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The monomers of proteins are: |
Amino acids |
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Which substance makes up more than half of all living matter than 90% of the weight of most plant tissue? |
Water |
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The monomers of nucleic acids are: |
Nucleotides |
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When an oil undergoes hydrolysis, the products are: |
1 glycerol and 3 fatty acids |
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The principle polysaccharide in the plant cell wall is: |
Cellulose |
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The nucleolus is the structure in which _________ are formed. |
Ribosomes |
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Grana are stacks of ___________ within chloroplasts. |
Thylakoids |
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An interruption in the secondary wall is called: |
Pit |
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In the absence of other factors affecting water potential, water will move FROM a region of _________ TO a region of ________. |
Low solute concentration; high solute concentration |
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In active transport of sucrose, the secondary active transport system is: |
Sucrose-proton symporter |
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Of the total solar energy that reaches the Earth, ____% is captured by the cells of the photosynthetic organisms. |
Less than 1% |
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In biological reactions, when a molecule is oxidized it ____ an electron and a(n) _____. |
Loses; proton |
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An exergonic reaction: |
Is a reaction in which the potential energy of the final state is less than that of the initial state |
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In glycolysis, one molecule of glucose is converted to _____ molecules of _____. |
2; pyruvate |
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Oxidative phosphorylation depends on a gradient of ____ across the mitochondrial membrane. |
Protons |
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In the antenna complex, light energy is transferred from one pigment molecule to another by: |
Resonance energy transfer |
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In photosynthesis, the role of the ATP synthase complex is to provide a channel for proteins to flow back into the: |
Chloroplast stroma |
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When the zygote first divides, the 2 daughter cells are the ____ cell and the ____ cell. |
Apical & basal |
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In contrast to derivatives, initials: |
Give rise to more initials and derivatives |
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Perforation plates are characteristics of the ____ of _____. |
Vessel elements of angiosperms |
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Albuminous cells are thought to have the same function as: |
Companion cells |
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The sequence of regions in a growing root, beginning immediately behind the root cap is: |
Cell division, elongation, maturation |
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The presence of casparian strips forces substances entering and leaving the vascular cylinder to ass through the protoplasts of ______ cells |
Endodermal |
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Extensions of vascular tissue into the leaves from the stem are called: |
Leaf traces |
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A leaf having a rachis is a ____ leaf. |
Pinnately compound |
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Allopathic speciation is different from sympathetic speciation in that allopatric speciation involves: |
Geographic isolation |
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In eudicots, the major veins develop towards the ______ and the minor veins develop toward the _____ |
Leaf margins; leaf base |
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In vascular plants, cavitation is the: |
Rupture of water columns |
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When many nucleotides undergo dehydration synthesis, the products are: |
A nucleic acid |
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The _______ structure of a protein involves interactions between 2 or more peptide bonds. |
Quaternary |
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Principle role of ATP is: |
Providing energy |
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The monomers of proteins are |
Glycerol and fatty acids |
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List the correct sequence in which glycoproteins travel through the Golgi complex. |
Forming face, shuttle vesicles, maturing face, trans-Golgi network |
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In plasmolysis |
The plasma membrane is pushed away from the cell wall |
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Life existed on Earth as early as ____ years ago |
3 to 4 billion |
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List sequence of cell wall layers, beginning with the outermost layer and progress forward |
Secondary wall, middle lamella, primary wall |
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Under anaerobic conditions, yeasts and most plant cells convert pyruvate to: |
Ethanol and carbon dioxide |
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Stem like axis above the cotyledons is the: |
Epicotyl |
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How many rings of vascular cambium would be found in a tree that is 6 years old? |
1 |