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1
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DNA must duplicate itself

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A. Whenever a cell divides

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DNA is a polymer of

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D. Nucelotides

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A _____ is a segment of DNA containing the information for one protein polypeptide

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A. Gene

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Molecules of _____ leave the nucleus to be translated

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C. mRNA

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Translation

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B. Produces a protein or polypeptide

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A polypeptide (protein) of ____ amino acids would be coded by a segment of DNA 90 nucleotides long

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b. 30

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The mRNA segment that would be made from a DNA reading TTaCG; would be

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c. AAUGC

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Ribosomes are

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B. Required for translation

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9
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Mutations may be caused by

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D. All of the above

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_____, a student of Aristotle, is called the father of botany and wrote one of the first classifications of plants.

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D. Theophrastus

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A scientific name or binomial consists of a ____ and a species name.

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C. Genus

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The following is an advantage of the scientific binomial system

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D. All of the above

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____ invented the binomial system of scientific names

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A. Linnaeus

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A ___ is a book that helps identify the plants in a defined region, for example northern Utah

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b. Flora

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What information is used to construct a natural classification or phylogeny

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D.All of the above

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For natural selection to occur the most fit individuals must survive and

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D. Reproduce

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The process in nature that eliminates less fit individuals and allows more fit individuals to survive is

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C. Natural Selection

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A favorable characteristic that increases an organism’s chance to survive and reproduce is an

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B. Adaptation

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Humans need about ____Calories per day

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C. 1200-3200

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20
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Plants store sugars mainly in the form of

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D. Starch

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21
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Dietary plant fiber consists mainly of

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B. Cell Walls

22
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Amino Acids that we must consume because our bodies cannot make them are called

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B. Essential

23
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Humans often only partially breakdown ____ into their subunits and then reassemble them into new and useful compounds, rather than use them up in cellular respiration just to make ATP

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B. Protiens

24
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Fats have 9 Calories per gram. Proteins and carbohydrates have _____ Calories per gram

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C. 4

25
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Most of the fats in our diet are ____

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D. Triglycerides

26
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Cholesterol is

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A. Absent from all plant derived foods

27
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Triglycerides like olive, peanut and canola oil with a high percentage of ____ fatty acids are considered the healthiest fats.

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D. Monosaturated

28
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Lack of vitamin folic acid can cause

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C. Neural tube birth defects.

29
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Lycopene and flavonoids are example of ____ that may enhance human health

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A. Phytochemicals

30
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Modern humans have existed for over 100,000 years, but agriculture did not rise until approximately

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C. 10,000 years ago

31
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Agriculture rose at least twice in the Old World, in the Fertile Crescent and ____

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b. China

32
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Plant parts that are well preserved at archaeological sites include

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D. Both A and B

33
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Scientists think that as humans began agriculture

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A. They continued to forage while they made a gradual transition.

34
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Carbon Dating

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C. Only works on organic material like wood and seeds

35
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The following traits are often bred into crop plants

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A. Non-shattering grain heads and large fruits

36
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Research from 1916-1936 _____ determined 8 centers of origin for domesticated plants

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C. Vavilov

37
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For example, _____ farming moved from Mexico to the northeast US before European discovery

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C. Corn

38
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Queen Hatshepsut sent an expedition to Ethiopia in 1500 B.C. to collect _____ in one of the first documented plant collecting expeditions.

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C. Frankincense

39
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Quina-Quina was first used by the Incas to treat

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A. Malaria

40
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The voyage of the H.M.S. bounty under Captain Bligh was intended to

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C. Introduce breadfruit to slave plantations

41
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Often traveling in disguise, Robert Fortune made four plant collecting trips to China during the ____, when it was dangerous to be there as a British citizen

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D. Opium Wars

42
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Joseph Rock “discovered” and introduced the Chualmoogra tree to the west from Myanmar as a cure for

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B. Leprosy

43
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____ Founded the USDA section of Foreign Plant and Seed introduction.

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A. David Fairchild

44
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Ethnobotany is the study of ____ people and their use of plants.

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D. Indigenous

45
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Harvard ethnobotanist _____ worked in the Amazon for over 15 continuous years and collected germplasm of rubber trees that were high yielding and blight resistant.

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C. Richard Schultes

46
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Richard Evan Schultes and his students pioneered the ____ method of ethnobotany

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A. Participant Observer

47
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During WW2, the USDA Rubber Research Program was started because

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C. Japan controlled the world’s supply of natural rubber

48
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Mark Plotkin’s statement, “Every time a ____ dies, it’s as if a library has burned down” refers to the fragile nature of knowledge in cultures with an oral tradition of communication.

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B. Shaman.

49
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Utahn Paul Alan Cox worked in ____ to preserve the land and culture of the indigenous people.

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D. American Samoa

50
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Blah blah blah blah, knowledge in the tropical rain forests are the difficulty in continuing the oral tradition of knowledge and

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A. Loss of habitat.

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