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1
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Banal

A

devoid of freshness or originality, hackneyed, trite

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2
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What is rubber derived from?

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Latex

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3
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Dodo

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An extinct, large, flightless bird

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4
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Myself is what type of pronoun?

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Reflexive

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5
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Spindle

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A kind of post that holds up a hand rail

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6
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Limestone is a key element of what material

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Cement

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7
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Silica is a key element of what material?

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Glass

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Apt

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inclined, disposed, given, prone; able to learn quickly and easily

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9
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Miscreant

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depraved, villainous, or base

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10
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Do plant cells have cell walls?

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YES

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11
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What connects sister chromatids?

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A Centromere

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12
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What is the thinnest and toughest region of the chromosome?

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The centromere

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13
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What are the three main stages of Cellular Respiration?

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  1. Glycolysis
  2. Krebs Cycle
  3. Electron Transport
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14
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True or False: Active transport requires ATP?

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TRUE

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15
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What is “Recombination Rate?”

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It is directly related to the distance between genes on a chromosome.

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16
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What is the assumption if a couple/few traits are inherited together?

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Genetic Linkage

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17
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Polygenic Inheritance

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FILL IN LATER

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18
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Multiple Alleles

A

FILL IN LATER

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19
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COMPLETE DOMINANCE

A

FILL IN LATER

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20
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Plant and Animal Cells are both in what cellular family?

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Eukaryotic Cell Family

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21
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Prokaryotic Cells

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Fill in later

22
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Name two laboratory methods of genetic modification

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Electroporation and combination with calcium phosphate

23
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What is the site of protein synthesis in a cell?

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Ribosomes

24
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What is the purpose of the golgi apparatus?

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Involved in Protein Packing and Lipid Transport

25
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Obligate Anaerobe

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An organism that not only cannot utilize molecular oxygen metabolically, but can also be harmed when exposed to it.

26
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Antibiotics are ineffective against what types of organisms?

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FUNGAL, PROTOZOAN, and VIRAL infections.

27
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What happens to Glucose in the blood when Insulin levels are increased?

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Glucose levels in the blood decrease as the molecule is taken up and stored in cells

28
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Where is epinephrine produced?

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Adrenal Gland

29
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What is the liver’s primary function?

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To regulated blood sugar levels

30
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What does the adrenal cortex secrete?

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Steroids and mineralocortoids that regulate blood mineral levels and metabolism

31
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What does the Adrenal Medulla produce?

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catecholamines such as epinephrine that stimulate the sympathetic nervous system.

32
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Where in the kidney does kidney reabsorption take place??

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Proximal Convoluted Tubule of the Kidney

33
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What is HCG?

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Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

34
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What is the role of HCG?

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To prevent the disintegration of the corpus luteum of the ovary, maintain progesterone production, which is critical for pregnancy in humans.

35
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What is an isotope?

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An isotope is an element that has the same atomic number but a different mass number

36
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What are the combustion reaction products?

A

H2O and CO2

37
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Define Sublimation

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Sublimation is the transition of a substance from a SOLID to a GAS with no liquid phase in between.

38
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What is bond order?

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It is simply the number of bonds between the pair of atoms

39
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What chemical process will split a disaccharide into two distinct monosaccharides?

A

Hydrolysis

40
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What disease might high ketone levels indicate?

A

Diabetes

41
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Do I have the quadratic formula memorized?

A

YES

42
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What do you do when you want to find the inverse function?

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Switch the variables “y” and “x” and solve for y to give you the answer.

43
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Fundamental Counting Principle

A

If one choice can be made “m” ways and a second choice can be made in “n” ways there are mXn ways of making the first choice followed by the second choice.

44
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Do I know the graph of y=e^x

A

Yes

45
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What is the derivative of y=e^x

A

y=e^x

46
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What is something important that I need to remember to do when writing my essay?

A

I need to remember to DISCUSS and EVALUATE possible ALTERNATIVE solutions to the one I am suggesting or to multiple possible solutions to the problem.

I must ANALYZE my proposed solution(s) in terms of limitations, qualifications, complications, and/or objections.

47
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ln(e)=?

A

ln(e)=1

48
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ln(1)=?

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ln(1)=0

49
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derivative of sin(x)=?

A

cos(x)

50
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derivative of cos(x)=?

A

-sin(x)

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