Final

Question 1

What is evolution

Answer 1

The changing characteristics of a species overtime

Question 2

How was the work of Hutton and Lyle important to Darwin?

Answer 2

Help support Darwin theory that living things change

Question 3

What conclusion did Charles Darwin make based on his study of the beak shape of Galapagos finches?

Answer 3

Species change through natural selections so they can become more fit in their environment

Question 4

What is natural selection?

Answer 4

Natural selection allows for beneficial changes in species, so they become more fit

Question 5

What is fitness

Answer 5

The ability to survive and reproduce

Question 6

What is adaptation?

Answer 6

The way species become more fit in their environment

Question 7

What is survival of the fittest?

Answer 7

Only individuals who are most adapted to the environment will survive

Question 8

What does speciation?

Answer 8

A splitting event that produces two or more separate species

Question 9

Vestigial organ

Answer 9

An organ that serves little to no purpose

Question 10

What is a species?

Answer 10

A group of living organisms, consisting of similar genes and or interbreeding

Question 11

Define behavioral isolation

Answer 11

When an animal performs a certain action to attract a mate

Question 12

What is genetic drift?

Answer 12

Change in frequency of a gene due to random chance

Question 13

What is a mutation?

Answer 13

A change in the DNA sequence of a cell

Question 14

What is the structure of a virus?

Answer 14

DNA or RNA genome inside a protein shell called a capsid. Some viruses have an external membrane envelope

Question 15

What structure is unique to a virus?

Answer 15

Viral capsids

Question 16

What structure is common to both a virus in a living cell?

Answer 16

Nucleic acids

Question 17

How are viruses able to reproduce?

Answer 17

In order to reproduce, they need a host cell

Question 18

What is the relationship between a virus and its host cell

Answer 18

The virus uses the cell to replicate DNA and reproduce, and eventually will burst the cell

Question 19

What is the lytic cycle?

Answer 19

Cell bursts

Question 20

What is the lysogenic cycle?

Answer 20

Cell does not burst

Question 21

What type of white blood cells does HIV and AIDS destroy?

Answer 21

CD4 immune system cells

Question 22

How can viral infections be prevented?

Answer 22

Vaccinations, washing your hands, staying away from sick people

Question 23

Can viral infections be treated by antibiotics

Answer 23

No

Question 24

Can bacterial infections be treated with antibiotics

Answer 24

Yes

Question 25

Levels of organization within an organism

Answer 25

Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

Question 26

What is the function of adrenal glands?

Answer 26

Processes hormones that regulates metabolism and blood pressure

Question 27

Which system works to breakdown protein into smaller monomers

Answer 27

Digestive system , amino acids

Question 28

Which systems regulate the production of blood, blood cells, mineral storage and transport them throughout the body

Answer 28

Skeletal and circulatory

Question 29

What is the body response to increased internal body temperature?

Answer 29

Increase sweat

Question 30

What structures are used for water and nutrient absorption in plants

Answer 30

Roots

Question 31

Which organ structure in the intestinal track performs a similar function as the root hares

Answer 31

Villi in the small intestine

Question 32

Describe transpiration

Answer 32

The process of plants, losing water, stomata, guard cells

Question 33

What is the equation for photosynthesis?

Answer 33

6CO2+6H2O->C6H12O6+6O2