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What column is a simple-to-complex sequence of fossils predicted by evolution?
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geologic column
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The 17th-century English physician known for his study of the physiology of the circulatory system was ____.
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William Harvey
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The condition of being resistant to an infectious disease is ____.
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immunity
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Digestive wastes are eliminated from the body through the what?
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large intestine
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The transparent layer at the front of the eye is the ____.
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cornea
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What do the brain and spinal cord form?
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central nervous system
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The long bone of the upper leg is the ____.
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femur
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What system eliminates waste products from the body?
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excretory
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In the Linnaean system of classification, the ____ comes between family and the species.
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genus
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The type of vascular tissue that carries water and minerals from a plant's roots and stem to the leaves is ____.
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phloem
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The substance in a cell's nucleus that contains the cell's "blueprints" and serves as the master control program of the cell is ____.
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DNA
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Two different forms of the same gene are ____.
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alleles
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The ____. which includes jellyfish, corals, and hydras are soft bodied invertebrates with stinging cells.
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coelenterates
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The ____ are a group of invertebrates characterized by a muscular foot, a visceral hump, and a mantle.
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mollusks
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The order of insects that includes grasshoppers, crickets, mantises, and roaches is ____.
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Orthoptera
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Arthropods with eight legs and no antennae are classified as ____.
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arachnids
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The large fin at the rear of a fish that serves as the fish's propeller and rudder is the ____ fin.
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caudal
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The two main groups of fish are the ____.
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bony and cartilaginous fish
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Odd-toed ungulates (such as horses and rhinos) are ____.
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perissodactyls
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Organisms that feed primarily on plants are ____.
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herbivores
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The abbreviation DNA stands for ____.
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deoxyribonucleic acid
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The organs on each side of a fish's head that allows the fish to extract oxygen from the water are the ____.
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gills
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A sequence of three nucleotides that encodes a single amino acid is a ____.
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codon
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The law of ____ states that alleles for each trait separate randomly during the formation of gametes.
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segregation
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The law of ____ states that dominant traits show up in the offspring even if a gene for a different trait is also present.
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dominance
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RNA contains the base ____, which is not found in DNA.
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uracil
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Thefour types of bases that can make up the "rungs" of a DNA molecule are adenine, cytosine, guanine, and ____. |
thymine
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The special type of cell division that results in cells with half the normal number of chromosomes (such as gametes) is ____.
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meiosis
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The three regions of an insect head, _____, and abdomen.
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thorax
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The process by which an RNA copy of a DNA template is made is called ____.
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transcription
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A "typographical error" in an organism's genetic information is a ____.
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mutation
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The type of inheritance in which a single trait is controlled by many different pairs of genes is ____ inheritance.
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polygenic
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A gene that has more than two different forms, such as the gene for the human ABO blood group, demonstrates ____ inheritance.
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multiple allele
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DNA has a ____ structure.
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double-helix
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The process by which living cells produce energy from food without using oxygen is ____.
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fermentation
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Sequences of noncoding DNA that are interspersed among the protein-coding regions of a gene are ____.
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introns
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The ____ are a group of invertebrates characterized by sony skin, radical symmetry, and a water-vascular system.
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echinoderms
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Pairs of genes that do not obey the law of independent assortment demonstrate ____.
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linkage |
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The process by which DNA is copied is ____.
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replication
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An insect that begins life as a wormlike larva that forms a cocoon or chrysalis and emerges as a mature adult undergoes ____ metamorphosis.
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compete
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The actual combination of genes that a person inherits for a particular trait is his ____.
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genotype
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Any animal without a backbone or notochord is an____.
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invertebrate
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The process by which cells in a developing embryo takes on specialized forms to become specific types of cells is ____.
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differentiation |
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The process in which dna bases connect together and only one type of base will fit another is _____.
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base pairing
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A cell, such as a gamete, that has half the usual number of chromosomes has a ____ set.
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haploid |
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What is NOT a type of RNA?
messenger RNA ribosomal RNA duplication RNA transfer RNA |
duplicationRNA |
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Who was the Austrian monk that was considered the Father of Genetics?
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Gregor Mendel
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What process allows genes on the same chromosome to be inherited independently?
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recombination
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Which group includes earthworms, sea worms, and leeches?
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segmented worms
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Which are NOT mollusks?
echinoderms cephalopods bivalves gastropods |
echinoderms
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What organ that allows a fish to adjust its buoyancy so that is can remain stationary at a given depth?
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swim bladder
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What protozoa moves and engulfs prey using pseudopods?
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amoeba
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Which group of reptiles that have scales and lack legs and nicitating membranes?
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snakes
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What are leaping amphibians that lack tails?
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anurans
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What twisted cord that keeps the yolk of a bird egg properly oriented for the development of the embryo?
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chalaza
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What structure in a bird's stomach that grinds food?
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gizzard
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What biome characterized by harsh winters, short summers, and permafrost?
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arctic tundra
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Which British naturalist wrote The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man?
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Charles Darwin
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What is a tentative, untested solution to a scientific problem?
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hypothesis
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What type of pathogen that consists of a small amount of genetic material encased in a protein capsid?
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virus
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What hormone, produced by the pineal gland, triggers the body to prepare for sleep?
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melatonin
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What is the outmost layer of the skin?
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epidermis
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What are tiny air sacs in the lungs that allow cases to be exchanged between the air and the blood?
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alveoli
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Which blood vessels that return blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart?
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pulmonary veins
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What muscle group in the thigh that straightens the leg at the knee?
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quadriceps femoris
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What is the process of selective diffusion across a semipermeable membrane?
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osmosis
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What portion of the flower that produces the pollen?
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stamen
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The gene that causes the distinctive coat color of Siamese cats also causes night blindness in these cats.
What does this demonstrate? |
pleiotropy
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The lentil (a type of legume) can have any of several different patterns on its seed coat.
When lentils that breed true for spotted seeds are bred with lentils that breed true for dotted seeds, the offspring have both spots and dots on their seeds. What does this demonstrate? |
co-dominance
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In pea plants, green pods are dominant (G) and yellow pods are recessive (g).
A homozygous dominant plant is bred with a homozygous recessive plant. What combination of gene forms and pod color will the offspring have? |
Gg; green
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What BEST describes a biblical view of genetic engineering?
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Genetic engineering of plants and animals is a valid use of man's dominion.
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small structure that manufactures proteins
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ribosome
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sausage-shaped organelle that is a "power plant"
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mitochondrion
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fluid medium of the cell
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cytoplasm
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large, usually spherical body near the center of the cell the serves as the cell's master control center
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nucleus
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