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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| One of the key elements of a cell theory is | ALL ORGANISMS MADE OF CELLS |
| Some of the prokaryotic cells are "anaerobic" referring to their | ABILITY TO LIVE WITHOUT OXYGEN |
| Smaller cells tend to have more ______ than larger cells | SURFACE AREA |
| Which of the following is true about eukaryotic cells | TRUE KERNEL, HAS NUCLEUS, GENETIC MATERIAL LINEAR, ALL AEROBIC (REQUIRES O2 OXYGEN), LARGER SIZE, UNICELLULAR & MULTICELLULAR -ORGANELLES IN CYTOPLASM |
| Specialized membrane-bound structures within the cells are known as | ORGANELLES |
| The cell nucleus functions is the ______ of the factory | ENGINEERING CENTER |
| Every eukaryotic cell has 3 of the following components | NUCLEUS, MEMBRANE-BOUND ORGANELLES, ALL ARE AEROBIC |
| One of the functions of a vacuole in a plant cell is to | SUPPORT THE PLANT BY STORING/REGULATING WATER |
| The universal energy in all living cells is | ATP ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE |
| Moving protons (H+) from one side of a membrane to the other | ATP IS USED TO TRANSPORT PROTONS ACROSS THE CONCENTRATION GRADIENT |
| The lifespan of a lipid bi-layer in membranes is generally | MEASURED IN HOURS |
| The "endosymbiotic hypotheses" proposes that | MITOCHONDRIA AND CHOLORPLAST BEGAN AS INDEPENDENT ORGANISMS DEVELOPED A "MUTUALISTIC" RELATIONSHIP EVENTUALLY BECOME PART OF A CELL CAN REPLICATE THEMSELVES |
| The overall function of mitochondria is to | CONVERT SUGAR INTO ATP-PRODUCE ENERGY |
| Which of the following are examples of kinetic energy | ENERGY IN MOTION-WIND, WATER |
| The second law of thermodynamics tells us | ALL SYSTEMS TEND TOWARDS DISORDER AND RANDOMNESS; WHEN ENERGY CHANGES FROM ONE FOR TO ANOTHER, BYPRODUCT IS HEAT. |
| As "energy organelles" plant cells have | CHLOROPLASTS AND MITOCHONDRIA |
| The first organisms on Earth occurred about ______ years ago | 3.5 BILLION |
| Autotrophic organisms get their energy from | THEMSELVES, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, CONVERTING INORGANIC COMPOUNDS TO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS |
| The early atmosphere of Earth lacked | OXYGEN |
| "Class" is a level in the Linnaean classification hierarchy between | PHYLUM OR DIVISION AND ORDER |
| When tectonic plates moved, they influenced evolution by | CHANGING ENVIRONMENT, PRESSURING ORGANISMS TO ADAPT TO THEIR NEW ENVIRONMENT, SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST |
| The eukaryotic kingdoms differ in their | MODE OF NUTRITION, PLANTS: PHOTOSYNTHESIS, FUNGI: ABSORB NUTRIENTS, ANIMALS: INGEST |
| Scientific names are used instead of common names because | COMMON NAMES ARE CONFUSING, MISLEADING, IE: SPANISH MOSS |
| Linnaeus named a plant "Siegesbeckia" in order to | GET BACK AT HIS ENEMY, JOHANN WHO CRITICIZED HIM FOR SAYING PLANTS CAN SEXUALLY REPRODUCE; STINKS, AND GROWS IN MUD |
| In which kingdom do viruses belong | NONE |
| Viruses are composed of ______ and ______ | CAPSID AND DNA/RNA |
| ______ are viruses that attack bacteria | BACTERIOPHAGE |
| HIV infection attacks the | IMMUNE SYSTEM T-4 CELLS |
| Which of the following human diseases is not caused by viruses | FLU, WARTS, COLD SORES, DIARRHEA, MEASLES, MUMPS, POLIO, YELLOW FEVER, SOME COLDS PNEUMONIA, CANCER, AIDS, HERPES |
| HIV stands for | HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS |
| Vaccines are difficult to make against HIV because | IT MUTATES RAPIDLY |
| Bacteria found in root nodules of some legumes are capable of | FIX NITROGEN MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO PLANTS |
| The oldest organisms are found in this Kingdom | ARCHAEBACTERIA |
| Azolla and its associated cyanobacteria have what type of relationship | PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIP OR A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP. |
| Red tides result from large numbers of these organisms | DINOFLAGELLATES |
| The organism which causes malaria comes from which of the following | SPOROZOA |
| How many cells are there in the average slime mold | ONE GIANT CELL |
| Diatoms often look like: | PETRI DISHES |
| Which Kingdom is made up entirely of unrelated organisms | PROTISTA KINGDOM |
| The evolution of "cephalization" led to the development of | THE HEAD |
| Which is the only asymmetrical Phylum | PORIFERA |
| Which of the phylum was the first to have a true circulatory system | ANNELIDA |
| Oxygen, carbon dioxide and nutrients are distributed in flatworms by | DIFFUSION |
| A key evolutionary development in phylum nematode was | SEPARATE ANUS AND MOUTH |
| Which groups of animals are entirely marine | ECHINODERMATA |
| The animal phylum with the most species is | ARTHROPODA |
| Which of the following are functions of coelom | SERVES AS SKELETON IN SOME; MEANS OF CIRCULATING FLUIDS; PLACE WHERE INTERNAL ORGANS FORM |
| Beer & wine are fermented by which fungal division | ASCOMCYOTA |
| Which of the following is true of pollination | PLANTS NEED TO POLLINATE TO REPRODUCE |
| Mycorrhizae associations in plant roots | IMPORTANT FOR ABSORPTION OF WATER AND NUTRIENTS |
| All the divisions in the kingdom end in "mycota" are | FUNGI |
| Modern terrestrial plants evolved from which aquatic ancestor | CHLOROPHYTA |
| Which of the following is true about the Fungi imperfecti | INCLUDES ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT FUNGI |
| The first land plants probably looked very similar to plants in this group | BRYOPHYTA |
| For plants to make transition to survive on land required | MEANS TO RETAIN WATER AND WATER TRANSPORT SYSTEM |
| A problem associated with the development of a vaccine against bird flu virus | THE MUTATION ABILITY |
| In the movie, what epidemic did Dr John Snow prevent in 1854 London | COLLERA |
| The bird flu is caused by what strain of virus | 1918 FLU |
| Why were young children the first causalities of the bird flu in Thailand | CHILDREN PLUCKED THE CHICKENS AND THIS EXPOSED THEM TO THE VIRUS |
| Where did the bird flu come from | SE ASIA |
| What percentage of the people who catch bird flu die from it | 50% |
| Which of the following might be effective in preventing the bird flu from becoming a pandemic | TRY TO CONTAIN IT AT THE SOURCE OF THE OUTBREAK TO ISOLATE THE DISEASE. |
| According to the movie, the human population originated in | AFRICA |
| ______ were used to determine the lineage of the human race | BLOOD/GENETIC MARKERS |
| Early humans first migrated to | AUSTRALIA |
| Why did the early humans migrate from their original homeland | RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGES SUCH AS DROUGHT, FIRES, AND FOLLOWING THEIR FOOD. |
| Which of the following are not "closely" related to the others | AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES |
| How long ago did humans first leave their place of origin | 35,000 YEARS AGO |
| How did humans migrate from Siberia to North America | BERING LAND BRIDGE (BERINGIA THEORY) |
| By 2010, which countries are most seriously affected by AIDS | ETHIOPIA, NIGERIA, RUSSIA, CHINA, INDIA. |