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Biology
Undergraduate 2
12/09/2013

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A scientific theory is most similar to a scientific ___, in that both have been found to be empirically true.
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LAW
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Approximately how many different kinds of elements are found in a prokaryotic cell?
Definition
25
Term
The monomers that are used for building carbohydrates are called?
Definition
Monosaccharides
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Gycerol is a common monomer for building...
Definition
Lipids
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How are DNA nucleotides and RNA nucleotides exactly the same?
Definition
they always have the same kind of phosphate functional group
Term
Which organelle modifies, sorts, and packages proteins into vesicles?
Definition
Golgi Apparatus
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What is the name of the structure that connects amino acids together to produce proteins?
Definition
Ribosome
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Diffusion is ___ inside cells?
Definition
Commonly occurring
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Phosphorylation so a chemical reaction that only occurs in a few specialized types of cells? True of False?
Definition
FALSE!
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When is carbon dioxide used as a reactant?
Definition
During the Clavin Cycle reactions
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During photosynthesis, what happens to the hydrogen atoms that come off of the water molecules in the thylakoid?
Definition
Glucose
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Where does glycolysis occur?
Definition
in the cytoplasm of all living cells?
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Where is carbon dioxide usually "produced"?
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From the mitochondria of all eukaryotic cells
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What finally happens to the oxygen gas that you breathe into your lungs?
Definition
2 elections and 2 protons attach to it, and it decomes part of water molecule
Term
How many chromosomes are found in a human cell during anaphase I?
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46
Term
When are "non-identical" sister chromatids separated from each other?
Definition
Meiosis II
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How often would all 23 of the paternal chromosomes end up in the gamete at the end of meiosis?
Definition
almost never
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A tunicate is most closely related to a..
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mammal
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Cultural evolution started about ___ years ago
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40,000
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The main type of biome that is 30 degrees south of the eguater is "Tropical rain forest". True of False?
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False
Term
Which type of reproductive strategy is better in an environment that is constantly changing?
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Sexual
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How many "allele per gene" did you get from your biological mother?
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only one
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Do all people alive on the earth today share the same "gene pool"
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yes
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What is cellular differentiation?
Definition
normal process that occurs as different genes are expressed within different cells of the same organism
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Which scientist first produced evidence that the earth was millions of years old?
Definition
Lyell
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The main idea of "survival of the fittest" is that only the fastest and strongest organisms will pass on their DNA. True or False?
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False
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Gene mutation can produce brand new alleles which have never been in the gene pool before? True or False?
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True
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Different breeds of dogs have been created by the ___ process.
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Microevolution
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There is a consilience of empirical evidence that macroevolution has produced the different types of species that are alive today. True or False?
Definition
True
Term
Humans and Chimps had a common ancestor about 5-10 MYA. True of False?
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True
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Photosynthesis was probably very common about 4.2 BYA. True of False?
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False
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The initial reactants in the Stanley Miller experiment are simple organic monomers. True or False?
Definition
False
Term
Which type of organism is most likely to be a chemoautotroph?
Definition
Bacteria
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Name the mot primitive type of plant
Definition
Moss
Term
Which plant does not have any vascular tissue?
Definition
Moss
Term
Fungi are ____ decomposers.
Definition
Chemoheterotrophic
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what is the oldest kind of fossil that would be a vertebrate chordate animal
Definition
Fish
Term
which orgainisms are NOT considered to be amniote's?
Definition
Frogs, toads, and salamanders
Term
The first lobe-finned fish evolved about ___MYA
Definition
420
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