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What is the short chemical equation for ammonification?
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Urea->NH4+ or NH3
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Explosive chemical in Dynamite?
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Nitroglycerin
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Father of taxonomy?
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Linnaeus
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What are the three types of prokaryotes?
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Aerobes, anarobes, and faculative anarobes.
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What does the suffix gen mean?
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to make or create
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Where do chemical reactions take place in Eukaryotic Cells? Simultaneosly or Consecutive?
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Organelles, Simultaneously
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Which are one celled, Eukaryotes or Prokaryotes?
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Prokaryotes
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What winds up DNA during replication?
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Histones
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Define redox.
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The Counting system for movement of electrons.
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List the taxonomy for humans.
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Eukaria, Animalia, Chordata, Mamalia, Primate, Hominid, Homo, Homo Sapien.
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Macromolecules and their Micromolecus?
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Carbohydrates-monosacharides
Lipids- Fatty Acids Protiens- Amino Acids Nucliec Acids- Nucleotides |
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What is N2 -> NH4+
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Nitrogen Fixation
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What trees are common trees around bogs?
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Tamarack and pine
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Rhizobiums use the enzyme ________ to break N N triple bonds?
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Nitrogenase
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True or False? Eukaryotes have very small cells?
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False
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Where is the gas NO made?
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In combustion engines
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_________ live on nodules of legumes.
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Rhizobiums
Not Ribosomes! |
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What does karyos mean?
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core or nucleus
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What are the four kingdoms?
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Animalia, Plantae, Protista, and Fungi
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What is the cell wall in bacteria cells made of?
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Peptidoglycan
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What are cell membranes made of?
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Phospholipid bilayers
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When did Eukaryotes show up?
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2.7 billion years ago
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When did Archeans show up?
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3.8 billion years ago
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What domain does bacteria belong to?
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Prokarya
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What percent of fixed nitrogen did Chile supply in 1913
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56%
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What is chlorophyl contained in?
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Cholroplasts
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What types of cells are squishy?
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Animal cells
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Name 4 legumes?
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Soy beans, beans, alfaalfa, peas, clover
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How much of the atmosphere is CO2 and at one point what was at it.
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.03 and 15 %
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What are the four important eras?
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Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic
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What were bogs in Florida used for?
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burial grounds
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What is another name for cytoplasm
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Cytosol
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Good
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Luck :)
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What is adipose
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Fatty tissue
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What does meso- mean
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middle
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Cell membrane is made of...
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phospholipid bilayer
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How many chromosomes does a red blood cell have
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0
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What is it called when N03 -> N2
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Denitrification
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What does pro mean?
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prior to or before
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What does troph mean?
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food or nutrition
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What does oligo mean?
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Few
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What is the cell wall made of?
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Cellulose
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Descibe a mesotrophic lake?
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Some plants, medium sized fish
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What does halophilic mean?
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salt loving
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What is the primary reservoir of Nitrogen
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Atmosphere
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What does Eu mean?
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Good or true
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What are the types or rocks?
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Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary
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What percentage of the atmosphere is Oxygen, Nitrogen, and C02?
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20% Oxygen, 79% Nitrogen, and .03% CO2
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What is the process where nitrates in the soil are lost in groundwater?
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Leaching
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What is NH4 -> NO3?
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Nitrification.
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What does skippy do in the diagram?
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Assimilation Biosynthesis
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What does Nitrogens Oxidation number in N2O
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-1
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In Eukaryotes, what are the linear strips of DNA called?
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Chromosomes
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What type of cell in the human body has no nucleus?
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Adult Red Blood Cells
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Greatest Reservoir of Phosphorous?
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In Rocks
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Name some Fungi
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Mushrooms, yeast, mildew, ringworm
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What was the main way carbon entered the atmosphere 4.2 bya?
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Volcanic Eruptions
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What is melanin?
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Pigments in your body?
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How many feet of DNA are in sex Cells?
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3 Feet ( Half of the 6 feet of regular cells)
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Saltpeters chemical formula?
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KNO3
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What is the largest creature?
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Slimold
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In 1913 what rank was the U.S. as a supplier of fixed nitrogen?
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4th
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In 1913, who were the top 3 suppliers of fixed Nitrogen? (in order)
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Chile, Germany, and Great Britian
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Why was there demand for KNO3?
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it was a explosive and fertilizer
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What is the role of an enzyme in a reaction?
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Acts as a catalyst and lowers the amount of energy needed to have a reaction
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What is the composition of Cytosol?
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85% Water and 15% Protien
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What is the chemical formula for Laughing Gas?
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N2O
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What is the common name of Trinitrotoulene?
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TNT
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What is the method for creating Fixed Nitrogen?
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Haber-Bosch Process
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