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| The female structure of the flower is called the ____________. |
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| Flowers that lack showy petals, nectar, and odors are likely pollinated by ____________. |
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Which of the following is NOT necessary for pollination
- anther
- stigma
- pollen
- petals
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The pistil is made up of which of the following?
- all of these
- ovary
- style
- stigma
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| The four appendages of a typical flower are___________. |
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| sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils |
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| Which type of reproduction involves genes grom both parents? |
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| As Kristina enjoys blowing the fluffy hairs off dandelion stalks, she is actually _________________. |
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| scattering dandelion seeds |
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| Must navel oranges and seedless grapes be reproduced asexually because they lack seeds? |
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| Can some seeds survive being eaten by animals? |
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| Do birds pollinate some flowers? |
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| Are flowers the sexual reproductive organs of plants? |
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| Does sexual reproduction produce offspring that are genetically identical to their parents? |
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| Be able to label the parts of a flower |
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label :
pistil, petal, anther, ovary, stigma |
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| What number of leaflets a leaf must have to be a compound leaf? |
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| Angiosperm literally means "_____" |
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| A region on a stem where a leaf is or was attached is called ___________. |
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| The two main groups of seed plants are |
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| gymnosperms and angiosperms |
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| Pine trees, spruces, and cycads are |
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| bryophytes and nonvascular |
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Nonvascular plants do NOT contain:
- xylem or phloem
- chloroplasts
- epidermal cells
- plastids
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| Which tissue carries food from the leaves to other parts of the plant? |
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| The plant tissue that carries water from the roots to the leaves is __________. |
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| An annual growth ring is composed of ______________. |
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| xylem, springwood, and summerwood |
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| The weight of a plant is supported by |
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| cell walls and turgor pressure |
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| What part of a leaf carries water and sugar? |
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| The weight of a plant is supported by ______________. |
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| cell walls and turgor pressure |
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| What part of the leaf carries water and sugar? |
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| The soft, flexible type of stem is ___________. |
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| The root systems of grasses that consist of many roots that are nearly the same size are ____________. |
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| All living plant cells contain _________. |
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Which of these does not belong with the other trees?
-palmate
-parallel
-petiole
-pinnate |
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| When you eat a carrot, you are eating a _________. |
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| Compare the functions of xylem tissue and phloem tissue. |
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| Xylem transports water and helps to support the plant. Phloem transports sugar solution and later becomes part of the protective bark of the plant. |
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| Compare the locations of the oldest xylem tissue and youngest xylem tissue in a tree trunk. |
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| The oldes xylem is nearest the center of the tree trunk, while the youngest xylem is the outermost xylem but still inside the bark. |
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| Compare the locations of heartwood and sapwood in a tree trunk. Which tissue is involved in conducting water? |
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| Heartwood is innermost and is nonfunctioning. Sapwood is the outermost of the two and is still conducting water. |
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| What is turgor pressure, and why is it important for plants? |
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| Turgor pressure is the stiffness of plant parts due to cells' being swollen with water. It is important for plants because it helps to support them. |
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| How does a woody stem differ from a herbaceous stem? |
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| The woody stem is harder and not as flexible, whereas the herbacious stem is softer and more flexible. The woody stem does not rely on turgor pressure for support. |
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| Since the Creation, God has caused two major changes in the world. What are they? |
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| God's curse on the ground and the Flood. |
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Most gene mutations are dominant. |
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People who are albinos can live relatively normal lives, but exposure to strong sunlight can be harmful to them. |
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Mutations occur as random changes in the genetic makeup of an organism. |
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Mutations can happen at any time. |
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| _________ twins develop from a single zygote. |
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| A complete set of an organism's genes is called its ________. |
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| A boy and girl born at the same time of the same parents are called _________ twins. |
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| Cloning is a form of ________ reproduction. |
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| ________ breeding involves the choosing of organisms with desirable traits for breeding. |
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| An Old Testament patriarch who practiced selective breeding techniques to increase his wages was ________. |
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| A(n) _______ has the gene but not the disorder. |
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| The Human Genome Project is a scientific effort to ______________. |
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| Genetic engineering _______________________. |
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| could be used for good or evil |
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| Splitting frog or cattle embryos is a step in ________. |
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A clone is ___________________
_____________________. |
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| a group of organisms with identical genes that were produced by asexual reproduction |
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| A process of breeding organisms from different varieties to produce an offspring with desirable characteristics of both parents is known as... |
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| To develop a new breed of dog, a man selects and mates dogs from different breeds that have the characteristics he wants in the new breed. This breeding is an example of.... |
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| The mating of an organism with its close relatives or, for some plants, with itself is known as... |
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| Down syndrome is usually caused by... |
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| Mutations that occur in gametes or gamete-forming cells are called ________ mutations. |
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| An organism with two sets of chromosomes is called... |
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| What type of mutation does not affect the offspring? |
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Somatic mutations
-occur in body cells
-are not passed on to offspring
-do not affect gametes
-all of the above |
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| A lethal mutation is one that... |
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| causes the death of the organism |
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| Any change in an organism's genetic material is... |
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Chlorophyll is a pigment that absorbs light energy. |
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Enzymes are involved in photosynthesis. |
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Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts. |
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Aerobic processes do not require oxygen. |
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Some cellular respiration occurs in the cytoplasm. |
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High turgor pressure causes wilting. |
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Tissues are composed of organs. |
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| Which substance is the primary pigment of photosynthesis? |
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| Photosynthesis occurs in.... |
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Which of the following is not necessary for photosynthesis to occur?
-carbon dioxide
-light energy
-water
-oxygen |
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| Through which process do most producer organisms change light energy into chemical energy? |
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| What might cause soreness in muscles when they are overused? |
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| Which process has carbon dioxide as a waste product? |
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| aerobic cellular respiration |
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| An aerobic process is one that requires... |
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| The most common source of energy released by cellular respiration is... |
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| caused by the collection of water in a plant cell's vacuole. |
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| Division of labor within an organism means that each cell or tissue... |
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| does not have to perform every function of the organism. |
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| Tissues are often organized into... |
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| Cell is to tissue as tissue is to... |
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| What would happen to a typical plant if it could not make chlorophyll? |
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| It would be unable to perform photosynthesis since light energy could not be captured by chlorophyll, and it would die. |
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| List one organism found in the classification Platyhelminthes. |
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| flatworms, planarians, tapeworms, flukes |
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| Dogs and coyotes are different species, but since they can mate and produce offspring that can reproduce, they are the same... |
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| The first part of a scientific name, the _________, is always capitalized, but the second part usually is not capitalized. |
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| The system of classification that is used today was proposed by _______ in the 1700s. |
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| To ________ means to arrange things into groups. |
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| The modern classification system has ______ basic levels. |
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| A complete, living thing is a(n)... |
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| Scientists estimate that the human body is made up of about ________ cells. |
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| Proteins are composed of... |
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Living things use energy for
-growth
-movement
-response
-all of the above |
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Living things may obtain energy from
-sunlight
-plants
-animals
-all of the above |
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| group of similar cells working together. |
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| Suppose you discover a new organism. Regardless of what it is, you can say with confidence that it is made of at least one... |
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Which of the following is not in the life cycle of a living organism?
-growth
-reproduction
-evolution
-death |
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| Today, all new living things... |
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| come from other living things. |
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| List at least four characteristics that are true of all living organisms. |
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-have life spans
-can reproduce
-grow
-are made of cells
-require energy
-respond to their environment |
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| What are the main ideas of the cell theory? |
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| All cells come from preexisting cells. All living things are made of cells and of the products of cells, and the functions of living things are performed by the cells that make up those living thing. |
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| Give three comparisons of someone who is spiritually alive to someone who is physically alive. |
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-Both begin life by being born.
-Both need food.
-Both are capable of growing. |
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| What are the next for levels, from largest to smallest, that come below phylum? |
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| class, order, family, genus |
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| Why might a Christian object to calling humans mammals? |
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| God made humans separate and distinct from all other creatures. |
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| Explain the relationship between a scientific name and a biblical kind. |
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| At one time people believed they were the same thing, but this is not necessarily true today. A species is determined by several traits, including the ability to reproduce. A biblical kind is defined only by the ability to reproduce. |
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