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50 Cards in this Set
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1. In __, the congestion of the lung is due to the inability of the alveolar epithelial cells to regulate salt concentrations. Its inheritance pattern is ___.
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Cystic fibrosis, autosomal recessive
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Individuals who are _ for the sickle gene are more resistant to ___.
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Heterozygous, malaria
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___ and ___ are classified as sequential hermaphroditism
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Protandry, protogyny
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In the good partner mate choice theory, the females choose a good looking partner in search for __ and ___.
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Healthy mates, good genes
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The giant clams are known to be hermaphrodites, as they release both ___ and ___.
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Sperm and eggs
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The shift in _ ratio in the ___ mating system is demonstrated by the example of jacana.
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Sex-operational, polyandrous
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Attributing human motivation, intention, and values to other biological organisms and ___ objects is known as ___.
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Inanimate, anthromorphism
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The European common ______ practice brood ______.
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Cuckoos, parasitism
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The sexual ______ of the horns of the male ibexes is an extraordinary example of _______.
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Dimorphism, sexual selection
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The suicidal mating behavior is found in the male ____ as a way to prolong its _____.
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Red back spider, sperm transfer
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The four basic types of building blocks are: ______, _____, _____, and _____.
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Monosaccharides, amino acids, nucleotides, and fatty acids
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In the past 50 years, a ______ system has been developed to raise cattle in confinement and to feed them with _____.
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Feedlot, corn
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The bacteria reside on the human body is known as the _____, they are known as ______.
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Normal flora, commensalists
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The genetic materials of viruses could be either ______ or ______.
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DNA, RNA
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Antigenic ______ are major changes in the viral genes due to ______ between different viral strains.
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Shifts, recombination
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The last major global outbreak of influenza, known as a _____, took place in ______.
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Pandemic, 1918
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The world’s lowest life expectancy is found in the nation of ______ with a life expectancy of ______.
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Zambia, 37
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During energy metabolism in the presence of ______, highly reactive molecules known as ______ are produced.
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Oxygen, free radicals
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In a eusocial society, the workers are ______ females and ______ to each other.
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Sterile, sisters
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In an ecosystem, organisms exist in a stage of _____ with a balance flow of ______.
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Equilibrium, energy
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Plants are considered to be the ______ in an ecosystem, because they convert solar energy into chemical energy in a biochemical process known as ______.
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Producers, photosynthesis
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It is the role of the ______ to capture ______ for their survival by degrading biological waste and dead organisms.
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Decomposers, energy
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Coral reef is only found in clear tropical sea, because of their ______ relationship with ______.
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Symbiotic, algae
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Corals secret a hard ______ that is composed of ______.
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Skeleton, calcium carbonate
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Corals ______ at night using their _____in their tentacles.
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Filter feed, stinging cells
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Parrot fish graze on ______ by biting off ______ with their powerful jaws.
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Algae, corals
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In the Australian Great Barrier Reef, the ______ starfish infestations were caused by the runoff of ______.
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Crown-of-Thorn, nitrogen fertilizer
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Organisms that live in extreme environments are known as ______; they below to a group of organisms known as ______.
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Extremophiles, archaebacteria
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Organisms that thrive in high temperature are known as ______, and in low temperature are known as ______.
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Thermophiles, psychrophiles
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Organisms that thrive in an acidic environment are known as ______, and in high alkaline condition are known as ______.
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Acidophiles, alkaliphiles
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Organisms that live in the bottom of the ocean must able to withstand high _______; they are known as ______.
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Hydrostatic pressure, piezophiles
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Plants use sunlight to convert ______ and ______ into carbohydrates.
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Carbon dioxide, water
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Organisms that undergo photosynthesis are known as ______; they obtain their carbon source from ______.
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Photoautotrophs, carbon dioxide
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Hot vent producers are ______; they derive their energy from ______.
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Chemoautotrophs, hydrogen sulfide
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Methane that is released from the seabed forms the source of ______ for the Archaebacteria in the ______.
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Energy, cold seep
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Water is a stable ______ molecule, making it an excellent ______.
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Polar, ionizing agent
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Most biological molecules can be dissolved in ______, which provides an excellent medium for chemical reactions to occur.
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Water
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Martian surface shows geological features of ancient rivers, ______, and ______ that have gone dry.
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Lakes, oceans
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Mars Twin Rover Expedition has discovered Martian rocks with ______ layers that can only be formed in the presence of ______.
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Sedimentary, Water
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Europa is one of the four moons of ______ discovered by ______ in 1610.
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Jupiter, Galileo
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Signs of microorganisms were revealed in a sub-glacial lake, known as ______ in the ______.
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Lake Vostok, Antartica
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The Milky Way Galaxy was formed 13.6 ______ years ago and has 200 ______ stars.
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Billion, billion
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The Universe was born 13.7 ______ years ago and organized into 10 ______ galaxies which form clusters and superclusters.
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Billion, billion
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The satellite known as ______ was launched in 2001 to survey the cosmic ______ background radiation.
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W-MAP, microwave
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The results of the W-MAP survey have provided a map to determine the age of the ______ to be ______ billion years.
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Universe, 13.7
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The universe expanded a trillion fold in a process known as ______ before forming the stable ______ atoms.
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Inflation, hydrogen
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Stars are composed mostly of ______, and they obtain their energy to glow by the fusion of ______ atoms to form helium.
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Hydrogen, hydorgen
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Our sun composed of ______% hydrogen and ______% helium.
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70%, 30%
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Nuclear fusion of a star stops when it accumulates too much ______. It dies by initiating a ______ explosion.
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Iron, super nova
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All the elements found in ______ are formed in the ______.
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Periodic table, stars
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