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Neural Development - Answer involves gene expression and signal transduction (nervous system in the brain) Neuronal Plasticity - Answer modifications to nervous system after birth; activity dependent; "use it or lose it" Synapses - Answer junction between neurons that tell the brain memories. When broken, the memory is "lost" What's the first step in the process of memory formation? - Answer Stimulus What's the second step in the process of m...

associative learning - Answer ability to associate one environmental feature to another adaptations - Answer inherited characteristics of organisms that enhance their survival and reproduction in specific environments artificial selection - Answer selecting and breeding individuals that possess desirable traits analogous - Answer features share similar function, but not common ancestry analogy - Answer similarity between organisms due to convergent evolu...

Nervous system - Answer circuits of neurons and supporting cells neuronal plasticity - Answer the ability nervous system to change after birth. Changes to the number of connections between neurons that take place during an individual’s lifetime Embryonic neural development and neuronal plasticity - Answer synapse formation involved in both short term memory - Answer information stored for a short time, released if not used long term memory - Answer act...

Evolution - Answer Descent with modification Fossils - Answer Remains or traces of organisms from the past Strata - Answer New layers of sediment cover old ones and compress them into super-imposed layers of rock Adaptations - Answer Inherited characteristics of organisms that enhance their survival and reproduction in specific environments Natural Selection - Answer A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and re...

Lecture 19 - Darwinian Evolution - Answer *SEQ Pre-Darwin Ideas* *SEQ, INTERPRET Darwin's work/ideas* *CC evidence for evolution* Which scientists had prevalent observations/influenced Darwin? What were their contributions? - Answer Linnaeus (Hutton&Lyell) Lamarck Malthus *Linnaeus* - proposed binomial nomenclature hierarchy system (Kingdom, Phylum, Species etc...), classified biodiversity *Hutton* - gradualism; observed that natural processes produced such s...

Identify chromosome number. In the following image, cell A has _______ chromosomes and cell B has ________ chromosomes a. 6, 6 b. 6, 3 c. 12, 6 d. 3, 6 - Answer a. 6, 6 White-tailed deer have 70 chromosomes in each of their kidney cells. During the cell cycle of a deer kidney cell, there are _______ chromosomes in the cell during interphase and ______ chromosomes in the cell during the mitotic phase. a. 35; 70 b. 70; 35 c. 35; 35 d. 70; 70 - Answer d. 70; 70 A cell th...

Analysis of ancient rocks has shown that the atmosphere of early Earth was very low in free oxygen (O_2) and that simple organic compounds probably accumulated in shallow water. Which of the following does this support? a. Serial endosymbiosis b. Iron-sulfur world hypothesis c. RNA world hypothesis d. Oparin-Haldane hypothesis - Answer d. Oparin-Haldance hypothesis Identify which statement best describes the term 'Chunking' with respect to learning a. Learning sets of rela...

Identify chromosome number. An organism with a diploid number of 2n=16 has how many pairs of homologous chromosomes? A. 32 B. 8 C. 16 D. 4 - Answer B. 8 DNA molecules migrate through a polyacrylamide gel according to: A. charge on the phosphate group. B. restriction site sequence. C. nucleotide sequence. D. size; shorter fragments move faster. - Answer D. size; shorter fragments move faster. Identify which of the following processes use a polymerase. I. DN...

Functions of cell division - Answer reproduction growth and development tissue renewal Genome Prokaryotic vs. Prokaryotic - Answer all DNA in a cell Prokaryotic- single DNA molecule Eukaryotic- several DNA molecules DNA molecules in cell are packages into chromosomes Chromatin - Answer Eukaryotic chromosomes consist of chromatin, a complex DNA and protein that condenses during cell division Ploidy - Answer # of chromosomes in a cell Haploid cell (n) - ...

Memory - Answer storage Learning - Answer using information Gene Expression - Answer how your DNA is used Signal Transduction - Answer when your expression occurs Neuronal Plasticity - Answer modified after birth, meaning connections in the brain can be remodeled by experiences Synapses - Answer tiny spaces between neurons, tells brain what is important encode - Answer permanent connections in the brain store - Answer memory in...