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the process by which organisms give rise to offspring is **blank** | [
"differentiation",
"evolution",
"photosynthesis"
] | reproduction |
it is called **blank** when ice changes to liquid water | [
"vaporizing",
"boiling",
"condensing"
] | melting |
Biological features from a common evolutionary origin are known as **blank** | [
"monologous",
"heterologous",
"analogous"
] | homologous |
**blank** protects the pollen of seed plants and spores of seedless plants | [
"cystosol",
"cocklebur",
"chlorophyll"
] | sporopollenin |
first stage of cellular respiration is **blank** | [
"electrolysis",
"hydrolisis",
"metabolism"
] | glycolsis |
birds live and breed on **blank** | [
"three",
"four",
"eight"
] | seven |
The hydrogen is oxidized because it undergoes a partial loss of **blank** | [
"density",
"protons",
"ions"
] | electrons |
land with permafrost , no trees , and small hardy plants is **blank** | [
"subtropics",
"taiga",
"desert"
] | tundra |
**blank** is defined as the ability to do work | [
"fuel",
"heating",
"momentum"
] | energy |
All biochemical molecules have oxygen , carbon , and **blank** other element | [
"helium",
"nitrogen",
"calcium"
] | hydrogen |
a structure that is composed of one or more types of tissues is **blank** | [
"system",
"muscle",
"node"
] | organ |
different types of tissues organized into functional units are called **blank** | [
"tendons",
"arteries",
"veins"
] | organs |
atoms of the same element that differ in their numbers of neutrons are called **blank** | [
"reactions",
"organisms",
"opposites"
] | isotopes |
**blank** is added to a measured portion of a more concentrated stock solution to achieve a particular concentration | [
"water",
"yeast",
"pigment"
] | solvent |
a vector quantity with the same direction as the force is called **blank** | [
"accelerated",
"inverted",
"simple"
] | impulse |
pepsin help break down into amino acids **blank** | [
"glucose",
"carbohydrates",
"fats"
] | proteins |
the most successful phylum of plants are **blank** | [
"spores",
"gymnosperms",
"ferns"
] | angiosperms |
The muscular layer is much thicker in **blank** ventricle of the heart | [
"middle",
"upper",
"right"
] | left |
**blank** of fluid cushions the fetus and helps protect it from injury | [
"plasmid",
"epithelial",
"aqueous"
] | amniotic |
Under the right conditions , **blank** energy source can be used to eject electrons from a solid material | [
"force",
"weight",
"gravity"
] | light |
the study of how forces affect the motion of objects is **blank** | [
"behaviors",
"acceleration",
"kinematics"
] | dynamics |
Compounds containing **blank** element are the basis of all known life | [
"oxygen",
"helium",
"hydrogen"
] | carbon |
the muscles that control the anus are **blank** | [
"elliptical",
"irregular",
"triangular"
] | circular |
the small molecules or proteins produced by bacteria that regulate gene expression are **blank** | [
"fluxes",
"protazoas",
"sporozoans"
] | autoinducers |
Channel proteins form **blank** in the membrane | [
"walls",
"fibers",
"atoms"
] | pores |
The sun gives off energy in tiny packets called **blank** | [
"ions",
"electrons",
"atoms"
] | photons |
a rock that contains important minerals called is **blank** | [
"carbonic",
"steel",
"copper"
] | ore |
A high metabolic rate and hair are ways mammals generate and conserve **blank** | [
"resources",
"energy",
"water"
] | heat |
**blank** is made of molecules of many different gases , and is something we usually can ' t see , taste , or smell ; we can only feel it when it moves | [
"water",
"light",
"sound"
] | air |
**blank** works on the same principle as echolocation | [
"radar",
"GPS",
"topography"
] | sonar |
A reaction producing heat is **blank** type of reaction | [
"chemistry",
"carbon",
"physical"
] | chemical |
living things that produce food for themselves and other organisms are called **blank** | [
"growers",
"harvesters",
"refiners"
] | producers |
the second largest class of elements is **blank** | [
"carbonates",
"silicates",
"metalloids"
] | nonmetals |
The process in which a gas changes to a liquid is called **blank** | [
"diffusion",
"fermentation",
"vaporing"
] | condensation |
**blank** contain one-way valves that contribute to the return of blood to the heart | [
"glands",
"clots",
"brains"
] | veins |
Traditionally , **blank** preventative measure used weakened or inactive forms of microorganisms or viruses to stimulate the immune system | [
"infection",
"assimilation",
"pathogen"
] | vaccine |
the measurement of something along it 's greatest dimension called is **blank** | [
"stretch",
"stretch",
"height"
] | length |
**blank** describes the process of vesicles fusing with the plasma membrane and releasing their contents to the outside of the cell | [
"biosynthesis",
"plasmosis",
"endocytosis"
] | exocytosis |
A metarteriole is a type of vessel that has structural characteristics of both an arteriole and this ? **blank** | [
"tendon",
"electron",
"layer"
] | capillary |
the most direct way of recovering a metal from its ores is **blank** | [
"drilling",
"molecules",
"osmosis"
] | electrolysis |
**blank** of map reveals the shape of a landscape | [
"meteorological",
"geologic",
"geographic"
] | topographic |
**blank** done by bacteria makes them important producers in aquatic ecosystems | [
"maturation",
"infection",
"reproduction"
] | photosynthesis |
As the telencephalon enlarges and grows into the cranial cavity , it is limited by the space within **blank** bone structure | [
"skeleton",
"spine",
"chest"
] | skull |
a relationship is **blank** where one species benefits and the other is unaffected | [
"pollenation",
"mutualism",
"parasitism"
] | commensalism |
**blank** is used to describe is the spontaneous emission of particles and radiation from atomic nuclei | [
"intensity",
"vibration",
"microscopic"
] | radioactivity |
Twenty-four hours before fertilization , the egg has finished meiosis and becomes a mature **blank** | [
"spermatozoa",
"fetus",
"zygote"
] | oocyte |
Oxygen is combined with **blank** to form water | [
"glucose",
"helium",
"carbon"
] | hydrogen |
All of the petals together are called **blank** | [
"stamen",
"anthers",
"stalk"
] | corolla |
phosphate mineral turquoise is **blank** | [
"white",
"green",
"purple"
] | blue |
**blank** many ways are there for a species to go extinct | [
"four",
"eight",
"Ten"
] | two |
The skin disease impetigo is caused by spread of **blank** type of microorganism | [
"viruses",
"tumors",
"algae"
] | bacteria |
**blank** of mechanical weathering occurs when one rock bumps against another rock | [
"absorption",
"refraction",
"disintegration"
] | abrasion |
**blank** is used to indicate directionality in chemical reactions | [
"triangle",
"circle",
"line"
] | arrow |
**blank** wrote the book on the origin of species | [
"Scopes",
"Sagan",
"cannon"
] | darwin |
**blank** is considered a good source of calcium | [
"wheat",
"egg",
"corn"
] | milk |
Exons are cut out before **blank** leaves the nucleus | [
"gene",
"dna",
"rna"
] | mrna |
**blank** is divided into two parts , the sensory division and the motor division | [
"physiological",
"developmental",
"central"
] | peripheral |
When mendel crossed purple flowered-plants and white flowered-plants , all the offspring had **blank** color flowers | [
"blue",
"red",
"yellow"
] | purple |
When statoliths settle to the low point in the chamber , they stimulate **blank** in that location | [
"dendrites",
"axons",
"nociceptors"
] | mechanoreceptors |
The goal of this is the understand **blank** and why things happen | [
"experience",
"inquiry",
"theory"
] | science |
the most diverse organisms on earth , which are often classified by shape or how they react to gram stain are **blank** | [
"cultures",
"pathogens",
"algae"
] | bacteria |
Breathing involves differences in **blank** , measured in torr , between the inside of the lungs and the air outside | [
"temperature",
"gravity",
"resistance"
] | pressure |
Gymnamoebas constitute a large and varied group of **blank** | [
"newborns",
"cells",
"sporozoans"
] | amoebozoans |
In weather terms , **blank** do you call the boundary between two air masses | [
"cloud",
"mass",
"cover"
] | front |
**blank** takes place when plants release water vapor through pores in their leaves called stomata | [
"evaporation",
"expiration",
"propagation"
] | transpiration |
Most hydrogen atoms have **blank** many protons | [
"two",
"three",
"four"
] | one |
**blank** is utilized to analyze simple mendelian inheritance | [
"origins",
"dna",
"trait"
] | pedigree |
the only animal phyla that does not consist exclusively of invertebrates is **blank** | [
"arthropods",
"bacteria",
"eukaryotes"
] | chordates |
Soap acts as **blank** kind of agent between grease and water | [
"lubricating",
"codifying",
"sterilizing"
] | emulsifying |
The nucleus from a differentiated frog cell can direct development of **blank** | [
"embryo",
"fetus",
"ovary"
] | tadpole |
**blank** can slow down the increase of viruses in the blood | [
"platelets",
"infections",
"androgens"
] | medications |
the name of microscopic channels which traverse the cell walls of plants is **blank** | [
"chloroplasts",
"sphenopalatine",
"notochord"
] | plasmodesmata |
The cell membrane consists of two layers of **blank** | [
"chlorophyll",
"epidermis",
"filaments"
] | phospholipids |
**blank** of the genus eomaia found | [
"Japan",
"Egypt",
"India"
] | china |
By exploding **blank** the space probes get separated from their launchers | [
"frames",
"doors",
"walls"
] | bolts |
the term for the relatively stable state inside the body of an animal is **blank** | [
"metabolism",
"dormancy",
"consciousness"
] | homeostasis |
the middle layer of connective tissue is called **blank** | [
"tendon",
"xerophyte",
"pollenation"
] | perimysium |
Unlike prokaryotic chromosomes , eukaryotic chromosomes are **blank** | [
"multiple",
"simple",
"expanding"
] | linear |
Population size is the number of **blank** in a population | [
"humans",
"subdivisions",
"proteins"
] | individuals |
**blank** helps prey hide and predators sneak up on prey | [
"scent",
"claws",
"variation"
] | camouflage |
corrosion is **blank** of a process | [
"electrolysis",
"oxidation",
"electromagnetic"
] | galvanic |
the membrane is lining the back of the eye called **blank** | [
"lens",
"cornea",
"aperture"
] | retina |
**blank** of animals has adapted to live in both water and on land | [
"herbivores",
"reptiles",
"omnivores"
] | amphibians |
Animals breath in air in order to obtain **blank** element | [
"water",
"nitrogen",
"carbon"
] | oxygen |
Silk and cotton are examples of **blank** kind of fiber | [
"pure",
"artificial",
"simple"
] | natural |
Reacting with metal is one thing that distinguishes acids from **blank** | [
"metals",
"minerals",
"protiens"
] | bases |
In a solution , **blank** is the substance present in the lesser amount called | [
"molecules",
"compound",
"fluids"
] | solute |
A cochlear implant aims to restore loss of **blank** sense | [
"vision",
"touch",
"taste"
] | hearing |
the helix nebula is located in **blank** | [
"prometheus",
"zodiac",
"gemini"
] | aquarius |
The small , rocky bodies that orbit the sun are called **blank** | [
"comets",
"meteorites",
"fossils"
] | asteroids |
Water is used by the plant to move materials up from the roots to make **blank** | [
"light",
"chlorophyll",
"fruit"
] | food |
Magnets have a north and a south **blank** | [
"arch",
"grid",
"temperature"
] | pole |
Exemplified by organisms that grow in geysers , hyperthermophiles love **blank** | [
"humidity",
"cold",
"rainfall"
] | heat |
the term for the multi-phase process in which the nucleus of the cell divides is **blank** | [
"cytokinesis",
"mutation",
"epistasis"
] | mitosis |
**blank** is a more reliable trait or measure to identify minerals | [
"color",
"shape",
"weight"
] | streak |
Inside female cones , female spores develop into female **blank** | [
"gymnosperms",
"filaments",
"tubules"
] | gametophytes |
**blank** of reactions absorb heat from their surroundings | [
"geothermic",
"hypothermic",
"exothermic"
] | endothermic |
an extension of genetics , evolution , anatomy , physiology , and other biological disciplines is **blank** | [
"microbiology",
"neurobiology",
"chronology"
] | ethology |
catalysts in living things are called **blank** | [
"proteins",
"carbohydrates",
"carbohydrates"
] | enzymes |
part of a large fungus that lives underground is **blank** | [
"bamboo",
"mold",
"bark"
] | mushroom |
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