Final Exam Vocab

Question 0

Plants that live for one year.

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Annual

Question 1

Plants that produce flowers, seeds, and fruits.

Answer 1

Angiosperm

Question 2

How an organism acts, what it does, and how it does it.

Answer 2

Behavior

Question 3

One class of organic molecules composed of C,H, O in the ratio of 1:2:1.

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Carbohydrate

Question 4

The basic structural units of all living things.

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Cell

Question 5

Thin sheets of material composed of phospholipids and proteins; some proteins have attached CHO or fats.

Answer 5

Cell membrane

Question 6

Double stranded DNA molecules with attached protein (nucleoprotein) coiled into a short, compact unit.

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Chromosome

Question 7

Populations of different kinds of organisms that interact with one another in a particular place.

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Community

Question 8

The internal framework of eukaryotic cells composed of intermediate filaments, microtubules, and microfilamente.

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Cytoplasm

Question 9

The net movement of a kind of molecule from an area of a higher concentration to an area of lesser concentration.

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Diffusion

Question 10

Molecules, produced by organism, that are able to control the rate at which chemical reactions occur.

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Enzyme

Question 11

A change in the frequency of genetically determined characteristics within a population over time.

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Evolution

Question 12

Genetic information determining one characteristic of an organism.

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Gene

Question 13

The catalog of genes of an organism, whether or not these genes are expressed.

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Genotype

Question 14

Plants that produce their seeds in cones.

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Gymnosperms

Question 15

The place or part of a community occupied by an organisms.

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Habitat

Question 16

The muscular pump that forces blood through the blood vessels in the body.

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Heart

Question 17

The primary organs involved in regulating blood levels of water, hydrogen ions, salts, and urea.

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Kidney

Question 18

A change in behaviors as a result or experience.

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Learning

Question 19

Large organic molecules that do not easily dissolve in water; classes include true (neutral) fats, phospholipids, and steroids.

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Lipid

Question 20

Organs of the body that allow gas exchange to take place between the air and the blood.

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Lung

Question 21

A primary process that brings about evolution by selecting which individuals will survive, reproduce, and pass on their genes to the next generation.

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Natural Selection

Question 22

An organisms specific functional role in its community.

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Niche

Question 23

Complex molecules that store and transfer information within a cell.

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Nucleic Acid

Question 24

The central body that contains the information system for the cell; also the central part of an atom containing protons and neurons.

Answer 24

Nucleus

Question 25

Cellular structures that perform specific functions in the cell; the function of organelles is directly related to their structure.

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Organelle

Question 26

Plants that live through several years.

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Perennial

Question 27

The physical, chemical, and behavioral, expression of the genes possessed by an organism.

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Phenotype

Question 28

Macromolecules made up of one or more polypeptides attached to each other by bonds.

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Protein

Question 29

A population of organisms potentially capable of breeding naturally among themselves & having offspring that also interbreed.

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Species

Question 30

Animals with backbones.

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Vertebrate