Abeka Biology Test 12 (final exam)
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1. swim bladder What organ allows a fish to adjust its buoyancy so that it
can remain stationary at a given depth ?
2. albumen What is the scientific name for the egg white ?
3. hypothesis What is a tentative , untested solution to a scientific prob-
lem ?
4. Charles Darwin Which British naturalist wrote The Origin of Species and
The Descent of Man ?
5. Arctic tundra What biome is characterized by harsh winters , short
summers , and permafrost ?
6. epidermis What is the outermost layer of the skin ?
7. somatotropin Which hormone , secreted by the anterior pituitary gland
, is known as the growth hormone ?
8. hamstrings What muscle group in the thigh bends the leg at the knee
?
9. recombination What process allows genes on the same chromosome to
be inherited independently ?
10. gizzard What structure in a bird's stomach grinds food ?
11. amoeba Which of the following protozoa moves and engulfs prey
using pseudopods ?
12. duplication RNA Which of the following is not a type of RNA ?
13. anurans What are leaping amphibians that lack tails ?
14. alveoli What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs that allow gases to
be exchanged between the air and the blood ?
15. snakes Which group of reptiles have scales and lack legs and
nictitating membranes ?
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16. virus What type of pathogen consist of a small amount of genet-
ic material encased in a protein capsid ?
17. stigma What part of a flower receives the pollen grains during
pollination ?
18. head , thorax , ab- What are the body regions of an insect ?
domen
19. segmented What group includes earthworms , sea worms , and leech-
worms es ?
20. pulmonary veins Which blood vessels return blood from the lungs to the left
atrium of the heart ?
21. osmosis What is the process of selective diffusion across a semi-
permeable membrane ?
22. mitochondrion sausage - shaped organelle that is a " power plant "
23. ribosome small structure that manufactures proteins
24. cytosol jelly - like fluid medium of the cell that surrounds the
organelles and nucleus
25. cytoskeleton internal framework that gives the cell its shape and trans-
ports vesicles
26. thymine The four types of bases that can make up the " rungs " of
a DNA molecule are adenine , cytosine , guanine , and ?.
27. mutation A " typographical error " in an organism's genetic informa-
tion is a ( n ) ______
28. codon A sequence of three nucleotides that encodes a single
amino acid is a ( n ) ?
29. deoxyribonucle- The abbreviation DNA stands for ___ ? ___
ic acid .
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1. swim bladder What organ allows a fish to adjust its buoyancy so that it
can remain stationary at a given depth ?
2. albumen What is the scientific name for the egg white ?
3. hypothesis What is a tentative , untested solution to a scientific prob-
lem ?
4. Charles Darwin Which British naturalist wrote The Origin of Species and
The Descent of Man ?
5. Arctic tundra What biome is characterized by harsh winters , short
summers , and permafrost ?
6. epidermis What is the outermost layer of the skin ?
7. somatotropin Which hormone , secreted by the anterior pituitary gland
, is known as the growth hormone ?
8. hamstrings What muscle group in the thigh bends the leg at the knee
?
9. recombination What process allows genes on the same chromosome to
be inherited independently ?
10. gizzard What structure in a bird's stomach grinds food ?
11. amoeba Which of the following protozoa moves and engulfs prey
using pseudopods ?
12. duplication RNA Which of the following is not a type of RNA ?
13. anurans What are leaping amphibians that lack tails ?
14. alveoli What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs that allow gases to
be exchanged between the air and the blood ?
15. snakes Which group of reptiles have scales and lack legs and
nictitating membranes ?
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, Abeka Biology Test 12 (final exam)
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_fr9jcx
16. virus What type of pathogen consist of a small amount of genet-
ic material encased in a protein capsid ?
17. stigma What part of a flower receives the pollen grains during
pollination ?
18. head , thorax , ab- What are the body regions of an insect ?
domen
19. segmented What group includes earthworms , sea worms , and leech-
worms es ?
20. pulmonary veins Which blood vessels return blood from the lungs to the left
atrium of the heart ?
21. osmosis What is the process of selective diffusion across a semi-
permeable membrane ?
22. mitochondrion sausage - shaped organelle that is a " power plant "
23. ribosome small structure that manufactures proteins
24. cytosol jelly - like fluid medium of the cell that surrounds the
organelles and nucleus
25. cytoskeleton internal framework that gives the cell its shape and trans-
ports vesicles
26. thymine The four types of bases that can make up the " rungs " of
a DNA molecule are adenine , cytosine , guanine , and ?.
27. mutation A " typographical error " in an organism's genetic informa-
tion is a ( n ) ______
28. codon A sequence of three nucleotides that encodes a single
amino acid is a ( n ) ?
29. deoxyribonucle- The abbreviation DNA stands for ___ ? ___
ic acid .
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