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| In the carbon cycle, both terrestrial and aquatic organisms exchange ___ with the atmosphere. |
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| Plants cannot directly incorporate nitrogen (N2) into organic compounds. They depend on ___ to make nitrogen available to them. |
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| Ozone shield destruction is primarily caused by: |
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| Which of the following is a thermal inversion? |
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| the study of how living things interact with each other and with their physical environment |
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| the study of factors that affect growth, stability, and decline of populations. |
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| shows how an entire population breaks down into different age groups |
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| the biological role played by a species in its environment |
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| Which of the following population growth curves would be expected when a limiting factor is present? |
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| When prey populations are reduced, some predators may switch to an alternate food source. |
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| An organism's energy, nutrient and survival requirements are aspects of its: |
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| ___ happens when organisms vie for the same resources such as food, living space or mates. |
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| The human growth curve is ___-shaped. |
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| What is the name for a group of individuals of the same species living in the same geographic area? |
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| All species populations are uniformly distributed across their ranges. |
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| What is the study of factors that affect growth, stability, and decline of populations? |
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| At the time that a population's growth curve begins to rise dramatically, that population is demonstrating its ___ potential. |
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| The loss of one population can cause the extinction of another population that depends on the first population for food. This is an example of: |
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| The population size that can be maintained over the long term is called the: |
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| In which biological interaction does the presence of one species inhibit the growth of another while being itself unaffected? |
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| The smallest population size that can avoid extinction is called: |
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| minimum viable population |
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| community plus its physical environment |
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| a large-scale category containing many communities of a similar nature |
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| The set of all populations inhabiting a certain area is called a(n): |
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| The main difference between a tropical rainforest and a savanna is in: |
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| In a typical community, one or a few species tend to be much more abundant than the rest. |
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| Which of the following events could lead to primary succession? |
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| a lava flow covers the landscape |
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| The biosphere is divided into eight large biogeographical units known as: |
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| Trophic level refers to an organism's: |
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| The part of the marine biome that contains the ocean floor is called the: |
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| ___ are microscopic organisms that float in the water. |
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| Approximately what percentage of energy is transferred from one level of an energy pyramid to the next higher level? |
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| _____ is an overabundance of nutrients that leads to excessive plant growth and reduction of oxygen in an ecosystem. |
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| The _________ is the population size that can be maintained given a certain number of limiting factors: |
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| Greenhouse gases include which of these? |
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| All of the above (carbon dioxide, methane, oxide nitrate..?) |
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| Every ecosystem carries out the basic processes of: |
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| energy flow and matter cycling |
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| Hydrothermal vent communities lack photosynthetic organisms at the base of the food web. |
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| Predators rarely kill and eat all available prey because: |
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| predator species often will switch its prey as one prey species becomes less abundant |
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| If nothing is done to control the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, global temperature is expected to: |
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| Increases in greenhouse gases cause increases in global temperature because these gases are able to trap heat reradiated from Earth's surface. |
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| Phosphate ions are primarily made available to organisms through: |
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| An organism's position within a food web is known as its: |
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| Given enough time, all water eventually returns to the: |
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| The rigid, outer layer of Earth is referred to as the asthenosphere. |
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| Tropical zones are characterized by: |
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| In a lake, the epilimnion is the: |
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| Which of the following describes organisms in a pelagic zone? |
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| plankton floating near the ocean surface |
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| Groundwater located in permeable layers of rock is a/an: |
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| Oceans are a reservoir for carbon stored as: |
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| In commensalism, one species benefits and the other neither benefits nor is harmed. |
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| ___ is a scientific discipline that develops practical approaches to prevent extinction of species and destruction of ecosystems. |
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| Which of these biomes receives the greatest amount of yearly rainfall? |
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| Which of the following population growth curves would be expected when no limiting factor is present? |
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| ___ deposition can cause dead or dying lakes and forests. |
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| Oxygen and nitrogen gases comprise ___ % of the atmosphere by volume. |
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| The study of how organisms interact with their environment and with other organisms is called: |
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| The biological role played by a species in its environment is called a: |
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| Uniformitarianism was first developed by: |
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| The Earth is only 10,000 years old. |
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| Relative age is used to determine: |
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| the sequential order of events, but not their age in years |
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| Fossils played no role in developing the geological time scale. |
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| The scientist who suggested using radioactive decay to age-date the Earth was: |
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| The shortest-duration units of the geologic time scale are: |
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| The longest-duration units of the geologic time scale are: |
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| The amount of time it takes for half of the radioisotopes in a sample to decay into their stable end products is called: |
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| Principle of Superposition was an important early contribution to the field of geology. It was written by: |
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| Which scientist introduced the domain as a taxon? |
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| ____________ is the amount of time needed for one half of the initial number of nuclei of a particular isotope to decay into stable daughter nuclei. |
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| Which scientist developed the Theory of Uniformitarianism? |
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| The Phanerozoic Eon has been divided into three eras. Which of the following is NOT one of those three eras? |
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| ________ is the oldest domain. |
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| ___________ are an extinct group of arthropods that were dominant during the Cambrian Period. |
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| Presumed animal fossils first appeared during the: |
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| The ______________ is the most accepted explanation as to how the Universe formed. |
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| Linnaeus' smallest category in his classificaiton system was the: |
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| Which scientist proposed that mitochondria and chloroplasts started out as prokaryotes? |
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| Which scientist formed the continental drift hypothesis that formed a foundation of the modern theory of plate tectonics? |
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| Bacteria have which of these structures in common with eukaryotes? |
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| Individual strands of the fungal body are known as: |
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| At the beginning of the Paleozoic Era, there was a sudden appearance of a vast array of animal life. This is known as the: |
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| Vascular plants have ___, specialized cells that help support the plant, as well as transport water and nutrients upward from their roots. |
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| Which of the following statements is NOT true of protists? |
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| Protists can be prokaryotes or eukaryotes. |
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| The oldest eukaryotic fossils are from the: |
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| Which of these plant groups may include the ancestors of plants? |
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| The first great antibiotic was: |
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| Animals are motile because they have: |
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| The ___________ occurred when rising levels of oxygen in the oceans caused iron metal to react forming iron oxide. |
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| Which type of virus incorporates itself into the host's DNA so that it's DNA is replicated when the cell replicates? |
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| Which of the following is not a type of plant tissue? |
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| Which of these is a nonvascular plant? |
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| Plant fiber is which type of cell? |
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| Xylem is a type of plant cell that moves material from the roots to the leaves. |
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| Which of these organs did the earliest plants have? |
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| Monocots and dicots are both members of which plant group? |
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| Reproductive structures of a plant are always produced by the plant's leaves. |
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| Which of these is a non-seed vascular plant? |
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| Which of the following flower tissues is sterile? |
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| When we eat asparagus we are eating the ___ of the plant. |
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| Which of the following is part of the male reproductive structures on a flower? |
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| A plant that has flowers containing both sexes is said to be: |
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| Which of the following is NOT part of the female reproductive structures on a flower? |
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| Which of these is NOT a recognized class of plant hormone? |
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| The first plant hormone to be discovered was a type of: |
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| Bacterial root infections by Rhizobium should be cured immediately. |
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| The region of the primary plant stem in which mitosis occurs and which leads to stem elongation is the: |
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| Which of these plant hormones is associated with "silly rice disease"? |
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| The reason that plants curve toward light is: |
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| auxin moves to the dark side of the plant and causes those cells to elongate more than corresponding cells on the light side of the plant |
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| The phosphorus taken in by plant roots will be used by the plant to: |
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| The case of a plant having nitrogen-fixing bacteria in its roots is an example of: |
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| Water loss from the ___ of a plant creates a pull on water within the ___, causing water to be drawn upward in the plant. |
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| Thin-walled extensions of the root epidermis that increase the surface area for absorption are called: |
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| Which of the following cells is found in the xylem tissue? |
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| A chemical produced in one part of a multicellular organism that will have effects elsewhere within that creature is a(n): |
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| Which of these plant hormones is associated with the spoilage of a bushel of apples? |
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| The evaporation of water in plants to the atmosphere is called: |
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| Plants obtain their organic nutrients (carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen) by: |
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| Which of these is NOT a typical component of soil? |
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| Movement of sugar and water occurs in the ___ of the phloem. |
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| Fungi growing in association with the root that greatly increase the surface area for absorption are called: |
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| The part of the stem where flowers are attached is called the receptacle. |
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| Plant fiber is a type of collenchyma cell. |
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| Which of the following flower tissues is reproductive? |
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| The ___ retains its nucleus and controls the translocation of sugar. |
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| An embryonic shoot in an arrested state of development is a: |
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| Which of the following is NOT a function of bones? |
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| Which of the following is NOT a type of connective tissue? |
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| Transmission of a nerve message WITHIN a neuron is __________ in nature. |
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| Chemical signals travel from a neuron to a receiving cell by crossing the: |
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| Blood pressure, urine volume, and other body fluids are regulated by which organ system? |
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| A negative feedback loop works by turning off the stimulus that initiated the feedback loop. |
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| Transmission of the nerve message BETWEEN neurons is electrical in nature. |
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| Viruses are composed of two parts - genetic material surrounded by a protein coat. They cannot make their own ATP, replicate their own genetic material, or make their own proteins. According to the characteristics of life, are viruses actually alive? |
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| Internal organs like the stomach can move and contract due to the presence of at least one layer of ________ muscle in the organ wall. |
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| Blood pH level is maintained by the respiratory system. |
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| Which type of muscle is controlled voluntarily? |
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| The small, raised features on the surface of the tongue are called: |
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| Which of the following types of organisms has a three-chambered heart? |
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| Red and white blood cells are made in the: |
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| The hereditary disease in which clotting does not occur is known as: |
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| The most commonly contracted type of skin cancer is: |
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| The ___ are blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart. |
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| Which of these is NOT a function of the integumentary system? |
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| transport of heat within the body |
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| The ___ are thin-walled blood vessels that exchange materials through their walls. |
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| Proteins of the complement system work against: |
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| Which of the following organs functions to absorb water and salts and store non-digestible material? |
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| Which of these blood cell types plays a role in the immune response? |
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| Antibodies belong to which class of organic macromolecules? |
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| Antibodies are produced in response to: |
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| Which of the following organs contains villi? |
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| Which of the following is NOT a hormone that regulates stages of digestion? |
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| Antibodies are produced by the: |
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| Which of the following parts of a diet generate the greatest energy yield: |
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| A dendrite conducts nerve impulses ___ the cell body. |
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| Which of the following is NOT an endocrine gland? |
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| Which of the following is an example of a partly moveable joint? |
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| Which of the following are the components of a neuron? |
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| dendrite, axon, and cell body |
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| A moth sex attractant would be a: |
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| Due to the need to both extend and flex at a joint, skeletal muscles generally work in: |
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| The somatic nervous system contains nerves that control: |
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| An animal with a(n) _________ has its muscles attached to the inner surface of its skeleton. |
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| Which of these is NOT a part of the appendicular skeleton? |
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| Each bronchiole terminates in a collection of tiny grape-like sacs called: |
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| The vocal cords are two bands of tissue that extend across the opening of the: |
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| Fertilization normally occurs in the: |
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| The testes are located inside the: |
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| The main function of the excretory system is to rid the body of: |
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| Which is NOT part of the urinary system? |
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| Kidney function(s) include: |
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| ___ is a hormone that stimulates contractions of the uterus in birthing mothers and milk production in nursing mothers. |
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| Which of the following is a Category Three STD? |
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| The junction between a nerve cell and another cell is called: |
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| The inner ear is involved in: |
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| Transmission of the nerve message within the neuron is electrical in nature. |
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| Rheumatoid arthritis is caused by: |
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| The ovaries are located in the ___ cavity. |
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| Bile is produced by the _______ and stored in the _______. |
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| Which of the following organs is part of the lymphatic system? |
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| Which type of tissue is bone? |
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| ___ is the phase in a woman's life during which the ovarian and uterine cycles cease. |
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| A hardening of the arteries is known as: |
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| Which of the following is part of the axial skeleton? |
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