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During the light independent reactions of photosynthesis, light energy is used to split water molecules generating protons and oxygen molecules. True or False?
False
In the first step of the Calvin cycle called carbon fixation, 3 carbon dioxide molecules combine with 6, 5 carbon compounds to form 12, 3 carbon molecules called 3 phosphoglycerate.
False
The first stage of cellular respiration, glycolysis, is an anaerobic process
True
It takes 3 turns of the Krebs cycle to break down each glucose molecule
False
A prokaryote that grows and reproduces without oxygen is called aerobic
False
A gamete has one half the number of chromosomes of a regular body cell
True
Homologous chromosomes are 2 chromosomes with identical DNA sequences
False
During Meiosis, chromosome number is reduced through three rounds of cell division
False
Sexual reproduction would be more advantageous than asexual reproduction for for organisms living in an environment that is diverse and undergoes frequent changes
True
Mendel's work on garden pea plants resulted in the discovery that genetic traits of parents always blend together in subsequent generations
False
In humans, the ability to roll one's tongue is a dominant trait. Therefore, a tongue roller can only have children who are also tongue rollers
False
Polyploidy is more common in plants than animals
True
During meiosis 1, homologous chromosome pairs are separated when the centromeres split
False
Meiosis occurs during both sexual and asexual reproduction
False
Gregor Mendel's research supports the idea each organism carries a pair of alleles.
True
The 2 forms of archaebacteria that can be found near volcanoes are thermoacidophiles and halophiles
False
If a researcher wanted to use a rod shaped bacteria in her experiment, she would use a type of bacilli
True
All antibiotic medicines are made of chemicals produced by fungi
False
The digestion of fungi is similar to other heterotrophs in that they digest food by first absorbing it and then breaking it down with enzymes and nutritional components
False
One aspect of fungi that is beneficial to humans is their role as decomposers, returning nutrients into the food chain
True
Budding is the reproductive strategy used by most fungi
False
Based on fossil evidence, marsupials originated in Australia
False
While inside their mother's pouch, marsupials get nourishment through an umbilical cord
False
A general characteristic of all mammals is that the mother gives birth to live young
False
Australia is the only continent where marsupials thrive in nature
False
The dermis contains nerve tissue
True
Skin cells have the ability to multiply and repair injuries
True
First degree burns take the longest to heal because cells in both the dermis and the epidermis are damaged
False
It is important to eat foods that contain vitamins because the body is not able to produce all of the vitamins it requires
True
Sperm develops in the testes in the vas deferens
False
The menstrual cycle can be divided into three phases: The flow phase, follicular phase and the placental phase
False
In the second trimester of pregnancy, all organs, tissues, and organ systems begin to develop in the fetus
False
write the six functions of hair for mammals and give an example of each
insulation- polar bear
Camouflage-fox
Sensory devices- whiskers on a seal
waterproofing- fur on sea otter
signaling- tail on white tailed deer
defense- quills on porcuipine
List the 4 classifications of mammals based upon what they eat, give an example of a mammal for each
insectivores- moles and shrews
herbivores- deer and rabbits
Omnivores- humans
carnivores- bears
List 3 groups of mammals based on how they reproduce and give method of reproduction and an animal from that group
monotremes-egg laying-duck billed platypus
marsupials- develop in pouch- kangaroo
placental- give birth to live young-most mammals
Define invertebrate
Animal with no backbone
Define Vertebrate
Animal with backbone
what are the 3 groups of animals that are invertebrates?
worms, mollusks, arthropods
What are 5 groups of animals that are vertebrates?
fish, reptiles, mammals, amphibians, birds
All mammals have______ and _____
hair, mammary glands
What is an endotherm?
Animal who produces body heat internally
What are 2 ways mammals control their body heat?
sweating and panting
Where do most marsupials live?
Australia
What's the human classification for domain
Eukarya
What's the human classification for kingdom?
animalia
What's the human classification for phylum?
chordata
What's the human classification for class?
animalia
What's the human classification for order?
Primates
What's the human classification for family?
hominidae
What's the human classification for genus?
homo
What's the human classification for species?
sapiens
Write the correct scientific name for a human
Homo sapien
_____ _____
What are the 4 parts of the circulatory system?
blood vessels, lymphatic system, blood, heart
What are 3 types of blood vessels?
veins arteries, capillaries
What are the 4 components that make up your blood?
platelets, white blood cells,red blood cells, plasma
What are the 4 blood types?
O A AB B
What blood type is the universal donor?
O
What blood type is the universal recipient?
AB
White blood cell, Red blood cell, platelet or plasma

Carries fats and glucose
Plasma
White blood cell, Red blood cell, platelet or plasma

Fights infection
White blood cells
White blood cell, Red blood cell, platelet or plasma

Contains hemoglobin
Red blood cells
White blood cell, Red blood cell, platelet or plasma

Transports oxygen
Red blood cells
White blood cell, Red blood cell, platelet or plasma

Clear, yellowish fluid
Plasma
White blood cell, Red blood cell, platelet or plasma

Helps clot blood
Platelet
White blood cell, Red blood cell, platelet or plasma

Lacks a nucleus
Red blood cells