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Mrs. Roberts Final
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Biology
10th Grade
06/03/2008

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Term
Zygomycota
Definition
This phylum produces a zygospore which hatches when the environmental conditions improve
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Basidiomycota
Definition
The phylum which includes the orgamism that produces mushrooms
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Ascomycota
Definition
This phylum contains the very expensive truffle
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Dueteromycota
Definition

The fungi which penicillin is derived from is clissified into this phylum

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Bryophyta
Definition
Which division is made of non-vascular plants
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Anthrophyta
Definition
Tomato plants belong to which devision
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Pterophyta
Definition
Ferns belong in what devision
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Coniferophyta
Definition
Everygreens belong in this devision
Term

Cereals

Definition
Plants that are a major souce fo food for the world today
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Vegetable
Definition
Food from leaves, stem, seed, or roots of non-woody plants
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Herb
Definition
Flavor additives derived from the leaf part of a plant that can be grown locally.
Term
Phloem
Definition
Plant tissue that transporta carbohydrates through the plant
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Chitin
Definition
The material found in the cell walls of fungi
Term

Hyphae

Definition

Part of a mycelium and which forms a mat

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Rhizoids
Definition
The special name given to hyphae that burrows down like that found in bread molds
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Phosphorous

Definition
One of the inorganic nutrients recycled by plants
Term
The organisims that make up the fungi kingdom are divided into a phyla based on what?
Definition
Sexual reproduction process
Term
A monocot has:
Definition
Parallel leave ventalation
Term
Plants protect themselves with a waxy coating called a what?
Definition
Cuticle
Term
By breaking down animal waste and other organic matter, fungi provide _______, an essential nutrient for plants.
Definition
Nitrogen
Term
What is one MECHANISM for causing human illness (by plants)?
Definition
Infection, Allergy, Toxins
Term
All of the following human desieses are caused by a species of fungus except:
a) Ringworm
b) Athlete's foot
C) Histoplasmosis
D) Influenza
Definition
D) Influenza
Term
The opening and closing of the stoma is regulated by
a) The cuticle
b) Guard cells
c) Rhizomes
d) Light
Definition
B) Guard Cells
Term
Whih of the following has bilateral symmetry?
a) Hydra
b) starfish
c) jellyfish
d) cockroach
Definition
d) cockroach
Term
Cnidarians
Definition
The phylum that consists of simple animals with stinging babs
Term
Which of the following does not have an exoskeleton. Bird, Grasshopper, Crab, or Spider
Definition
Bird
Term
Coelum
Definition
A fully lined body cavity
Term
Which of the following is not a characteristic shared by all mollusks? mantle, radula, viceral mass, foot
Definition
radula
Term
Annelida
Definition
The phylum that consists of segmented worms
Term
Aortic arches
Definition
The circulatory system of an earthworm and has a simple heart like orgam
Term
If an earthworm's skin dries out it will be unable to do what?
Definition
Breathe
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Gizzard
Definition
The organ that grounds up soil in the annelid
Term
Scolex
Definition
The nobbed shaped head with hooks, suckers, or both on a tapeworm parasite wchich attaches to its host.
Term
Hermaphridite
Definition
An animal that can produce both male and female gametes
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Porifera
Definition
The phylum that consists of animal that has tissue, but no organs
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Medusa Stage
Definition
The stage of sexual reproduction in Jellyfish
Term
A snail is an example of a mollusk from the _________ class. gastropod, chiton, bivalce, cephalopod
Definition
gastropod
Term
One of the differences between spiders and crustaceans is:
Definition
Presence of a book of lungs in spiders
Term
A human becomes infected with hookworm by?
Definition
Walking barefoot on contaminated soil
Term
Pheromones
Definition
The chemicals that insects use to communicate with eachother
Term
Molting
Definition
To overcome the problems associated with an external skeleton, Arthropods shed their shell in a process knows as molting
Term
Pupa
Definition
The stage of the insect in which the tissues and organs of the larva are broken down and replaced by adult tissues
Term
A role not help by arthropods in the environment is: Plant pollinator, Producer, Insect Predator, Disease spreader
Definition
Producer
Term
Mandible
Definition
The jaw-like appendage on crustaceans
Term
Why do scientists belieave that echinoderms and chodates are closely related?
Definition
Because they are both Dueterostomes
Term
"Echinoderm" Means
Definition
Spiny Skins
Term
Chitin
Definition
The exoskeleton is an outer covering of the arthopod that is made of protein and chiten
Term
Pinworm
Definition
The most common roundword parasite in the United States
Term
How to Rotifers respond to dry conditions?
Definition
By drying up until wet conditions return
Term
Trochophore Larva
Definition
A feature shared by many mollusks and annelids
Term
Trochophore Larva
Definition
A feature shared by many mollusks and annelids
Term
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the chordates during part of its life cycle? have a notochord, have vertebrate, have an extended tail, have a nerve chord
Definition
Have Vertebrate
Term
Centromere
Definition
The contristed area of a chromosome
Term
Gametes
Definition
Haploid reproductive cells, in humans they are the egg and the sperm
Term
Chromatid
Definition
A half of a chromasome
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Autosome
Definition
The chromosomes in the cell that are not sex chromosomes
Term
Homologous Chromosomes
Definition
Matching paid of autosomes in a diploid cell
Term
Spindle Fibers
Definition
A fan of microtubles which help to keep cell devision organized
Term
Histone
Definition
A protein that hepls maintain the shape and aid in the tight packing of DNA
Term
Centriole
Definition
A small organelle found in the cytoplasm from which microtubles radiate during cell devision
Term
If a cell has 12 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will each of its duahger cells have after mitosis
Definition
12
Term
Each offspring cell produced by binary fission contains: half the crhomosomes of the original cell, twice as many chromosomes as the original cell, an identical copy of the original cell's chromasomes, an independant assortment of the original cell's chromosomes
Definition
An identical copy of the original cell's chromosomes
Term
How many haploid gametes are made from one human diploid cell in meiosis
Definition
4
Term
The spindle fibers that extend from centrosome to centrosome during cell devision are called: Polar fibers, spindle fibers, kinetochore fibers, binary fibers
Definition
Polar fibers
Term
Which of the following is NOT a reason why cells undergo mitosis: To allow the organisms to grow, to repair damaged tissues, to replace worn out tissue, to make gametes
Definition
To make gametes
Term
In what phase do cells spend most of the time?
Definition
Interphase
Term
What is the difference between chromatin and chromasomes?
Definition
Chromosomes are composed of folded chromatin
Term
Anueploidy
Definition
Caused by the failure of a chromasome to separate from its homologue in meiosis.
Term
Crossing over occurs during: Mitosis, Interphase, Meiosis I, Meiosis II
Definition
Meiosis II
Term
Recessive
Definition
The trait that is not expressed in the phenotype of a hybrid
Term
Dominant
Definition
A trait that is expressed preferentially in the phenotype of a hybrid
Term
Gene
Definition
The unit of hereditary information that controls the traists of a particular organism: Located on a chromosome
Term
Heredity
Definition
The transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring.
Term
Phenotype
Definition
The form of a given trait that is expressed or observable
Term
Heterozygous
Definition
Having two different alleles for the same trait
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Genotype
Definition
An organism's genetic makeup
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Allele
Definition
One form of a trait that has two or more forms
Term
A Mother pregnant with her fourth child remarked. "This one has to be a boy." It is almost certain, since my other three children are girls. Is mother correct, explain why or why not.
Definition
She is wrong because the chance of having a boy is always 50%
Term
The generd for red hair and freckles are usually inherited together because these genes are?
Definition
Linked
Term
Twp flowers of the same species have different colors: one is yellow and the other is red. When they are bred together the resulting plants produce orange flowers. What whould you assume about the alleles for flower color?
Definition
That they are linked
Term
Scientists use capital letters to represent which of the following (In genes)
Definition
A dominant trait
Term
What does independent assortment result from? The behavior of chromosomes in meiosis, the behavior of chromosomes in mitosis, the random mating poatterns of breeding organisms, probability
Definition
The behavior of chromosomes in meiosis
Term
Which of the following is NOT a reason that Mendel used pea plants in his experiment? He could cross fertilize them by hand, They had many characteristics which had two distinct forms, the are easy to handle, he could isolate their DNA
Definition
He could isolate their DNA
Term
A Punnett Square is used to determine what?
Definition
Probably outcome of a cross
Term
In Mendel's experiments: When a homozygous tall pea plant and a homozygous short pea plant were crossed what happened?
Definition
The resessive trait disappears
Term
If two parents with dominant phenotypes produce an offspring with a recessive phenotype, then probably: both parents are heterozygous, bother parents are homozygous, one parent is herterozygous, one parent is heterozygous
Definition
Both parents are heterozygous
Term
Brown, Black, or White coat colors occur in rabbits. The color is probably determented by ________ inheritance
Definition
Multiple Allele
Term
Purines
Definition
Nigrogen basis containing two rings of carbon
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Pyrimidines
Definition
Nitrogen basis containing one ring of carbon
Term
Transcription
Definition
The process by which genetic material is copied from DNA to RNA
Term
Replication
Definition
The process of copying DNA in the cell
Term
Translation
Definition
The process of assembling polypeptides from the information encoded in mRNA
Term
Genome
Definition
The complete genetic material of an individual
Term
Tumor
Definition
Abnormal proliferation of cells that results from uncontrolled, abnormal cell division
Term
Cancer
Definition
The uncontrolled dividing cells that invade healthy tissues
Term
A nucleotide does NOT contain: a 5-carbn sugar, helicase, a nitrogen base, a phosphate group
Definition
A heliocase
Term
Nitrogen bases are connected in DNA by: Peptide bond, Hydrogen bonds, polymerase, ionic bonds
Definition
Hydrogen bonds
Term
When present in E. coli cell, lactose: binds with a repressor, binds with mRNS, stops transcription from occuring, acts as a regulator
Definition
Binds with the repressor
Term
In eukaryotic cells, mRNA at the ribosome contains: introns only, exons only, neither introns nor exons, both introns and exons
Definition
Exons only
Term
The three nucleotides on the tRNA that pair with the mRNA are known as the what?
Definition
anticode-on
Term
The activation of a gene that results in the formation of a protein is called what?
Definition
Gene expression
Term
The coping of DNA begins when a(n) ______ breaks down the bonds that hold the strands together.
Definition
Enzyme
Term
When making a copy of RNA, RNA polymerase firds bings to the DNA at the:
Definition
Promoter
Term
The shape of DNA is described as what shape?
Definition
A double helex
Term
Normal genes that control a cell's growth and differentiation are called what?
Definition
Oncogenes
Term
Operons have been identified in: prokarotes only, archaebacteria only, eukaryotes only, both pro and eukaryotes
Definition
Prokaryotes only
Term
Liver cells differ from muscle cells in an organism because of: different chromosomes, crossing over, mophogenesis, cell differentiation
Definition
cell differentiation
Term
Sex Linkage
Definition
The presence of a gene on a sex chromosome
Term
Linkage Group
Definition
The genes found on one chromosome
Term
Genetic Disorder
Definition
Disease or debilitating condition that has a genetic basis
Term
Pedigree
Definition
A family record that shows how a trait is ingerited over several generations
Term
Genetic Engeneering
Definition
The application of molecular genetics for practical purposes
Term
Recombinant DNA
Definition
The combination of DNA from two or more sources
Term
Transgenic Organism
Definition
Host organism recieving recombinant DNA
Term
Probes
Definition
Radioactive segments of DNA that are complementary to those being paired
Term
A karyotype can reveal what?
Definition
Chromosomal abnormalities
Term
If two genes are closely arranged on a chromosome. The probably will:
Definition
Be inherited together
Term
A man and a woman are heterozygous for the pattern baldness allele, but only the man loses his hair, This is an example of what?
Definition
Sex-influenced trait
Term
Which of the following is a point mutation that does not result in a frame shift
Definition
Substitution
Term
A parrtern of bands made up of specific DNA fragments is known as:
Definition
DNA fingerprint
Term
Recombinant DNA is presently used in the biotechnology industry to do what?
Definition
Synthesize insulin, interferon, and human growth hormone
Term
The process used to make unlimited copies of a particular gene is called what?
Definition
PCR
Term
Substances that act like chemical scissors are really what?
Definition
Restriction enzymes
Term
Scientists are able to transfer segment of one organism to another by using what?
Definition
Bacterial Plasmids
Term
Which of the following processes is used to retrieve cells to do a fetal karyotype? RFLP, Inbreeding, Transmutation, Amniocentesis
Definition
Amniocentesis
Term
The genetic disorder _____ is a result of a substitution of a single nucleotide that results in the deformation of the protein hemoglobin
Definition
Sickle Cell Anemia
Term
The symptoms for this dominant allele genetic disorder do not appear until after childbering years, thus the disorder is unknowingly passed on to the next generation
Definition
Huntington's Desease
Term
Current research being done by the human genome project revealed that human DNA contains how many genes?
Definition
20,000-25,000 genes
Term
Microspheres
Definition
Spherical structure that form spontaneously in the lab that are composed of many protein molecules that are organized into a membrane
Term
Coacervates
Definition
Droplets that are spontaneously produced in the lab that are composed of molucules of different types and include linked amino acids and sugars
Term
Mass Number
Definition
The total number of protons and nuetrons in an isotope
Term
Ozone
Definition
A molecule that consists of three oxygen atoms covalently bonded together
Term
Archaebacteria
Definition
A subkingdom of unicellular organisms that survive in harsh environments and may be similar to the first prokaryotes
Term
Endosymbiosis
Definition
One organism living inside another in a mutually beneficial relationship
Term
Cyanobacteria
Definition
Photosynthetic, unicellular prokaryotes
Term
Chemosynthesis
Definition
Production of organic molecules by oxidation of inorganic molecules
Term
The scientists that finally disproved spontaneous generation was: Redi, Spallanzani, Pastuer, Fox
Definition
Pastuer
Term
Researchers using techniques of Miller and Urey have been able to produce what?
Definition
Amino acids and nucleotides
Term
The generation of organisms from nonliving material does not occur today mostly because of what factor?
Definition
There is not enough energy to drive chemical reactions needed to form the complex organic compounds necessary for life
Term
The Isotope that has the longest half-life of the following: Carbon-14 Thorium-230 Potassium-40 Uranium-238
Definition
Uranium-238
Term
Curently it is belieave that archaebacteria are more closely related to eukaryotes than bacteria because of what factor?
Definition
They both have introns
Term
Capsid
Definition
The protein coat surrounding the virus' genetic material
Term
Envelope
Definition
Outer membrane structure found on some viruses
Term
Chains of sphereical shaped bacteria are called what?
Definition
Streptococcus
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