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semester 1 ap bio
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Biology
11th Grade
12/15/2014

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viruses
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can mutate
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fundamental unit of life
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cell
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gametes are
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the sum of genetic info
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part of atom that determines how it behaves
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electron
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the mass number of an atom is determined by
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protons and neutrons
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if there are unpaired electrons in an atom
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the activity increases
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sharing electrons makes a
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covalent bond
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dna contains this sugar
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deoxiribose
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replication is the synthesis of an exact copy of
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dna
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transcription is the synthesis of
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rna
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true/false, in an reaction catalyzed by an enzyme, the enzyme doesnt affect equilibrium constant
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true
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enzymes may be subject to
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feedback inhibition
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plant vacuoles do not contain
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nucleic acids
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plant vacuoles store
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water
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some proteins on mammalian cells are synthesized by
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RER
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chloroplasts are involved in
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the energy conversion in plants
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true/false individual phospholipids can change sites in the bilayer
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true
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3 end products of glycolisis
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2 atp, 2 nadh, 2 pyruvic molecules
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end result of fermentation
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lactate or ethanol
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offspring produced by asexual reproduction are
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identical to parent
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dna replication occurs before or after mitosis and meiosis
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before
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if all females are red, and all males are white it is called a
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sex linked inheritance pattern
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genes located on mitochondrial dna are inherited from the
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mother
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if adenine is 20% of dna, uracil is
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0%
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lagging strand becomes _ after rounds of dna replication
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shorter
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telomerase repairs the _  strand
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shorter
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mutations arise from
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misakes in replication
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ribosomes carry out
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translation
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bacterial viruses require a _ to replicate
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host cell
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an inducible operon is
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turned off unless needed
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functional genomics assign functions to
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proteins encoded by genes
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comparitive genomics compares
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dna sequences beween different organisms
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sticky ends are a result of staggered cuts of dna by
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restriction enzymes
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fragments are seperated by _ in gel electropheresis
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size
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a transgenic cell contains
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recombinant dna
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the shaping of differentiated cells
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morphogenesis
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stem cells are _ in animals
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multipotent
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major morphological changes can result from
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both
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true false individuals in a population evolve
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false
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mistakes in the replication of dna provide
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genetic variation
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Hardy Weinberg isnt applicable under
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asexual reproduction
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the root of a phylogenetic tree represents
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common ancestor
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the nodes represent where
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lineages diverge
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time is shown how in a phylogenetic tree
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horizontally
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true false evolution doesnt always result in speciation
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true
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may decrease the probability of 2 different populations mating
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geographic isolation
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made aerobic life possible
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oxygen
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present in the cell walls of almost all bacteria
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peptiglydocan
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the sideways movement in genes from one species to another
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lateral gene transfer
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gymnosperns dont have
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pollen (no pollen in the gym)
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angiosperms have
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flowers (angels like flowers)
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plants increase
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humidity ( think of flowery places in humid east coast, upstate NY)
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series of gentically programmed events leading to cell death
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apoptosis
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spores mature to form
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a haploid plant
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yeast is a
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fungus
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fungus can be
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parasite, pathogen, or mutualist
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lichens are
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a combo of alga and fungus
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apoptosis is controlled through
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signal transduction pathways
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phil and maggie
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25% attached earlobes
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AaBbxAaBb
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dihybrid cross ( law of independent assortment)
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the 5' end of a dna strand is the
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growing strand
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a silent mutation has
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no effect on a protein
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a point mutation alters a
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single nucleotide
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4 ways genotype frequencie can be altered
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genetic drift, gene flow, non-random mating, bounder effect (gerry dives, floats, and bounds with non)
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allele frequencies measure
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proportion of a particular allele ( gentic variation)
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genotype frequencies show how allele frequencies
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are distributed among its members
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a eukaryotic organisms genome is
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all of the genes as well as the noncoding regions
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restriction enzyme
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cleaves the double stranded dna
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where does a restriction enzyme cleave
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a specific sequence
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palendromic
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same sequence in opposite directions
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true /false dna is palendromic
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true
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a plasmid is
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a small, circular, double stranded dan molecule
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why is plasmid used for experiments
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it replicates independently and quickly
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