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Biology Test 12 (final exam)
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What organ allows a fish to adjust its buoyancy so that it
swim bladder
can remain stationary at a given depth ?
What is the scientific name for the egg white ? albumen
What is a tentative , untested solution to a scientific prob-
hypothesis
lem ?
Which British naturalist wrote The Origin of Species and
Charles Darwin
The Descent of Man ?
What biome is characterized by harsh winters , short sum-
Arctic tundra
mers , and permafrost ?
What is the outermost layer of the skin ? epidermis
Which hormone , secreted by the anterior pituitary gland
somatotropin
, is known as the growth hormone ?
What muscle group in the thigh bends the leg at the knee
hamstrings
?
What process allows genes on the same chromosome to
recombination
be inherited independently ?
What structure in a bird's stomach grinds food ? gizzard
Which of the following protozoa moves and engulfs prey
amoeba
using pseudopods ?
Which of the following is not a type of RNA ? duplication RNA
What are leaping amphibians that lack tails ? anurans
What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs that allow gases to
alveoli
be exchanged between the air and the blood ?
Which group of reptiles have scales and lack legs and
snakes
nictitating membranes ?
What type of pathogen consist of a small amount of ge-
virus
netic material encased in a protein capsid ?
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12 (final exam)
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What part of a flower receives the pollen grains during
stigma
pollination ?
What are the body regions of an insect ? head , thorax , abdomen
What group includes earthworms , sea worms , and leech-
segmented worms
es ?
Which blood vessels return blood from the lungs to the
pulmonary veins
left atrium of the heart ?
What is the process of selective diffusion across a semi-
osmosis
permeable membrane ?
sausage - shaped organelle that is a " power plant " mitochondrion
small structure that manufactures proteins ribosome
jelly - like fluid medium of the cell that surrounds the
cytosol
organelles and nucleus
internal framework that gives the cell its shape and trans-
cytoskeleton
ports vesicles
The four types of bases that can make up the " rungs " of
thymine
a DNA molecule are adenine , cytosine , guanine , and ?.
A " typographical error " in an organism's genetic infor-
mutation
mation is a ( n ) ______
A sequence of three nucleotides that encodes a single
codon
amino acid is a ( n ) ?
The abbreviation DNA stands for ___ ? ___ deoxyribonucleic acid .
RNA contains the base ? , which is not found in DNA . uracil
The special type of cell division that results in cells with half
the normal number of chromosomes ( such as gametes ) meiosis
is ?.
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12 (final exam)
Biology Test 12 (final exam)
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_d7e8ec
What organ allows a fish to adjust its buoyancy so that it
swim bladder
can remain stationary at a given depth ?
What is the scientific name for the egg white ? albumen
What is a tentative , untested solution to a scientific prob-
hypothesis
lem ?
Which British naturalist wrote The Origin of Species and
Charles Darwin
The Descent of Man ?
What biome is characterized by harsh winters , short sum-
Arctic tundra
mers , and permafrost ?
What is the outermost layer of the skin ? epidermis
Which hormone , secreted by the anterior pituitary gland
somatotropin
, is known as the growth hormone ?
What muscle group in the thigh bends the leg at the knee
hamstrings
?
What process allows genes on the same chromosome to
recombination
be inherited independently ?
What structure in a bird's stomach grinds food ? gizzard
Which of the following protozoa moves and engulfs prey
amoeba
using pseudopods ?
Which of the following is not a type of RNA ? duplication RNA
What are leaping amphibians that lack tails ? anurans
What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs that allow gases to
alveoli
be exchanged between the air and the blood ?
Which group of reptiles have scales and lack legs and
snakes
nictitating membranes ?
What type of pathogen consist of a small amount of ge-
virus
netic material encased in a protein capsid ?
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1/5
, Abeka Biology TestAbeka
12 (final exam)
Biology Test 12 (final exam)
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_d7e8ec
What part of a flower receives the pollen grains during
stigma
pollination ?
What are the body regions of an insect ? head , thorax , abdomen
What group includes earthworms , sea worms , and leech-
segmented worms
es ?
Which blood vessels return blood from the lungs to the
pulmonary veins
left atrium of the heart ?
What is the process of selective diffusion across a semi-
osmosis
permeable membrane ?
sausage - shaped organelle that is a " power plant " mitochondrion
small structure that manufactures proteins ribosome
jelly - like fluid medium of the cell that surrounds the
cytosol
organelles and nucleus
internal framework that gives the cell its shape and trans-
cytoskeleton
ports vesicles
The four types of bases that can make up the " rungs " of
thymine
a DNA molecule are adenine , cytosine , guanine , and ?.
A " typographical error " in an organism's genetic infor-
mutation
mation is a ( n ) ______
A sequence of three nucleotides that encodes a single
codon
amino acid is a ( n ) ?
The abbreviation DNA stands for ___ ? ___ deoxyribonucleic acid .
RNA contains the base ? , which is not found in DNA . uracil
The special type of cell division that results in cells with half
the normal number of chromosomes ( such as gametes ) meiosis
is ?.
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