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77 Cards in this Set
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The connections between 2 cells that allow molecule to pass between them would be ____ while the strongest connections would be called ____
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gap junctions, desmosomes
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In the formation of a protein, the wrong or incorrect amino acid could have either a major effect or no effect, depending on what the error does to the protein function
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True
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The nucleolus is located in the ____ whereas free robosomes are found in the ____
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nucleus, cytoplasm
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The movement of molecules in and out of a cell by permeases/faciliated diffusion
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-requires a carrier and no expenditure of chemical energy
-moves particles from a region of high collisions to a region of lower collisions |
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Identical twins are not genetically identical whereas fraternal twins have the same genetic info
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False
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The golgi apparatus functions in ___
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packaging molecules like glycoproteins and hydrolytic enzymes into vacuoles for export out of the cell
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Carrying capacity is reached or occurs when the population growth is ____
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leveling off
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Organelles like mitochondria can be destroyed and digested by lysosomes, while not longer needed proteins are removed by proteosomes
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True
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The cell cycles has a built-in molecular brake to stop cells from dividing continuously in stage____, which also has some control over cancer
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G-0
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If the concentration of sugar/glucose is 10x more concentrated in a cell than outside the cell, yet sugar/glucose is continuously moving into the cell against a concentration gradient. The process by which sugar/glucose moves is called ____
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active trasport
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Fossil fuels are formed from ____ of dead animals, plants and prokaryotes
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all foodstuffs
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The order of nucleotides in the DNA determines the order/sequence ____
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of the amino acids in protein
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What is the sequence of bases on the messenger RNA copied from this I-DNA strands?
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UUGGAAGUGGGA
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The most important part of the scientific method that is used to prove or disprove an educated guess-
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experimentation
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Pasteur's experiments proved that life, like bacteria/prokayotes,
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came from air, not nutrients
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A population of animals grows
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both geomatrically and arithmetically
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Increases in amounts of available food might cause the carrying capacity to decrease
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True
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Rather than gaining or losing electrons Carbon atoms form ____ covalent bonds because it takes too much energy to gain or lose two electrons
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two
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Life is probably built around the carbon atom because carbon can form millions of carbon compounds such as- proteins carbs, DNA, RNA and lipids
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True
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Huxley, 1825-1895, stated that the scientific method is "nothing but trained or organized common sense"
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True
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Whereas amino acids are held together by ____ bonds, disaccharides consist of two monosaccharides bonded together by ____ bonds and fats are formed from ester bonds
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peptide, glycosidic, ester
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Because it decompses very slowly, which of the foodstuffs would be most important in forming fossil fuels?
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starch
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Transcription occurs in the ____. whereas translation offurs on the ___
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nucleus, ribosomes
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There are no dietary essentail ____ only nine dietary essentail ____ and for most animals
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sugars, amino acids
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Saturated fatty acids have one, two or more double bonds and are less dangerous to the cardiovascular system than unsaturated fatty acids, which have single bonds
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False
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Dietary essential amino acids for animals are not synthesized in large enough quantities or must be synthesized by some other organism
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True
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Because water _____ water will dissolbe more molecules than any other liquid
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is dipolar with weak positive and negative charges
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Fats/lipids, both solids and oils, contain three fatty acids bonded to glycerol
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True
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The world is facing a ____ shortage, or actually a shortage of ____
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protein, dietary essential amino acids
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The role or function of the enzyme, aminoacyl TRNA synthetase, is to place another amino acid on the ____
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TRNA
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Plant leaves and stems are usually high in ____
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fiber like lignin and cellulose
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In very young children deficiencies in ____ cause Kawashiorkor which does not result in ____
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protein, bloated look
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Which of the following are true about nucleic acids like DNA?
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-largest of biological molecules
-carry genetic info (DNA) -codes for and forms protein molecules -codes for and forms the molecules of ribosomal RNA, transfer RNA, and messenger RNA |
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Vitamins are organic molecules that are needed in small amounts are are necessary for survival and growth, but are made by plants and not made by animals
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True
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Vitamins include A, B, C, D, E, K are made by man because they are mecessary for survival
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False
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The sweetest sugar is ____, cane sugar is ____, and milk sugar is ____
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fructose, sucrose, lactose
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The most abundant/common atoms in foodstuffs and the ones life is built around would be which of the following elements/atoms?
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Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
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A positive subatomic particle would be called a/an ____ while a negative subatomic particle would be called a/an ____ and a neutral particle would be a ____
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proton, electron, neutron
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In osmosis, movement or diffusion of water is always from the solution with the higher water concentration/more water molecules because of more collisions. Collisions are greatest in hot rather than cold water
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True
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The ribosomes function in ____
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reading the MRNA
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As a source of protein in nutrition, among seeds, ____ would have the lowest quality/less dietary essential amino acids
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corn
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Protein synthesis for use by the cell rather than export out of the cell occurs primarily on ____
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the free/unbound ribosomes
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The sharing of electrons is called ____ while bonds formed from gain and loss of electrons are called ____
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hydrogen bonding, covalent bonding
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Name the structure/organelle where the synthesis/production of TRNA and robosomal RNA takes place
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nucleolus
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Proteins that form little spools on which the chromosomal DNA is wound are called ____
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histones
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The order of the ____ determines the shape and function of a protein
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amino acids
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The universal genetic code uses how many bases side by side in the "I" strand?
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three
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During DNA replication during cell division ____ are joined by ____
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deoxyribonucleotides, DNa polymerase
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Simple sugars are monosacchorides with 6 carbons would be ____
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hexose sugar like glucose and fructose
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The building blocks of nucleic acids are nucleotides, which consist of ____
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-pentose sugar
-phosphate -purines and pyrimidines |
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Which of the folliwing fuels does not produce carbon dioxide?
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nuclear
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in the scientific method, controls differ from Experimentals in only one variable
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True
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As an economist he "opposed aiding the poor because he thought aid/help would only compound their misery by allowing their numbers to grow" who said this?
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Malthus
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Because of two events/revolutions so to speak, the world entered exponential growth. The first one was ____ 1450 AD and the second one ____ 1950s
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industrial revolution, medical
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The organization of life starting with simplest form would be ____
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cells, tissues, organs, organ systems
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Eukaryotes include all but ____ because eukaryotes have a nucleus
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bacteria
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Plants convery light energy into chemical energy when they make carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water
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True
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Dehydration reactions occur when the building blocks of foodstuffs are hooked/bonded together, while hydration is used to break these bonds
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True
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Neutral fats are deposited under the skin, whereasphospholipids and cholesterol are used in cell membranes
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True
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DNA and RNA are made of only six different molecules and are still capable containing all the cells genetic info
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True
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A strong oxidizing agent like chlorine tends to give up electrons to other atoms
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False
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The most reactive atoms have their outer orbitals full of electrons like helium
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False
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Non-living things would not have which of the following characteristics?
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adaptability and assimilation
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That reactions go from useable energy to non-useable energy or to more random, or more entropy, or things run down hill, or no free lunch law, are all statements that apply to the ____ law of thermodynamics
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second
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The cells need which type off energy from foodstuffs ____
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chemical
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One of the following statements about water are true?
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-the solvent or liquid of life on earth is water
-the amount of water on Earth is not decreasing -waters distribution changes from season to season, and time to time -we, the world, are not running out of water |
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cells that normally do not divide would include ____ because they lack a nucleus and thus genetic info
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RBC's
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The longest pary of the cell cycle and when a cell does its job, cell increases in mass back to initial size, number of cytoplasmic compnents and organelles double, and DNA is duplicated or replicated
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interphase
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Hydrogen has is the fuel of tomorrow because it is so abundant
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False
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Global warming is ____
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has been occuring for 20,000 yrs
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Organelles, like mitochondria, move over great distance rapidly in a cell via _____ moving on
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molecular motors, microfilaments
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The stacks of green "coins" are called ____ and occur in the ____
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thylakoids, chloroplasts
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Considered to be the fuel of life is ____ while the liquid of life is ____
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Sugars, water
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No nucleus, no other organelles and a double membrane like mitochondria would be ____
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prokaryotic cell
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Motile appendages on a cell that look like hundreds of hairs, are known as
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cilia
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Genes are segments of DNA carrying instructions for a polypeptide/protein chain that uses triplets of nucleotide bases form the genetic library of 64 codons with synonyms
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True
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The most serious problem facing humans today and is responsible for all the rest is ____
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over population
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