Biology Final Exam

Answer 1

law of independent assortment

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linkage

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the chromosome that determine an organism’s gender

Answer 3

sex chromosomes

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traits that are found on the x chromosome

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sex-linked

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a person who does not exhibit a characteristic but can pass it on to their child

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carrier

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when both alleles for a trait are equally expressed

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codominance

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when there are more than two alleles for a particular trait

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multiple allele inheritance

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trait controlled by more than one gene

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polygenic inheritance

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2 sex-linked disorders discussed in class

Answer 9

hemophilia and colorblindness

Question 10

the attempt to improve the human race through the control of hereditary factors

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eugenics

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the part of the cell that controls heredity

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DNA

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the 2 men that discovered the structure of DNA

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Crick and Watson

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the sugar found in DNA

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deoxyribose

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the structure/shape of DNA

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double-helix

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the other nucleic acid besides DNA

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RNA

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nitrogen containing compound that makes up the rungs of DNA

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base

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the process whereby a segment of DNA is copied

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transcription

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a sequence of three bases in a row that ???

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codon

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what is a small random change in DNA

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mutation

Question 20

the idea that living things can arise from nonliving things

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spontaneous generation

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the teaching that all living things develop from a common ancestor

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evolution

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what provides us with an interpretive framework with which to view the world around us

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the Bible

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what is a method we can use to ? the world around us

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scientific method

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a tentative solution to a scientific problem

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hypothesis

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the idea that the universe consists of nothing but matter and energy

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materialism

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living things can only come from other living things

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law of biogenesis

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the idea that science can find answers for all the problems in life

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scientism

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the basis for a person's philosophy

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world view

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the idea that the present is the key to the past

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uniformitarianism

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what book did Darwin publish that put forth the idea of evolution

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Origin of Species

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the science that seeks to improve the human race by producing a master race

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eugenics

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remains or impression of plants, animals, and humans left in sedimentary rock

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fossils

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which ancestor of man was a hoax

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Piltdown Man

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what 2 ancestors of man are now considered to be fully human

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Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon

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the idea of similarity ??????????

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analogy

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organisms that are similar in ???????

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homology

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random errors in an organism's genetic material

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mutation

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the study of how living things interact with one another and their environment

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ecology

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an organisms home or environment

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habitat

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basic unit of ecology

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ecosystem

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consumers that feed on other animals

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carnivores

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a model used by ecologists to show all possible feeding relationships at each tropic level

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food web

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an organism's occupation

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niche

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a relationship

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parasitism

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a relationship in which both organisms benefit

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mutualism

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a relationship in which one organism hunts, kills, and eats another

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predation

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hydrologic cycle

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stewardship

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conservation