USABO EXAM VOCABULARY FOR ENGINEERING
EXAM LATEST UPDATED
Oxidized, reduced, phosphorylated in oxidative phosphorylation
NADH FADH2
O2
ADP
Transmembrane domain alpha helix polarity
nonpolar polar alternating
polarity of amino acids
electron transport chain
Sign stimulus
External sensory stimulus that triggers a fixed action pattern.
Bobbing dewlap lizards
signal
Direction of food based on waggle dance
angle of which bee waggles based on vertical
, Distance of food based on waggle dance
Corresponds with length of waggle dance
Round dance
Among honeybees, signals food sources close to hive but gives no direction
unlike waggle dance
Guides for direction birds go when migrating
Stars in night sky
Sun during day
Magnetic field of earth
Proximate cause
Genetic instructions leading to development of traits or behaviors
Nervous system response to stimuli
Functions and processes within an organism's body
Factors affecting organism during growth
Ultimate cause
The reasons why, over many years of evolution, a particular trait or behavior
helped members of a population to survive and reproduce.
Failure of using sandhill cranes to foster endangered whooping cranes
foster whooping cranes could not form mating pair bond with another
whooping crane
Ornamental/large males
polygamous species
Agonistic behavior
Behavior related to fighting, not necessarily physical
Search scavenging
scavenging
Optimal foraging
EXAM LATEST UPDATED
Oxidized, reduced, phosphorylated in oxidative phosphorylation
NADH FADH2
O2
ADP
Transmembrane domain alpha helix polarity
nonpolar polar alternating
polarity of amino acids
electron transport chain
Sign stimulus
External sensory stimulus that triggers a fixed action pattern.
Bobbing dewlap lizards
signal
Direction of food based on waggle dance
angle of which bee waggles based on vertical
, Distance of food based on waggle dance
Corresponds with length of waggle dance
Round dance
Among honeybees, signals food sources close to hive but gives no direction
unlike waggle dance
Guides for direction birds go when migrating
Stars in night sky
Sun during day
Magnetic field of earth
Proximate cause
Genetic instructions leading to development of traits or behaviors
Nervous system response to stimuli
Functions and processes within an organism's body
Factors affecting organism during growth
Ultimate cause
The reasons why, over many years of evolution, a particular trait or behavior
helped members of a population to survive and reproduce.
Failure of using sandhill cranes to foster endangered whooping cranes
foster whooping cranes could not form mating pair bond with another
whooping crane
Ornamental/large males
polygamous species
Agonistic behavior
Behavior related to fighting, not necessarily physical
Search scavenging
scavenging
Optimal foraging
