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Biology class

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show stroma of the chloroplast  
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show this pigment is best at absorbing light with a wavelength of 700nm  
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1Which of the following statements is a correct distinction between autotrophs and hetertrophs?   show
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1Chloroplasts of plants capture light energy from the sun and convert it to chemical energystored in sugar and other organic molecules. This process is called   show
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1A large number of ribosomes are present in cells that specialize in producing which of the following molecules   show
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show smooth endoplasmic reticulum  
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show mitochondrion  
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1Which of the following are capable of converting light energy to chemical energy?   show
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show Mitochondrion  
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1Which of the following is a compartment that often takes up much of the volume of a plant cell?   show
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1What is the term for metabolic pathways that release stored energy by breaking down complex molecules?   show
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show cytosol  
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1Which of the following normally occurs whether or not oxygen(O2) is present?   show
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show phospholipids and protiens  
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show an energy source such as ATP or a proton gradient  
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show catabolism  
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show They consume energy to build up polymers from monomers  
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show Energy cannont be created or destroyed  
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1Choose the pair of terms that correctly completes this sentence: Catabolism is to anabolism as ___________ is to __________.   show
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1Which of the following statements regarding enzymes is true?   show
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1Which of the following is considered an open system?   show
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show chromatids remain attached to one another until anaphase.  
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3What is a chromatid?   show
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show metaphase  
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3Which term describes centromeres uncoupling, sister chromatids separating, and the two new chromosomes moving to opposite poles of the cell?   show
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show Prophase  
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3The somatic cells derived from a single-celled zygote divide by which process?   show
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3Which of the following is true concerning cancer cells?   show
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3When Thomas Hunt Morgan crossed his red-eyed F1 generation flies to each other, the F2 generation included both red-and white-eyed flies. Remarkabley, all the white-eyed flies were male. What was the explanation for this result?   show
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3A man with Klinefelter syndrom(47,XXY) is expected to have any of the followin EXCEPT   show
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3A woman is found to have 47 chromosomes, including 3 X chromosomes. Which of the following describes her expected phenotype?   show
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3Males are more often affected by sex-linked traits than females because   show
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3A Barr body is normally found in the nucleus of which kind of human cell?   show
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3A cell that has 2n + 1 chromosomes is   show
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show Age of the mother  
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3Pea plants were particularly well suited for the use of Mendel's breeding experiments for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that   show
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show A dihybrid cross involves organisms that are heterozygous for two characters and a monohybrid only one  
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show dominance  
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3The F1 offspring of Mendel's classic pea cross always looked like one of the two parental varities because   show
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3What was the most significant conclusion that Gregor Mendel drew from his experiments with pea plants?   show
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3When crossing an organism that is homozygous recessive for a single trait with heterozygote, what is the chance of producing an offspring with the homozygous recessive phenotype?   show
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show 1/2  
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show The complete complement of an organism's genes  
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3A cell divides to produce two daughter cells that are genetically different   show
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show The statement is true for meiosis I only.  
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show The statement is true for mitosis and meiosis II  
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show the statement is true for meiosis I only  
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3Chiasmata are what we see under a microscope that let us know which of the following is occurring?   show
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3Which of the following occurs in meiosis but not in mitosis?   show
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3A karyotype results from which of the following?   show
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show Locus  
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show ATP,RNA, and DNA  
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4A particular triplet of bases in the template strand of DNA is 5' AGT 3'. The corresponding codon for the mRNA transcribed is   show
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4A possible sequence of nucleotides in the teplate strand of DNA that would code for the polypeptide sequence phe-lue-lie-val would be   show
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show met-ser-ser-lue-ser-lue  
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4Which of the following is not true of a codon?   show
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show complementary to the corresponding mRNA codon  
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4Which of the following is not true of RNA processing?   show
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show 5'-CTTCGGGAA-3'  
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show a single nucleotide insertion downstream of, and close to, the start of the coding sequence  
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show DNA  
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show include a transgenic rice plant that can help prevent vitamin A deficiency  
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4Which of the following is one of the technical reasons why gene therapy is problematic?   show
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4Catastrophism, meaning the regular occurrence of geological or meteorological disturbances (catastrophes), was Cuview's attempt to explain the existence of   show
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show Earth is a few thousand years old, and populations are unchanging  
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show characteristics acquired durig an organism's life are generally not passed on through genes  
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show Aristotle,Linnaeus, and Cuvier  
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4Charles Darwin was the first person to propose   show
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4In Darwin's thinking, the more closely related two different organisms are the   show
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show an overarching explanation, supported by much evidence, for how populations change over time  
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show recombination at fertilization  
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show a cline  
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4Which is a true statement concerning genetic variation?   show
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4In a Hardy=Weinberg population with two alleles, A and a, that are in equilbrium, the frequence of the allel a is 0.4. What is the percentage of the population that is homozygous for this allele?   show
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show 18  
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4In a Hardy-Weinberg population with two alleles, A and a, that are in equilibrium, the frequency of allele a is 0.2. What is the frequency of individuals with Aa genotype?   show
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show the reshuffling of alleles in sexual reproduction  
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show Habitat isolation  
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4Theoretically, the production of sterile mules by interbreeding between female horses and mal donkeys should   show
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4The biological species concept is inadequate for grouping   show
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show geographic isolation  
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4Which of the following statements about speciation is correct   show
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show Purines pair with pyrimidines  
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show hydrogen  
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show sequence of bases  
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5Why are viruses referred to as parasites?   show
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5Which of the following molecules make up the viral envelope?   show
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show rabies  
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5Which of the following accounts for someone who has had a herpesvirus-medicated cold sore or genital sore getting flare-ups for the rest of life?   show
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5RNA viruses require their own supply of certain enzymes because   show
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show Genetic material composted of nucleic acid  
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5Emerging viruses arise by   show
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show become capable of human-to-human transmission  
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5Which gas was least abundant in Earth's early atmosphere, prior to 2 billion years ago?   show
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show Amino acids  
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5Which of the factors below weaken the hypothesis of abiotic synthesis of organic monomers in early Earth's atmoshpere?   show
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show 3,500,000,000 years  
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show genetic drift  
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show a change in developmental gene or in its regulation that altered the spatial organization of body parts.  
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show Pantera leo  
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5A phylogenetic tree that is "rooted" is one   show
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5The correct sequence, from the most to the least comprehensive, of the taxonomic levels listed here is   show
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5The common housefly belongs to all of the following taxa. Assuming you had access to textbooks or other scientific literature, knowing which of the following should provide you with most specific information about the common housefly?   show
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show plasma membrane  
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5Which statement about bacterial cell walls is false?   show
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show peptidoglycan  
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5Penicillin is an antibiotic that inhibits enzymes from catalyzing the synthesis of peptidoglycan, so which prodaryotes should be most vulnerable to inhibition fy penicillin?   show
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5Protists are alike in that all are   show
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show red algae -- acquired plastids by secondary endosymbiosis  
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5Based on the phylogenetic tree in fig 28.3 in the text, which of the following statements is correct?   show
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show  
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show multicellular diploid forms  
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show chrophytes  
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5The structural integrity of bacterial is the peptidoglycan as the structural integrity of plant spores is to   show
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show tissues performing nuclear division without intervening cytokineses  
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5The following are common to bath charophytes and land plants except   show
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5A number of characteristics are very similar between chrophytes and members of the kingdom Platae. Of the following, which characteristic does not provide evidence for a close evolutionary relationship between these two groups   show
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show within an ovule contained within an ovary of a flower  
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show A mature ovary  
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show megaspore-2n  
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show Alternation of generation  
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5Gymnosperms and angiosperms have the following in common except   show
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5Which of the following do all fungi have in common?   show
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5The hydrolytic digestion of which of the following should produce monomers that are aminated(have a amine group attached) molecules of beta-glucose?   show
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show Prokaryotes  
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show fungal enzymes  
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show They are adapted for rapid directional growth to new food sources  
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5Which of the following is chared characteristic of all chordates   show
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5What is one characteristic that separates chordates from all other animals?   show
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5Which of these are characteristics of all chordates during at least a portion of their development?   show
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show Suspension-feeding devices  
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show The extant cephalochordates are the immediate ancestors of the fishes.  
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Biology is   show
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of   show
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show Domain Prokarya  
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All the organisms on our campus make up a   show
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show matter  
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When I combine the elements sodium(Na) with Chlorine(Cl) my product is sodium chloride. Sodium Chloride is called a   show
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show Negative, Positive, Nuetral  
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What subatomic particles can be found in the nucleus?   show
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Which is NOT an abundant element in living organisms   show
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These are found on the periodic table as substances that cannot be broken down by chemical reactions   show
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show all of the above or An educated quess;A tentative, unproven explanation for a phenomenon;testable  
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The word science is derived from Latin and means   show
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A water molecule is   show
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Which is NOT one of water's properties that facilitate an enviroment for life?   show
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show When a hydrogen bond holds water molecules together  
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Kinetic Energy is   show
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Acidic solutions have a pH value   show
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show greater then 7  
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Organic chemistry is the study of   show
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show 4  
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show Carbon and hydrogen  
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All living things are made up of large biological molecules an example of one of those large biological molecules would be   show
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The most common monosaccharide is C6 H12 O6 or C8 H16?   show
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A disaccharide is formed when   show
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The major function of adipose cells are/is   show
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show Hydrogen bonds  
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show Different enantiomers may have different or opposite physiological effects  
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