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90 Cards in this Set
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Mouth
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Where the digestion of carbohydrates begin
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Peristalsis
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Propulsion of food through the gastrointestinal tract
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Villi and micro villi
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Cause surface area in the small intestine to increase
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Artificially acquired active immunity
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Immunity produced by a vaccine
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Cytokines
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Are released by damaged cells to draw out white blood cells
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Fever
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Enhances destruction of pathogens
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Fertility rate
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The average number of children a women will have durning childbearing years
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Less developed countries
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Fertility rates are highest
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Crude birth rate and crude death rate
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Defined by the number of births and deaths per 1,000 people per year
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Taxonomy hierarchy in order
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Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
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Natural selection
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Survival of the fittest
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Genes
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Stretches of DNA on a chromosome that make an organisms characteristics
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Alleles
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Name of all the different forms of genes produced by a mutation
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Mutations
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Changes in DNA that affect how the gene functions
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Nucleic acids
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Store and transmit hereditary info
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Pentose
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Type of sugar
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Phosphate group
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A molecule in the backbone of DNA And RNA that links adjoining bases together
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Nitrogen base
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Molecule found in DNA and RNA that encodes genetic info
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5 types of nitrogen bases
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Adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, and uracil
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Found in both DNA and RNA
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Adenine, cytosine, guanine
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Found only in DNA
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Thymine
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Found only in RNA
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Uracil
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RNA is the messenger between.
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DNA and protein production
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Prokaryotic
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Type of cell that can function independently of other cells there DNA is located in the nucleoid
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Cell wall
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Separates the inside and the outside of a cell
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Cytoplasm
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Gel like fluid that houses organelles
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Nucleoid
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Condensed DNA of a cell
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Plasmids
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Circular portions of DNA not associated with nucleoid
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Ribosomes
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Manufactures proteins for cells from RNA
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Flagella
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Long and whip like and project outward from the cell
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Mitochondria
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Site of atp production in cells
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Cytoplasm
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Is present in both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
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Eukaryotic
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DNA is found in the nucleus
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Central dogma of biology
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States that DNA gives rise to RNA which gives rise to protein
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Chromosomes
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Large structures of DNA that create genes
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Cellular differentiation occurs in
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Embryo and adult
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Embryo
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Early stages of a plant or animal after fertilization
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Mitosis
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Process of cell duplication
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Interphase of a cell consist of
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S phase G1 and G2
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How is DNA double helix released to allow replication
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Enzymes initiate the unwinding of DNA and release two complimentary strands of that DNA so DNA polymerase enzymes can duplicate them
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Gametes
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Cells that form a new organism via sexual reproduction
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Meiosis
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Process by which gametes reduce there DNA
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Diploid cells
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Cells that contain toe sets of chromosomes
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Haploid cells
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Cells containing only one chromosome
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Homologous
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Cells found in diploid cells that are twins
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Mitosis prophase
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The spindle fibers form and the centrioles moves to opposite sides of the cell. Nuclear membrane disappears
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Mitosis metaphase
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The chromosome align midway along the spindle fibers
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Mitosis anaphase
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The chromosome begins to separate from their daughters. Cytokinesis begins
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Mitosis telophase
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Identical sets of chromosome are at opposite ends of the cell. Spindle fibers disappear, nuclear membranes reappear, and cytokinesis completes
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Meiosis prophase1
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Homologous chromosome condense and link in the process-forming tetrads. This allows crossing over or recombination to occur
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Meiosis metaphase1
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Homologous chromosomes move to the metaphase plate
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Meiosis anaphase1
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Homologous chromosomes separate, but the sister chromatids stay together
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Meiosis telophase1
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Cytokinesis has occurred and two haploid daughter cells are the result
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Meiosis prophase 2
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A brief stage in which spindle fibers begin to reappear and centrioles move to opposite poles
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Meiosis metaphase 2
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Sister chromatids align at a new metaphase plate
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Meiosis anaphase 2
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Sister chromatids separate
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Meiosis telophase 2
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Four haploid cells result after cytokinesis
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During meiosis what happens to a diploid cell
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Gives rise to 4 haploid cells
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Photosynthesis
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Process by which the energy from sunlight is trapped by chlorophyll and used for synthesis of glucose
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Chloroplast
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Organelle in plants that allows photosynthesis to occur
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Proteins are responsible for
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Expression of genetic traits
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Genome
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Complete set of DNA that make up a persons genes
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DNA polymerase
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Major enzyme responsible for DNA replication in cells
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Phenotypes
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Physical expression of genetic traits
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Genotype
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The organisms underlying genetic makeup and code
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Punnett square
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A graph to show All the possible combinations of alleles given by two parents
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A large saturated hydrocarbon will contain
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More than twice as many hydrogen atoms as carbon atoms
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Cells are a higher level of organization than
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Molecules
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What is needed for cellular waste recycling
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Lysosome
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What system contains the mouth and anus
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Digestive
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Respiratory system
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Keeps the body's cells supplied with oxygen: lungs larynx, nasal cavity
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Endocrine system
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Controls body function: thyroid thymus and adrenal
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Skeletal
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Provides support and protection for the whole body
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which by-products of cellular respiration is used by autotrophs in the production of glucose
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carbon dioxide
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what bond is primarily responsible for base pairing in complementary strands of DNA
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hydrogen
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DNA polymerase proofreading
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is the first defense against mutations during DNA replication
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after passing through the stomach, food continues into what structure
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duodenum
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centrosomes
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are associated with spindle fibers during mitosis
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absorption of water occurs in what part of the gastrointestinal tract
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colon
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gastrulation
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the stage at which individual tissue layers begin to form
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liberates oh in solution
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the property of a base
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during which stage of interphase is mrna synthesized
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G1
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chlorine ions
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a catalytic reaction involved in the breakdown of the ozone
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superior vena receives blood from
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veins of the upper body
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inferior veins receive blood from
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veins of the lower body
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ascending and descending artoa receive blood from
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the heart
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diaphragm
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pulls air into the body during inspiration
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how do inhbibitors affect the rate of enzymes
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they block the active sites of the substrate, causing greatly reduced activity
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translation
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the process by which RNA relay information to the ribsomes
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produce bile that begin to breakdown fat
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liver
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