | dicot |
Development of a seed into a plant | germination |
Vascular plants that reproduce sees on cones | gymnosperms |
Regulates the size of the stomata | guard cell |
Response of a plant to a stimuli | tropism |
Releasing energy from food | respiration |
The chemical needed for photosynthesis | chlorophyll |