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| 277718716 | A localized group of organisms that belong to the same species? | population | |
| 277718717 | The main source of energy for producers in ecosystems? | light energy | |
| 277718718 | An example of organisms that do not have the DNA encased in the nuclear envelope? | archea (eukaryotes) | |
| 277718719 | The increasing labor contractions of child birth is an example of? | positive feedback | |
| 277718720 | The name of the branch of biology concerned with the naming and classifying of organisms? | taxonomy | |
| 277718721 | The organelle that prokaryotes and eukaryotes have in common? | ribosomes | |
| 277718722 | The names of the two domains of prokaryotes? | archea and bacteria | |
| 277718723 | One action that would help reduce the impact of global warming? | limit the burning of fossil fuels and reduce the loss of forested areas | |
| 277718724 | The name of a group of organisms that live in hot thermal vents? | archea | |
| 277718725 | The classification of filamentous organisms that decompose matter? | Domain: eukaryote, Kingdom: fungi | |
| 277718726 | The implication of the universality of the genetic code? | common ancestry | |
| 277718727 | Three characteristics of natural selection? | 1. genetic variation 2.descent with modification 3. differential reproductive success | |
| 277718728 | Characteristics that organisms possess when they are adapted to their environment? | inherited traits and reproductive success | |
| 277718729 | One feature that organisms must possess if they are successful in an evolutionary sense? | they must pass on genetic material | |
| 277718730 | Explanation of how whales evolved? | natural selection | |
| 277718731 | Two events that happened shortly after Charels Darwin's book about the origin of species? | widely discussed and widely disseminated | |
| 277718732 | The reason Charles Darwin was considered to be original in his thinking about evolution? | proposed a mechanism for evolution | |
| 277718733 | The term used to explain the evolution of Darwin's finches on the Galapagos Islands? | adaptive radiation | |
| 277718734 | The term used to identify Archaea? | extremophiles | |
| 277718735 | The reason evolution is considered to be the core theme of biology? | provides a framework within which all biological exploration takes place | |
| 277718736 | The method of scientific inquiry that describes natural processes through observation? | discovery science (ex: Jane Goodall) | |
| 277718737 | A controlled experiment? | A scientific investigation in which both the control group and experimental group(s) are kept under similar variables apart from the factor under study so that the effect or influence of that factor can be identified or determined | |
| 277718738 | The major reason why experiments must include a control group? | to have something to compare the experimental group to | |
| 277718739 | The two qualities of a good scientific hypothesis? | testable and falsifiable | |
| 277718740 | The four elements that make up approximately 96% of living matter? | Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Carbon (Oxygen contributes the most to the mass of living things) | |
| 277718741 | The subatomic particle that idenitifes an element? | proton | |
| 277820004 | The two things one knows from the atomic mass of an element? | protons and neutrons | |
| 277820005 | The characteristic of elements in the same column of the periodic table? | same number of valence electrons | |
| 277820006 | Mass of oxygen? | 16 daltons | |
| 277820007 | The element that has a mass number of 14 and an atomic mass of 14 daltons? | Nitrogen | |
| 277820008 | The reason that a mole of carbon can weigh slightly more than 12 grams? | isotopes with extra neutrons | |
| 277820009 | The name given to atoms of the same element that have a different atomic mass? | isotopes | |
| 277820010 | The number of unpaired electrons that an atom had it if has 6 elctrons in its outer shell? | 2 | |
| 277820011 | The number of electrons that neon has in its outer shell? | 8 | |
| 277820012 | The particle that is always the same as the number of protons in a chemically uncombined atom? | electrons | |
| 277820013 | The number of electrons needed to complete the valence shell of flourine? | 1 | |
| 277820014 | The kind of bond that an atom with 12 electrons would form? | ionic with charge of 2+ | |
| 277820015 | The kind of bonding that would least likely contain hydrogen bonds? | nonpolar | |
| 277820016 | A covalent bond? | shared covalent electrons to fill outer shells | |
| 277820017 | cations? Which electron configuration favor their development? | positive charge- 1 or 2 valence electrons (ex: sodium) | |
| 277834058 | anions? Which electron configuration favor their development? | negative charge- 6 or 7 valence electrons (ex: chlorine) | |
| 277834059 | ionic bond? Which electron configuration favor their formation? | losing or gaining an electron- 7 and 1 valence (ex:sodium chloride) | |
| 277834060 | polar covalent bonds? where are they found? | water | |
| 277834061 | The charges responsible for for hydrogen bonding? | partial positive Hydrogen and partial negative Oxygen | |
| 277834062 | The reason that water has partial charges? | oxygen is more electronegative | |
| 277834063 | The kind of bonding that water favors? | polar covalent | |
| 277834064 | The meaning of like likes like? | hydrophobic like hydrophobic, hydrophilic likes hydrophilic | |
| 277834065 | The definition of kilocalorie? | 1000 calories to raise temperature of 1000 grams of water 1 degree celsius | |
| 277834066 | Explanation as to why water has a high specific heat? | breaking/forming of hydrogen bonds | |
| 277834067 | The name of the bonds broken when water vaporizes? | hydrogen bonding in the solid form pulls molecules apart and makes the molecules less dense | |
| 277834068 | The explanation of why ice floats? | ice is less dense | |
| 277834069 | Hydrophobic compounds? What is their bonding patterns? | nonpolar and repel water (ex:lipids) | |
| 277834070 | The number of grams of one mole of glucose? | 180 grams (subsccript x atomic molecule) | |
| 277834071 | The number of atoms or molecules in a mole? | 6.02x10^23 | |
| 277834072 | The procedure to make a 1 molar solution of glucose? | 1 mole in 1 liter | |
| 277834073 | An example of a very strong base? | calcium/sodium hydroxide | |
| 277834074 | The number used to multiply one step in the pH scale? | tens | |
| 277834075 | Buffer solutions? | maintains a fairly constant pH | |
| 277834076 | The way buffer solutions work? | accept or donate H+ | |
| 277834077 | A pH of 7? | neutral | |
| 277834078 | The element present in all organic molecules? | carbon | |
| 277834079 | The complexity and variety of organic molecules attributed to? | chemical versatility of carbon | |
| 277952660 | The experimental approach taken in current biological investigations? | all living organisms can be understood by using chemical and physical laws of nature | |
| 277952661 | The differences between organisms are caused by? | types and amounts of organic molecules | |
| 277952662 | The conclusion of Stanley Millers experiment? | organic molecules can be synthesized abiotically | |
| 277952663 | The gases used in Stanley Millers experiment? | carbon, water vapor, methane, ammonium | |
| 277952664 | The number of electron pairs that carbon shares? | 4 | |
| 277952665 | The bonding pattern of carbon? | covalent | |
| 277952666 | The reason that hydrocarbons are insoluble in water? | nonpolar and have carbon-carbon or carbon-hydrogen bonding | |
| 277952667 | The characteristics of cis-trans isomers? | form around double bonds | |
| 277952668 | One important characteristic of molecules that have hydroxyl groups? | can form hydrogen bonds which dissolve well in water | |
| 277952669 | The polarity of amino groups? | polar | |
| 277952670 | The two functional groups found in amino acids? | amino and carboxyl | |
| 277952671 | The functional group that is always found in the acid group? | carboxyl | |
| 277952672 | The way glucose and fructose molecules differ? | arrangement of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen | |
| 277952673 | The isomeric relationship of glucose and fructose? | structural isomers | |
| 277952674 | The structure of a carboxyl group? | COOH? | |
| 277952675 | The number of bonds oxygen can form? | 2 | |
| 277952676 | The differences in organisms explained? | differences in sequence of nucleotides | |
| 277952677 | The carbohydrate polymers? What are the monosaccharides? Disaccharides? | polymers: starch, glycogen, cellulose, chitin disaccharides: maltose, lactose, sucrose monosaccharides: glucose, fructose, galactose | |
| 277952678 | The chemical reaction mechanism by which cells make polymers from monomers? | dehyration reaction | |
| 277952679 | The chemical reaction mechanism by which cells break down polymers into monomers? | hydrolysis | |
| 277952680 | The name of the polysaccharide that contains nitrogen? | chitin | |
| 277952681 | The molecular formula of a molecule made by linking 4 monosaccharides? | C^24 H^42 O^21 | |
| 277952682 | The polysaccharide known as "fiber"? | cellulose | |
| 277952683 | The formula for a monosaccharide? | CH^2O (C^6H^12O^6) | |
| 277952684 | The major structural component of plant cell walls? | cellulose | |
| 277952685 | The reason why humans and othe animals cannot digest cellulose? | the beta form of glycosidic linkages | |
| 277952686 | The name of a molecule that has the formula C^18H^36O^2? | fatty acid | |
| 277952687 | The one characteristic that all lipids have? | hydrophobic | |
| 277952688 | The effect of hydrogenating vegetable oil? | semi-solid- saturated at room temp | |
| 277952689 | The name of compounds made up of saturated fatty acids? | lard and butter | |
| 277952690 | The reason human sex hormones are considered to be lipids? | insoluble in water | |
| 277952691 | Given off when two amino acids are bonded? | H^2O | |
| 277952692 | The reason one amino acid is different from another? | R groups attached to alpha carbons | |
| 277952693 | The number of peptide bonds present in a 100 amino acid chain? | 99 | |
| 277952694 | The name of the bond formed in primary structure of protein? | peptide bonds | |
| 277952695 | The name of the shape of the protein formed from alpha helix and beta sheets? | secondary structure | |
| 277952696 | The names of two diseases caused by the accumulation of misfolded proteins? | alzheimers and parkinsons | |
| 277952697 | The kind of molecules that will be labeled when cells are grown in 35^S? | proteins | |
| 277952698 | The meaning of 5' end of a polynucleotide strand of DNA? | phosphate group is attached to #5 carbon in sugar | |
| 277952699 | The primary function of RNA molecules? | protein synthesis | |
| 277952700 | The three parts of a nucleotide? | base, sugar, phosphate | |
| 277952701 | The three pyridimines? The two purines? | pyridimines: uracil, thymine, cytosine (have Y's) purines: adenines, guanines | |
| 277952702 | Percent of guanine in a DNA molecule that has a 10% thymine? | 40% | |
| 277952703 | The major difference between deoxyribose and ribose? | deoxyribose has one less oxygen | |
| 277952704 | The structural feature that allows DNA to replicate and to carry out protein synthesis? | base-pair rule | |
| 278005256 | The molecules that will be labeled when cells are grown in 32^p-labeled phosphate? | phospholipids, nucleic acids, ATP | |
| 278005257 | The molecules that will be labeled when cells are grown in 15^N? | proteins, nucleic acid, ATP | |
| 278005258 | The structure of saturated fatty acids? What disease can they cause? | no carbon-carbon double bonds- atherosclerosis | |
| 278005259 | The structure of unsaturated fatty acids? Room temperature state? | have double bonds- oils at room temperature | |
| 278005260 | The signature structure of steroids? | carbon fused rings | |
| 278005261 | The two elements and arrangement involved in a peptide bond? | carbon and nitrogen- always has double bonded something | |
| 278005262 | The most important product that a cell makes? | proteins |
