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SCIENCE FINAL STRB
STUDY FOR STRB FINAL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| WHAT IS STIMULUS? | ANYTHING THAT CAUSES A REACTION OR CHANGE IN AN ORGANISM OR ANY PART OF AN ORGANISM. |
| WHAT IS HOMEOSTASIS? | THE MAINTENANCE OF A CONSTANTINTERNAL STATE IN A CHANGING ENVIROMENT. |
| WHAT IS SEXUAL REPRODUCTION? | REPRODUCTION IN WHICH THE SEX CELLS FROM TWO PARENTS UNITE PRODUCING OFFSPRING THAT SHARE TRAITS FROM BOTH PARENTS. |
| WHAT IS ASSEXUAL REPRODUCTION? | REPRODUCTION THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE THE UNION OF TWO SEX CELLS AND IN WHICH ONE PARENT PRODUCES OFFSPRING IDENTICAL TO ITSELF. |
| WHAT IS HEREDITY? | THE PASSING OF GENETIC TRAITS FROM PARENT TO OFFSPRING. |
| WHAT IS METABOLISM? | THE SUM OF ALL CHEMICAL PROCESS THAT OCCUR IN AN ORGANISM. |
| WHAT IS A PRODUCER? | AN ORGANISM THAT CAN MAKE ITS OWN FOOD BY USING ENERGY FROM ITS SURRONDINGS. |
| WHAT IS A CONSUMER? | AN ORGANISM THAT EATS OTHER ORGANISMS OR ORGANIC MATTER. |
| WHAT IS A DECOMPOSERR? | AN ORGANISM THAT GETS ENERGY BY BREAKING DOWN THE REMAINS OF DEAD ORGANISMS OR ANIMAL WASTES AND CONSUMING OR ABSORBING THE NUTRIENTS. |
| WHAT IS A PROTEIN? | A MOLECULE THAT IS MADE UP OF AMINO ACIDS AND THAT IS NEEDED TO BUILD AND REPAIR BODY STRUCTURES AND TO REGULATE PROCESSES IN THE BODY. |
| WHAT IS A CARBOHYDRATE? | A CLASS OF ENERGYGIVING NUTRIENTS. |
| WHAT IS A LIPID? | A TYPE OF BIOCHEMICAL THAT DOES NOT DISSOLVE IN WATER. |
| WHAT IS A PHOSPHOLIPID? | A LIPID THAT CONTAINS PHOSPHORURS AND THAT IS A STRUCTURAL COMPONENT IN CELL MEMBRANES. |
| WHAT IS AN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE OR ATP? | A MOLECULE THAT ACTS AS THE MAIN ENERGY SOURCE FOR CELL PROCESS. |
| WHAT IS NUCLEIC ACID? | A MOLECULE MADE UP OF SUBUNITS CALLED NUCLEOTIDES. |
| WHAT IS A CELL? | THE SMALLEST UNIT THAT CAN PREFORM ALL LIFE PROCESSES; CELLS ARE COVERED BY A MEMBRANE AND HAVE DNA AND CYTOPLASM. |
| WHAT IS A CELL MEMBRANE? | A PHOSPHOLIPID LAYER THAT COVERS A CELL'S SURFACE; ACTS AS A BARRIER BETWEEN THE INSIDE OF A CELL AND THE CELL'S ENVIROMENT. |
| WHAT IS AN ORGANELLE? | ONE OF THE SMALL BODIES IN A CELL'S CYTOPLASM THAT ARE SPECIALIZED TO PREFORM A SPECIFIC FUNCTION. |
| WHAT IS A NUCLEUS? | IN A EUKARYOTIC CELL, A MEMBRANE-BOUND ORGANELLE THAT CONTAINS THE CELL'S DNA AND THAT HAS A ROLE IN PROCESSES SUCH AS GROWTH, METABOLISM AND REPRODUCTION. |
| WHAT IS A PROKARYOTE? | AN ORGANISM THAT CONSISTS OF A SINGLE CELL THAT DOES NOT HAVE A NUCLEUS |
| WHAT IS A EUKARYOTE? | AN ORGANISM MADE UP OF CELLS THAT HAVE A NUCLEUS ENCLOSED BY A MEMBRANE |
| WHAT IS A CELL WALL? | A RIGID STRUCTURE THAT SURRONDS THE CELL MEMBRANE AND PROVIDES SUPPORT TO THE CELL |
| WHAT IS A RIBOSOME? | A CELL ORGANELLE COMPOSED OF RNA AND PROTEIN; THE SITE OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS |
| WHAT IS AN ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM? | A SYSTEM OF MEMBRANES THAT IS FOUND IN A CELL'S CYTOPLASM AND THAT ASSISTS IN THE PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND TRANSPORT OF PROTEINS AND IN THE PRODUCTION OF LIPIDS. |
| WHAT IS A MITOCHONDRIA? | IN EUKARYOTIC CELLS, THE CELL ORGANELLE THAT IS SURRONDED BY TWO MEMBRANES AND THAT IS THE SITE OF CELLULAR RESPIRATION. |
| WHAT IS THE GOLGI COMPLEX? | CELL ORGANELLE THAT HELPS MAKE AND PACKAGE MATERIALS TO BE TRANSPORTED OUT OF THE CELL. |
| WHAT IS A VESCILE? | A SMALL CAVITY OR SAC THAT CONTAINS MATERIALS IN A EUKARYOTIC CELL. |
| WHAT IS A LYSOSOME? | A CELL ORGANELLE THAT CONTAINS DIGESTIVE ENZYMES. |
| WHAT IS A TISSUE? | A GROUP OF SIMILIAR THAT PREFORM A COMMON FUNCTION. |
| WHAT IS AN ORGAN? | A COLLECTION OF TISSUES THAT CARRY OUT A SPECIALIZED FUNCTION OF THE BODY. |
| WHAT IS AN ORGAN SYSTEM? | A GROUP OF ORGANS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO PREFORM BODY FUNCTIONS. |
| WHAT IS AN ORGANSIM? | A LIVING THING; ABYTHING THAT CAN CARRY OUT LIFE PROCESSES INDEPENDENTLY. |
| WHAT IS A STRUCTURE? | THE ARRANGEMENT OF PARTS IN AN ORGANSIM. |
| WHAT IS A FUNCTION? | THE SPECIAL, NORMAL OR PROPER ACTIVITY OF AN ORGAN OR PART. |
| WHAT IS OSMOSIS? | THE MOVEMENT OF PARTICLES FROM EGIONS OF HIGHER DENSITY TO REGIONS OF LOWER DENSITY. |
| WHAT IS OSMOSIS? | THE DIFFUSION OF WATER THROUGH A SEMIPERMABLE MEMBRANE. |
| WHAT IS PASSIVE TRANSPORT? | THE MOVEMENT OF SUBSTANCES ACROSS A CELL MEMBRANE WITHOUT THE USE OF ENERGY BY THE CELL. |
| WHAT IS ACTIVE TRANSPORT? | THE MOVEMENT OF SUBSTANCES ACROSS A CELL MEMBRANE THAT REQUIRES THE CELL TO USE ENERGY. |
| WHAT IS ENDOCYTOSIS? | THE PROCESS BY WHICH A CELL MEMBRANE SURRONDS A PARTICLE AND ENCLOSES THE THE PARTICLE IN A VESCILE TO BRING THE PARTICLE INTO THE CELL. |
| WHAT IS EXOCYTOSIS? | THE PROCESS IN WHICH A CELL RELEASES A PARTICLE BY ENCLOSING THE PARTICLE IN A VESCILE THAT THEN MOVES TO THE SURFACE AND FUSES WITH THE CELL MEMBRANE. |
| WHAT IS PHOTOSYNTHESIS? | THE PROCESS BY WHICH PLANTS, ALGAE AND SOME BACTERIA USE SUNLIGHT, CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER TO MAKE FOOD. |
| WHAT IS CELLULAR RESPIRATION? | THE PROCESS BY WHICH CELLS USE OYGEN TO PRODUCE ENERGY FROM FOOD. |
| WHAT IS FERMENTATION? | THE BREAKDOWN OF FOOD WITHOUT THE USE OF OXYGEN. |
| WHAT IS THE CELL CYCLE? | THE LIFE CYCLE OF A CELL. |
| WHAT IS A CHROMOSME? | IN A EUKARYOTIC CELL, ONE OF THE STRUCTURES IN THE NUCLEUS THAT ARE MADE UP OF DNA AND PROTEIN; IN A PROKARYOTIC CELL, THE MAIN RING OF DNA. |
| WHAT IS A HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOME? | CHROMOSOMES THAT HAVE THE SAME SEQUENCE OF GENES AND THE SAME STRUCTURE. |
| WHAT IS MITOSIS? | IN EUKARYOTIC CELLS, A PROCESS OF CELL DIVISION THAT FORMS TWO NUCLEI, EACH OF WHICH HAS THE SAME NUMBER OF CHROMSOMES. |
| WHAT IS CYTOKINESIS? | THE DIVISION OF THE CYTOPLASM OF A CELL. |
| NAME ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS. | LIVING THINGS HAVE CELLS, LIVING THINGS SENSE AND RESPOND TO CHANGE, LIVING THINGS REPRODUCE, LIVING THINGS HAVE DNA, LIVING THINGS USE ENERGY AND LIVING THINGS GROW AND DEVELOP. |
| WHAT ARE THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE? | WATER, AIR, A PLACE TO LIVE AND FOOD. |
| WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SIMPLE AND COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES? | SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATES ARE MADE UP OF ONE MOLECULE OR A FEW SUGAR MOLECULES LINKED TOGETHER, WHILE COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES ARE MADE UP OF HUNDREDS OF SUGAR MOLECULES LINKED TOGETHER. |
| WHAT ARE NUCLEIC ACIDS MADE UP OF? | THEY ARE MADE UP OF NUCLEOTIDES. |
| WHAT ARE THE THREE PARTS OF THE CELL THEORY? | ALL ORGANISMS ARE MADE UP OF ONE OR MORE CELLS, THE CELL IS THE BASIC UNIT OF ALL LIVING THINGS AND ALL CELLS COME FROM EXISTING CELLS. |
| WHY ARE THE CELL SIZE LIMITED? | THE SURFACE AREA-TO-VOLUME RATIO. |
| WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CELLS? | PROKARYOTIC CELLS DON'T HAVE A NUCLEUS, AND EUKARYOTIC CELLS HAVE A NUCLEUS. |
| WHATS THE FORMULA FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS? | 6CO2+6H2O+LIGHT ENERGY------->C6H12O6 +602 |
| WHAT IS THE FORMULA FOR CELLULAR RESPIRATION? | C6H12O6+6O2---->6CO2+6H2O+ENERGY(ATP) |
| WHAT ARE SIX ELEMENTS THAT ARE KEY TO LIFE? | CARBON, HYDROGEN, NITROGEN, OXYGEN, PHOSPHORUS AND SULFUR. |
| WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIPIDS AND PHOSPHOLIPIDS? | PHOSPHOLIPIDS ARE ATTRACTED TO WATER WHILE LIPIDS CAN'T MIX WITH WATER. |
| WHERE IS CHLOROPLAST FOUND? | ONLY IN PLANT CELLS. |
| WHAT ARE ADVANTAGES ABOUT BEING MULTICELLUAR? | LARGER THAN SINGLE CELL ORGANI8SMS, A LONGER LIFESPAN AND HAVE CELL SPECIALIZATION. |
| WHAT IS HYPERTONIC? | IT CONTAINS A GREATER CONCENTRATION OF IMPERMABLES SOLUTES ON THE EXTERNAL SIDE OF THE MEMBRANE. |
| WHAT IS HYPOTONIC? | IT CONTAINS A LESS CONCENTRATION OF IMPERMABLE SOLUTES ON THE EXTERNAL SIDE OF THE MEMBRANE. |
| WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF A PIGMENT? | THESE ARE THE MOLECULES THAT ABSORB LIGHT ENERGY. |
| wHAT IS THE FIRST STAGE OF THE CELL CYCLE? | INTERPHASE |
| WHAT IS THE SECOND STAGE OF THE CELL CYCLE? | MITOSIS |
| WHAT IS THE FINAL STAGE OF THE CELL CYCLE? | CYTOKINESIS. |
| HOW MANY STAGES ARE IN THE CELL CYCLE? | 3 |
| HOW MANY PHASES ARE IN MITOSIS? | 4 |
| WHAT IS THE FIRST PHASE OF MITOSIS? | PROPHASE |
| WHAT IS THE SECOND PHASE OF MITOSIS? | METAPHASE |
| WHAT IS THE THIRD PHASE OF MITOSIS? | ANAPHASE |
| WHAT IS THE FINAL PHASE OF MITOSIS? | TELOPHASE |
| WHAT IS AN ORGANISM MADE UP OF A SINGLE CELL? | AN UNICELLUAR ORGANISM |
| NAME TWO TYPES OF LIPIDS THAT STORE ENERGY. | FATS AND OILS. |
| WHAT IS A CYTOSKELETON? | A WEB OF PROTEIN IN THE CYTOPLASM, IT ALSO KEEPS THE CELL MEMBRANE FROM COLLAPSING. |
| WHAT ARE THREE TYPES OF ARCHAEBACTERIA? | HEAT-LOVING, SALT-LOVING ANDMETHANE-MAKING. |
| WHAT ARE PROTEINS MADE UP OF? | AMINO ACIDS |
| WHAT IS A MOLECULE? | A SUBSTANCE MADE WHEN TWO OR MORE ATOMS COMBINE. |
| WHAT IS A COMPOUND? | MOLECULES MADE UP OF DIFFERENT ATOMS. |
| WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN YOUR MUSCLES ARE SHIVERING? | IT MEANS YOUR MUSCLES ARE COLD AND THEY ARE TWITCHING TO TRY TO WARM YOU UP. |
| HOW MUCH OF YOUR BODY IS MADE UP OF WATER? | 70% |
| WHAT DO ENZYMES DO? | THEY START OR SPEED UP CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN CELLS. |
| WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO DESCRIBE CELLS? | ROBERT HOOKE |
| WHAT IS A VACUOLE? | A LARGE VESCILE. |
| WHAT DOES SEMIPERMABLE MEAN? | ONLY CERTAIN SUBSTANCES CAN PASS THROUGH. |
| WHAT ARE CHANNELS? | PASSAGEWAYS THROUGH THE CELL MEMBRANE. |
| WHAT IS THE LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION IN THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM? | CELL, TISSUE, ORGAN AND ORGAN SYSTEM. |
| WHAT IS AN ALVEOLI? | A TINY AIR SAC IN THE LUNG. |
| WHAT DID ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK BE THE FIRST TO DO? | HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SEE BACTERIA THROUGH A MICROSCOPE. |
| WHY ARE MOST PLANTS GREEN? | THE MAIN PIGMENT, CHLOROPHYLL, IS ALSO GREEN WHICH GIVES THE PLANTS THAT GREEN COLOR. |
| WHAT IS CELLULOSE? | A COMPLEX SUGAR THAT MOST ANIMALS CAN'T DIGEST. |
| WHAT IS THE CELL THEORY? | A THEORY THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF EVERY LIVING ORGANISM. |
| WHAT ORGANELLE IN THE CELL PACKAGES AND AND AND DELIVERS PROTEINS AND LIPIDS? | GOLGI COMPLEX |
| WHAT ORGANELLE MAKES PROTEINS? | RIBOSOMES |
| WHAT ORGANELLE IS THE MAIN POWER SOURCE FOR THE CELL? | MITOCHONDRIA |
| WHAT ORGANELLE MAKES PROTEINS, LIPIDS AND OTHER MATERIALS? | ENODPLASMIC RETICULUM |
| WHAT DOES DIFFUSION ALLOW MATERIALS TO DO? | MOVE IN AND OUT OF THE CELL |
| STARCH IS AN EXAMPLE OF ________ AND IS MADE UP OF SUFGARS. | CARBOHYDRATES |
| WHERE DO ORGANISMS STORE ENERGY? | LIPIDS |
| NAME THREE EXAMPLES OF PROTEINS. | SPIDER WEBS, HAIR AND FEATHERS. |
| HOW DO MULTICELLUAR ORGANISMS GROW? | THEY MAKE THEIR OWN SMALL CELLS. |
| WHAT ARE THE FOUR BASIC TISSUES IN PLANTS? | NERVE, MUSCLE, PROTECTIVE AND CONNECTIVE. |
| WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF PLANT ORGANS? | LEAF, STEM AND ROOT. |
| WHAT ARE MILLIONS OF TINY AIR SACS IN THE LUNGS CALLED? | ALVEOLI |
| ABOUT HOW LONG CAN HUMANS SURVIVE WITHOUT WATER? | 3 DAYS |
| WHAT IS A PROTEIN FOUND IN RED BLOOD CELLS THAT ATTATCHES TO OXYGEN? | HEMOGLOBIN |
| WHO CONCLUDED THAT ALL CELLS COME FROM EXISTING CELLS? | VIRCHOW |
| WHO CONCLUDED THAT ALL PLANT PARTS WERE MADE OF CELLS? | SCHLEIDEN. |
| WHAT DO ALL LIVING THINGS HAVE? | CELLS |
| WHERE DOES THE SITE OF CELLUAR RESPIRATION? | MITICHONDRIA |
| NAME TWO FUNCTIONS THE CYTOSKELETON DOES. | KEEPS THE CELL MEMBRANE FROM COLLAPSING ON ITSELF AND HELPS THE CELL MOVE. |
| WHAT TWO ORGANELLES ARE IN A PLANT, BUT AREN'T IN AN ANIMAL CELL? | CHLOROPLAST AND A CELL WALL. |
| WHO CONCLUDED THAT ALL ANIMAL TISSUES WERE MADE OF CELLS? | SCHWANN |
| WHAT DOES PHOTOSYNTHESIS ALLOW A PLANT TO DO? | A PLANT TO PRODUCE FOOD(GLUCOSE). |
| WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF PIGMENTS? | IT HELPS THE PLANT OBTAIN ENERGY. |
| WHAT DO MOST OF THE CHEMICAL REACTIONS INVOLVED IN METABOLISM REQUIRE? | WATER |
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