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Cell: The Unit of LifeMoving on to Chapter 2 Chemistry Which particles of an atom are found in the nucleus figure 2 1 protons and electrons electrons and neutrons protons and neutrons protons neutrons and electrons
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Human Physiology - Circulatory SystemThe layer of serous membrane that is part of the heart itself is the parietal pericardium visceral pleura visceral pericardium Oparietal pleura
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Cell: The Unit of LifeWho was A Philip Randolph O African American labor leader and president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Converted his shipyards from making merchant ships into ones that churned out cargo carriers troop transports and aircraft carries Insisted on early action and decided to send U S troops to Northern Africa to engage the Germans Pushed for an attack from Britain into Germany RE thi Que 1 5
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Human Physiology - GeneralThe front of your body is known as inferior or caudal O posterior or dorsal superior or cephalic anterior or ventral
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Human Physiology - GeneralWhat structures are found in the posterior body cavity Othe reproductive organs the digestive organs O the brain and spinal cord
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BiomoleculesWhat structure separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity the pleura the diaphragm the mediastinum the pericardium
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Animal KingdomWhich of the following is the battle of midway O Invading the Japanese force toward Hawaii O Invading 110 German ships toward Japan O Lost 80 aircraft of Japan near Hawaii O Loss of Italian ships in the Pacific Ocean
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EvolutionQuestion 7 Which of the following is are TRUE about Okinawa Points 2 One of the big battles of the Pacific O One of the strategic points of Americans More than 1500 planes were involved in this battle O The U S Navy lost 50 000 sailors in the Okinawa battle
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The Living WorldWho did the United States fight in World War II O Japan Germany and Italy O Japan Vietnam and China O Germany Poland and Great Britain O Great Britain France and Germany
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Ecology - GeneralWhat current international organization has its roots in the Yalta Conference O The League of Nations The Red Cross O The United Nations O The Nuremberg military tribunal Re th Que 1 5
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Anatomy of Flowering PlantsGeneral McAuliffe made a heroic stand at the Belgian town of Bastogne to help win the Battle of in which the Germans lost irreplaceable machinery and troops O the Bulge O Berlin O Belgium Bastogne Res Rese this Ques 1 R 5
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Ecology - GeneralWhat was June 6 1944 D Day Day of German surrender O Day Hitler shot himself O Day Allies won Battle of the Bulge
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Ecology - GeneralQuestion 1 Points 1 Which of the following is are the effects of World War II on Americans The government has increased the spending money on defense O Many jobs are created for the people O Spending money on entertainment doubled in four years O All of the choices
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EvolutionQuestion 9 Points 1 What was the involvement of the United States in World War II O The US was neutral The Americans supported Great Britain The Americans supported Japan All of the choices
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Ecology - GeneralChoose the correct answer In 1944 the US drove Japan out of the Marshall Islands New Guinea and the Marianas Africa Suez Canal and Solomon Islands Marshall Islands New Guinea and the Island of Sicily OAfrica Suez Canal and the Marianas and the
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EvolutionQuestion 10 Points 1 Which country was most affected by the Neutrality Act Soviet Union O France Germany O United States Complete Later Complete
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Ecology - GeneralWhich of the following statements are TRUE to the Atlantic Charter A Both nations would respect the right of all people to choose their own form of government B They wanted nations not to cooperate on economic matters to ensure a decent standard of living for everyone C The U S and Great Britain believed that nations must abolish the use of force and establish a system of general security D They believed people everywhere should have the right to security and freedom from want and fear OA C and D A B and C OB C and D Reset Reset butt this assess Reset Questions 5 9 5 10
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EvolutionWhat did the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s do Passed between 1935 and 1937 the Neutrality Acts declared the US policy of maintaining Oneutrality This act when revised in 1939 allowed the US to send ammunitions to the Allies through a cash and carry method O The Neutrality Acts declared that the US will refrain from participating in any war The Neutrality Acts prevented the Soviet Union from involvement in helping the Western powers against Germany O All of the choices 5 Rese this Quest 9 R
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The Living WorldQuestion 6 Points 1 Who said Give us the tools and we will finish the job to the United States Churchill Hitler O Kennedy Mussolini Que 1 5 9
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EvolutionPoints 1 Question 5 Why were Japan and Italy able to carry out aggressive territorial policies in the 1930s The League of Nations could not restrict actions that they opposed or enforce rules O World War I made countries reluctant to wage war O Italy and Japan had little opposition O All of the choices
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Microbes in Human WelfareWhat three major countries formed the Axis Powers O Germany Italy and Japan O United States Britain and France O Germany Italy and the Soviet Union Germany the Soviet Union and Japan
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EvolutionQuestion 2 Points 2 Which of the following is NOT a factor in how Mussolini and Hitler were able to exert power in Europe Mussolini and Hitler were both effective leaders Mussolini and Hitler faced little opposition for a period of time Mussolini formed alliances with other nations Mussolini and Hitler were both isolationists 5 9 Re Res this Quest 1 R
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Ecology - GeneralChoose the correct answer World War II created a new world dominated by O Germany and the Soviet Union O Italy and the United States O the Soviet Union and the United States Germany and the United States Complete Later Complete
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Human Physiology - Locomotion & Movement1 Create the following below on your graph paper Be sure to include a title and label your x y axis a Bar chart of hours of study 0 2 4 6 8 10 Grade 20 60 70 80 30 100 b Line chart of days of bacteria 1 2 3 4 5 6 4 16 40 80 100 200
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Biotechnology & its ApplicationsIf an organism experiences a somatic mutation Oit will not pass the mutation on to its offspring it will pass the mutation on to its offspring O nothing will happen somatic mutations are all silent O a and care true
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The Living WorldNucleotides are composed of all the following components EXCEPT O a phosphate group a five carbon sugar a glucose group Oa nitrogen containing base
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Human Physiology - Chemical CoordinationA protease is O An An enzyme that degrades DNA An enzyme that synthesizes RNA An enzyme that degrades proteins An enzyme synthesizes proteins
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The Living WorldThe pyrimidines include O Adenine and Cytosine Adenine and Thymine O Adenine and Guanine O Cytosine and Thymine
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Animal KingdomReverse Transcriptase is An RNA dependent DNA polymerase A DNA dependent RNA polymerase An RNA polymerase that uses a DNA template O A DNA dependent DNA polymerase
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Human Physiology - Breathing & Exchange of GasesThis organism is used for neural development studies O E coli Drosophila melanogaster O Arabidopsis thaliana Saccharomycos
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BiomoleculesThis is a model plant organism O Arabidopsis thaliana O Mus musculus O Drosophila melanogaster O Caenorhabditis elegans
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Human Physiology - Locomotion & MovementThe genetic material of viruses can be OSSRNA OdsRNA OdsDNA OssDNA All of the above K
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Cell: The Unit of LifeAll of the following are characteristics of E coli that make it a favorable organism for biotechnology applications except 4 O Fast growth rate Minimal growth requirements It has a clear division between germline and somatic cells in culture Can contain recombinant plasmids
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Ecology - General2 Scientists are looking for signs that Mars could have been habitable in the past Think of the things that a planet needs to be habitable With these things in mind what signs of habitability would you look for on Mars
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The Living WorldPrepare a short report on a company or organization that was recently involved in an unethical scandal and answer the questions 1 What behavior caused the scandal 2 What pressures if any were on the organization to behave this way 3 How easy desirable would it have been for them to have avoided this behavior
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EvolutionWhat is the core factor that can induce heritable changes in the genotype frequency of a population mutations in the sexual chromosomes mutations in the somatic chromosomes sexual reproduction natural selection both A and B answers are correct both C and D answers are correct
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BiomoleculesP n natural selection both A and B answers are correct both C and D answers are correct Question 9 1 point Listen The Hardy Weinberg equilibrium allows to describe the genetics of evolving populations True False
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Molecular Basis of InheritanceListen In lake Tanganyaka there is a population of fishes with 2 alleles B and b for the gene coding for the color of the dorsal fin of the fish B is dominant over b The dominant phenotype for the dorsal fin is black whereas the recessive phenotype is blue Following the Hardy Weinberg equation and knowing that the population includes 100 members 25 fishes with a blue fin 75 with a black fin including 20 of heterozygous determine the provide the value of p and that of q p 0 122 and q 0 422 0 422 and q 0 122 0 35 and q 0 65 p 0 55 and q 0 25 p 0 65 and q 0 35 Op 0 25 and q 0 75 p p Question 8 1 point
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EvolutionAllopatric speciation occurs without gene flow rather it is due to the geographical isolation of populations of the initially same species True False Question 7 2 points Listen In lake Tanganyaka there is a population of fishes with 2 alleles B and b for the gene coding for the color of the dorsal fin of the fish B is dominant over b The dominant phenotype for the dorsal fin is black whereas the recessive phenotype is blue Following the Hardy Weinberg equation and knowing that the population includes 100 members 25 fishes with a blue fin 75 with a black fin including 20 of heterozygous determine the provide the value of n and that of a
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Evolutionthe phenotype of the majority of the individuals in this population Question 5 1 point Listen Evolution can be defined as the variations in the alleles frequency of a population over time True False Question 6 1 point 4 Listen Allopatric speciation occurs without gene flow rather it is due to the geographical isolation of populations of the initially same species True False
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BiomoleculesQuestion 4 1 point 4 Listen In the Hardy Weinberg equation the 2pq component correspond to the frequency of the homozygous genotype the frequency of the heterozygous genotype the genotype frequency the gamete frequency the phenotype of the majority of the individuals in this population Question 5 1 point 1 Listen Evolution can be defined as the variations in the alleles frequency of a populatic
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Evolutiona genetic drift is due to the change in the proportion of alleles within a population to the random mating of individuals accross populations the movements of individuals within a population
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BiomoleculesQuestion 2 1 point 4 Listen Microevolution happens at the population level whereas macroevolution happens at least at the species level and above True False Question 3 1 point Listen a genetic drift is due to the change in the proportion of alleles within
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The Living WorldA species Select 2 correct answer s includes individuals that can reproduce successfully but their offsprings can be infertile includes individuals that can reproduce successfully meaning that their offsprings will also be able to succesfully reproduce includes members that are phenotypically unrelated but genotypically related includes members that are genotypically and phenotypically cohesive In other words there are no difference in the allelic frequency within members of the various populations of that species includes members that are genotypically unrelated but phenotypically related Question 2 1 point 4 Listen Microevolution happens at the population level whereas macroevolution hanno at
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Human Health and DiseasesART II WRITE TRUE IF THE STATEMENT IS CORRECT OR IF THE STATEMENT IS INCORRECT 5 MARKS 1 Most microorganisms are harmful to human and animals 2 Germ theory is a cause and effect theory 3 Antigen is a plasma protein which is produced against a pathogen 4 Pasteurization is a beverage disinfection technique 5 In vector borne transmission the pathogen act as a vector
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Cell Cycle and Cell DivisionA researcher mutagenized a group of butterflies and isolated six butterflies with extra long bodies Each butterfly has a recessive mutation in only one gene The researcher performed a complementation test using the six butterflies and got the following results where is wild type body and is extra long body 1 2 3 4 LO 5 6 1 01 I 02 03 L 2 1 3 I 4 1 5 Part 1 If the line 3 butterflies are crossed with the line 5 butterflies and they produce all extra long bodies what do you conclude about the butterflies produced from a cross between lines 1 and 5 6 O Half of the offspring would have wild type bodies and half of the offspring would have extra long bodies O None of the offspring would be mutant extra long O All offspring would be mutant extra long O More information is needed to answer this question I Part 2 Given the information provided how many genes are defined among these five mutant strains of butterflies
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Human Health and DiseasesYou just won three true breeding mutant round penguins at the county fair You call the penguins Roli Poli and Moli You have determined that each round penguin s phenotype is caused by an autosomal recessive mutation but you don t know if the genes with these mutations are the in the same gene or different genes Part 1 You cross Roli and Poli and find that all the F1 progeny are wild type not round Did the mutations in Roli and Poli complement or fail to complement and do they have mutations in the same gene or different genes O Fail to complement mutations are in the same gene O Complement mutations are in the same gene O Complement mutations are in different genes O Fail to complement mutations are in different genes Part 2 Next you cross Roli and Moli and all of their F1 progeny are round Did the mutations in Roli and Moli complement or fail to complement and are their the mutations in the same gene or different genes O Fail to complement mutations are in the same gene O Complement mutations are in the same gene O Fail to complement mutations are in different genes 5 56
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BiomoleculesIndividuals who are homozygous for HbA allele of the hemoglobin gene produce normal hemoglobin Individuals that are homozygous for the HbS allele of the hemoglobin gene produce mutant hemoglobin and have sickle cell anemia If the sickle cell allele exhibits codominance for the type of hemoglobin produced HbAHbS individuals would have O a combination of normal and mutant hemoglobin O normal hemoglobin O mutant hemoglobin no hemoglobin
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EvolutionThe pedigree below shows two affected parents and their unaffected children The illustrated trait is recessive d This pedigree best shows an example of O complementation O X linkage O pleiotropy O incomplete penetrance O variable expressivity
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Molecular Basis of InheritanceA complementation test can be used to determine whether two individuals with recessive single gene mutations causing the same or similar phenotypes have mutations in the same or different genes O whether a mutation is fully penetrant O whether a mutant allele has lost or gained function relative to a wild type allele O the number of phenotypes that can be expressed by individuals with a particular genotype the mode of inheritance of a mutant allele O