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1
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The Calvin cycle takes place in where?

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Stroma

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2
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What is a product of the Calvin cycle?

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High energy sugars

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3
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What is the correct equation for cellular respiration?

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Answer A

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4
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Cellular respiration releases energy by breaking down what?

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Food molecules

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5
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Unlike photosynthesis, cellular respiration occurs in what?

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All eukaryotic cells

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6
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Glycolysis provides a cell with a net gain of what?

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Two ATP molecules

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7
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The starting molecule for the Krebs cycle is?

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Glucose

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The Krebs cycle produces what?

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Carbon dioxide

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9
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In the presence of oxygen, glycolysis is followed by what?

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The Krebs cycle

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10
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As a cell becomes larger…..

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It’s volume increases faster than its surface area

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11
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The rate at which wastes are produced by a cell, partially depends on the cells what?

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Ratio of surface area to volume

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12
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Where do light dependent reactions take place?

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Within a thigh Lecoid membrane

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13
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The process by which cells divide into two daughters cells?

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Cell division

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14
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When during the cell cycle are chromosomes visible ?

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Only during being replicated

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15
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During which phase during the cell cycle does mitosis happen?

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The M phase

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16
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Which of the following is a correct statement about the events of the cell cycle?

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Interphase consists of g1, S, and g2 phase

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17
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During which phase in mitosis do chromosomes line up along the middle of the dividing cell?

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The metaphase

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18
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What is the role of the spindle fibers during mitosis?

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They help separate the chromosomes

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19
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During normal, mitotic cell division, a parent cell has 4 chromosomes which will produce 2 daughter cells each containing how many chromosomes ?

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4

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20
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What are the products of light dependent reactions?

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ATP, NADPH, OXYGEN GAS

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21
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All of the following are problems that growth causes for cells except?

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Excess oxygen

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22
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Which of the following happen when a cell divides?

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Each daughter cell receives its own copy of its parent’s DNA

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23
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A group of similar cells that perform a particular function is called what?

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Tissue

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24
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Organisms such as plants, that make their own food are called what?

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Autotrophs

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25
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Organisms that cannot make their own food and must obtain energy from external sources are called what?

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Heterotrophs

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26
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Which of the following organisms is a heterotroph?

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A mushroom

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27
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What happens during photosynthesis?

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Autotrophs produce carbohydrates

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28
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Most plants appear green because chlorophyll….

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Does not absorb green light

29
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A granum is a…

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Stack of thylakoids

30
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Which of the following is false?

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A Stroma contains a thylakoid

31
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A student is collecting a gas given off of a plant in bright sunlight at a temperature at 27 degrees Celsius what gas is being given off?

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Oxygen

32
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Which organelles are involved in energy conservation?

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Mitichondria and chloroplasts

33
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Which organelles would you expect to find in plants but animals cells?

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Chloroplast

34
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You will not find a cell wall in which of these types of organisms?

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Animal

35
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The cell membrane contains channels and pumps that help move materials from one side to another, what are these channels and pumps made of?

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Proteins

36
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Animal cell that is surrounded by fresh water will burst because of the osmotic pressure?

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Allowing water into the cells

37
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Which means of partial transport require input of energy from the cell?

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Active transport

38
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Which term describes the relatively constant internal physical conditions of an organism?

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Homeostatus

39
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The cells of unicellular are…

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They are able to carry out all of the functions necessary for life

40
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What is the process that changes one set of chemicals into another set of chemicals ?

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Chemical reaction

41
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Which of the following statements is true about catalysts?

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Catalysts lower the activation energy of the chemical reaction

42
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Enzymes affect the reactions in living cells by changing the what?

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Speed of the reaction

43
Q

Which of the following is not a basic a method used by ecologists?

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Modeling

44
Q

Plants are…

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Primary producers

45
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All the interconnect feeding relationships in an ecosystem make up a what?

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Food web

46
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What animals eat both producers and consumers?

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Omnivores

47
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Based on its behavior, which pair of ecological terms describe the bird?

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Carnivore and consumer

48
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Which of the following contains a nucleus?

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Eukaryotes

49
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Which of the following organisms are prokaryotes ?

A

Bacteria

50
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Which of the following is the function of the nucleus?

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Stores Dna

51
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Which of the following statements about the nucleus is not true?

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Nucleus is the sight of the protein assembly

52
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Which organelle breaks down organelles that are no longer useful?

A

Isotopes

53
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Which of the following is not a goal of science ?

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To establish a collection of unchangeable truths

54
Q

Science differs from other disciplines like the history and the arts because relies on….

A

Test explanations

55
Q

Information gathered from observing a plant grow 3 cm in a three week period is called a what?

A

Data

56
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How does sharing ideas through peer reviews articles help advance science ?

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Scientists reading the articles may come up with new questions

57
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Would a science who studies evolution also have to learn about the other branches of biology? Why or why not ?

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Yes, because the different branches of biology are all inter related

58
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What are the smallest objects that biologists study ?

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Cells

59
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Biologists who work in the field of Genetics and in molecular biology study what?

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DNA

60
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The basic unit of length is …?

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Meters

61
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English system of measure vs. metric measures. Why is the metric system easier to use?

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Metric system is based on the multiples of 10

62
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If an atom contains 3 protons and 4 nuetrons and 3 electrons

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63
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Isotopes are atoms of the same element with same number of protons but with a different number of what?

A

Nuetrons

64
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if an atom contains 11 protons and 12 neutrons, it atomic number is what?

A

11

65
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A covalent bond is formed in the result of what?

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Sharing electrons

66
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What type of electron is able to form bonds ?

A

Valence electron

67
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What type of ion forms when an atom looses an electron?

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Positive ion

68
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A solution is a…?

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A mixture that is evenly distributed

69
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If the ph level of stomach acid and a basic oven cleaner were measured

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