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1
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The inherent inclination of an organism toward a certain behavior

A

Instinct

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2
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Protozoans difder from algae primarily in the way in which they carry on ______

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Food getting

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3
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The nitrogen-fixing bacteria found on leguminous plants make possible the synthesis of _____

A

Protein

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4
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The cell formed as the result of fussion of an egg cell and sperm cell

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Zygote

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5
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Immediately after a frightening experience, a person’s blood is likely to show higher than normal concentrations of ______

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Hormones

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6
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The two processes mainly responsible for the transpo of materials upward through the conducting tubes of plants are

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Diffusion and Capillary action

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7
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Bacteria usually reproduce by the process of?

A

Fission

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Environmental factors that cause organisms to respond are called?

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Stimuli

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9
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The process of culturing bacteria by providing them w the necessary conditions for growth

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Incubation

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10
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If a trait skips a generation, the most probable reason is that it ________

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Is recessive

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11
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If an organism produces two types of gametes, that organism would be described as ______

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Heterozygous

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12
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Causes the production of specific molecules that will react with it and destroy certain microbes

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Vaccines

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13
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It is the characteristic of all vascular plants

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Conducting tissue is present

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14
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According to the heterotroph hypothesis, the first living things on Earth probably obtained food by _____

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Taking in previously formed organic food from the oceans

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15
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Simple reflex vs Conditioned reflex(2)

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A simple reflex action is an involuntary or automatic action which our body does in response to something.

A conditioned reflex action is an action or feeling learned in response to a stimulus; dependent on past experience, training and learning.

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16
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Instinct vs Reflex

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Instict: inborn complex patterns of behaviour that exist in most members of the species

Reflex: response of an organism to a specific stimuli

17
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The study of the principles of ecology is basic to the understanding of?

A

Conservation

18
Q

4 characteristics of a mammal

A

Milk glands, warm blooded, 4 chambered heart, fur/hair

19
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an asexual reproduction method in which a parent plant creates hundreds of reproductive units called spores, which germinate under favourable conditions and produce young organisms with numerous vegetative hyphae.

A

Sporulation

20
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a process of food preservation in which packaged and unpacked foods are treated with mild heat, usually to less than 100 °C, to eliminate pathogens and extend shelf life.

A

Pasteurized

21
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The chief function of guard cells is to

A

Permit the diffusion of gases into leaves

22
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In dna molecules, the amount of guanine equals the amount of cytosine. This provides evidence in support of the fact that guanine and cytosine _______

A

Are paired in the nucleus

23
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If a red blood cell is removed from the plasma and place in distilled water, there will be________

A

Some diffusion of water into the red blood cell

24
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Most bacteria and fungi are classified as heterotroph because both of these forms of life _________

A

Are unable to synthesize organic compounds from inorganic substances

25
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Which structure is observed during mitotic cell division in vascular plants but not in animals

A

Cell plate

26
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Which indicates that an animal cell is undergoing mitotic cell division

A

Centrioles migrate in opposite direction

27
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A a cell contained 46 chromosomes and its daughter cells contained 23 chromosomes. The daughter cells were most probably produced by the process of ________

A

Meiosis