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A benign tumor differs from a malignanttumor in that a benign tumor |
does NOT metastasize |
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Which of the following occurs duringprophase? |
the mitotic spindle begins to form |
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A duplicated chromosome consists of two |
chromatids |
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Chromatin consists of |
DNA and protein |
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The phase of mitosis during which the nuclearenvelope fragments and the nucleoli disappearis called |
prophase |
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Which of the following will help preventcancer and increase survival? |
Seek early detection of tumors |
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Mature human nerve cells and muscle cells |
are permanently in a state of nondivision |
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Which of the following is a feature of plant celldivision that distinguishes it from animal celldivision? |
A cell plate forms
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The chromosomes of eukaryotic cells are foundin the |
nucleus |
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Which one of the following is not a function ofmitosis? Mitosis helps organisms |
All are correct |
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Which of the following is NOT a stage ofmitosis? |
interphase |
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Skin cancer is a type of |
carcinoma |
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The cell cycle results in the production of |
2 diploid cells, each with sameamount of genetic material info. |
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A ______ is an example of an organism thatcan reproduce asexually. |
Komodo dragon |
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During which stage of the cell cycle doescytokinesis usually occur? |
telophase |
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Which of these events occurs during anaphase? |
Sister chromatids separate |
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During which phase of mitosis does thenuclear envelope re-form and the nucleolireappear? |
telophase |
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If the S phase was eliminated from the cellcycle,the daughter cells would |
have half the genetic material found in the parental cell |
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DNA is found in structures called |
chromosomes |
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Which one of the following does NOT occurduring mitotic anaphase? |
the chromatid DNA replicates |
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Which of the following is a stage of mitosis? |
telophase |
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Which of the following help maintain thestructure of chromosomes and control theactivity of genes? |
proteins |
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During metaphase |
chromosomes line up on the midline of the cell |
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The creation of offspring carrying geneticinformation from just a single parent is called |
asexual reproduction |
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Which of the following occurs duringinterphase? |
cell growth and duplication of the chromosomes |
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What are nucleosomes made of? |
DNA wrapped around histone proteins |
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The process by which the cytoplasm of aeukaryotic cell divides to produce two cells iscalled |
cytokinesis |
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The correct sequence of the stages of the cellcycle is |
interphase, prophase, metaphase,anaphase, telophase |
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Sister chromatids are joined at the |
centromere |
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Which of the following must occur for a plantor animal to grow and develop normally? |
it must be able to control the timing andrate of cell division in different parts of its body |
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Humans use the calories they obtain from______ as their source of energy. |
food |
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What compound directly provides energy forcellular work? |
ATP |
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Anaerobic process requires |
oxygen |
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Respiration describes the exchange of gasesbetween your blood and the outside air.Cellular respiration ______. |
produces ATP |
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Which of these equations describes aerobiccellular respiration? |
glucose+oxygen ----> carbon dioxide+water + energy |
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During redox reactions, ______. |
electrons are lost from one substance and added to another substance |
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During cellular respiration, electrons movethrough a series of electron acceptor molecules.Which of thefollowing isatruestatementabout this process? |
Oxygen is eventually reduced by the electrons to form water. |
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The first electron acceptor of cellularrespiration is ______. |
NAD+ |
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Which of the following is the correct sequenceof stages in cellular respiration? |
glycolysis, citric acid cycle, electrontransport |
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Which part of cellular respiration produces themost NADH? |
citric acid cycle |
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In cellular respiration, most ATP is produceddirectly as a result of ______. |
the movement of hydrogen ions across the inner mitochondrial membrane |
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Anaerobic respiration produces a maximum of______ ATP per glucose. |
2 |
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Which of the following metabolic pathways iscommon to both aerobic and anaerobicprocesses of sugar breakdown? |
glycolysis |
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In fermentation, ______ is ______. |
NADH ... oxidized |
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Respiration ______, and cellular respiration______. |
is gas exchange ... produces ATP |
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The term anaerobic means ______ |
without O2 |
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Which of the following is a result of glycolysis? |
conversion of glucose to pyruvic acid |
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What must pyruvic acid be converted to beforeit can enter the Krebs cycle? |
acetyl CoA |
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Which one of the following is the correctsequence of stages in cellular respiration? |
glycolysis, Krebs cycle, electron transportchain |
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The final electron acceptor of aerobicrespiration is ______. |
oxygen |
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During cellular respiration, the energy inglucose ______. |
is carried by electrons |
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Respiration __________, and cellularrespiration __________. |
is gas exchange ... produces ATP |
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The overall equation for the cellularrespiration of glucose is |
C6H12O6 + 6O2 --> 6CO2 + 6H2O +energy |
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During cellular respiration, the energy inglucose |
is carried by electrons. |
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Oxidation is the __________, and reduction isthe __________. |
loss of electrons ... gain of electrons |
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During which of the following phases ofcellular respiration does substrate-levelphosphorylation take place? |
glycolysis and the citric acid cycle |
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Which one of the following metabolicpathways is common in aerobic and anaerobicorganisms? |
glycolysis |
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During chemiosmosis |
ATP is synthesized when H+ ions movethrough a protein port provided by ATPsynthase. |
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To obtain energy from starch and glycogen, thebody must begin by |
hydrolyzing both starch and glycogen toglucose. |
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If you consume one gram of each of thefollowing, which will yield the most ATP? |
fat |
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Homologous chromosomes ______. |
carry the same genes |
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Which of the following is the best descriptionof the events of anaphase I? |
Homologous chromosomes randomlyseparate and migrate to opposite poles. |
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Which of the following is a characteristic seenin prophase I that does not occur in prophaseII? |
Crossing over occurs. |
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One difference between mitosis and meiosis is______. |
mitosis produces cells geneticallyidentical to the parent cell, but meiosisdoes not |
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Why is crossing over not possible in meiosis II? |
Because homologous chromosomes are no longer in the same cell. |
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During metaphase I, ______. |
homologous chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell |
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Crossing over during prophase I results in______. |
genetic recombination |
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Which scientist iscredited with proposing in1887 that an egg and a sperm fuse to form azygote? |
van Beneden |
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Sexual intercourse in humans ______. |
allows a haploid sperm cell to fertilize ahaploid egg cell |
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How much genetic material is present in a cellduring prophase I compared to a cell that hascompleted meiosis II? |
four times as much |
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Chromosomes that do not determine the sex ofan individual are called ______. |
autosomes |
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How many possible gametes are there if a cellhas 4 chromosome pairs? |
16 |
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In humans, gametes are _____ and somaticcells are _______ . |
haploid; diploid |
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Many protist are _________ for most of theirlives. |
haploid |
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Genetic variation is accomplished by all butone of the following. Which is it? |
the events of meiosis II |
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In humans, germ-line cells are located in |
the ovaries and testes. |
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Anaphase II is essentially the same as mitoticanaphase except that in anaphase II ______ andin mitotic anaphase ______. |
the cells are haploid and sisterchromatids separate ... the cells arediploid and sister chromatids separate |
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Upon completion of telophase I andcytokinesis, there is(are) ______ cell(s). |
two haploid |
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The process that serves to decrease cellularchromosome number by half is |
meiosis |
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Karyotyping |
can reveal alterations in chromosome number. |
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What sex chromosomes belong to a normalhuman female? |
XX
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A karyotype (a chromosome display) would beunable to determine ______. |
eye color |
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A ______ describes a site of crossing over. |
chiasma |
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An organism's diploid number is 64.Itshaploid number would be |
32 |
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What sex chromosomes belong to a normalhuman male? |
XY
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How many autosomes do humans have? |
22
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For a species with four pairsof chromosomes,________ gametic combinations are possible. |
16
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Which of the following does NOT enhancegenetic diversity? |
mitosis of somatic cells |
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Genetically, human ______. |
children are equally related to both parents |
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A fter meiosis I _____ cells are formed and aftermeisis II , _____ cells results. |
2; 4 |