BIOLOGY EOC REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS

BIOLOGY EOC REVIEW EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS
activation energy - ANSWERS- 2z 2z 2z


energy needed to start a chemical reaction; lowered by enzymes
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z




active transport - ANSWERS-
2z 2z 2z


movement of molecules across a membrane requiring energy to be expended by t
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z


he cell 2z




adaptation - ANSWERS- 2z 2z


inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z




allele - ANSWERS-the different forms of a gene; could be dominant or recessive
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z




amino acid - ANSWERS-basic building blocks of proteins
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z




analogous structures - ANSWERS- 2z 2z 2z


structures that do not have a common evolutionary origin but are similar in form or
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2


function
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anaphase - ANSWERS- 2z 2z


the third phase of mitosis, during which the chromosome pairs separate and move
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z


toward opposite poles 2z 2z




antibiotic - ANSWERS- 2z 2z


compound that blocks the growth and reproduction of bacteria
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z




antibody - ANSWERS- 2z 2z


a substance produced by the body that destroys or inactivates a pathogen that has
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z


entered the body
2z 2z 2z




antigen - ANSWERS- 2z 2z


substance (usually foreign) that stimulates the production of an antibody
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z




archaea - ANSWERS- 2z 2z


domain of unicellular prokaryotes that have cell walls that do not contain peptidogly
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z


can

ATP - ANSWERS-a nucleotide that stores and transfers energy within cells
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z




autotroph - ANSWERS- 2z 2z


organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2


its own food; also called a producer
z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z

, bacteria - ANSWERS- 2z 2z


domain of unicellular prokaryotes that have cell walls containing peptidoglycans
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z




bacteriophage - ANSWERS-virus that infects bacteria 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z




base deletion - ANSWERS-
2z 2z 2z


mutation which results in the loss of nucleotide pairs in a gene; have a major effec
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z


t on the resulting protein
2z 2z 2z 2z




base insertion - ANSWERS-
2z 2z 2z


mutation which results in the addition of nucleotide pairs in a gene; have a major e
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z


ffect on the resulting protein
2z 2z 2z 2z




base-pair substitution - ANSWERS- 2z 2z 2z


a type of point mutation where one nucleotide and its partner are replaced by anot
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z


her pair of nucleotides
2z 2z 2z




behavioral adaptation - ANSWERS- 2z 2z 2z


an inherited behavior that helps an organism survive; like escaping from predators
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z


or find a mate
2z 2z 2z




binary fission - ANSWERS-2z 2z 2z


asexual reproduction in prokaryotes by which one cell divides into two identical cell
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z


s

fetus - ANSWERS-2z 2z


an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z


main recognizable features of the mature animal
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z




fever - ANSWERS-a rise in the temperature of the body
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z




fitness - ANSWERS- 2z 2z


the ability of an individual to survive and reproduce in its specific environment
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z




food chain - ANSWERS-
2z 2z 2z


a series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z




food web - ANSWERS-
2z 2z 2z


a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosyste
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z


m

fossil - ANSWERS- 2z 2z


the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geologica
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z


l age and that has been excavated from the soil
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z




gamete - ANSWERS- 2z 2z


egg or sperm sex cell that contains a single set of chromosomes (haploid), one fro
2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z 2z


m each homologous pair
2z 2z 2z