Final Exam Vocabulary Review

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Use this to review for your final exam for biology in the 2017-2018 school year.

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1
Where an organism lives out its life...
population
niche
habitat
biosphere
2
Fats and oils are...
lipids
nucleic acids
proteins
carbohydrates
3
An atom that gains or loses electrons, resulting in a charge...
polar
ion
enzyme
cell
4
The chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria into alcohol or lactic acid and ATP...
aerobic respiration
transpiration
photosynthesis
fermentation
5
The smallest unit of life...
cell
organs
seed
tissue
6
A heterozygous condition where both traits are expressed...
recessive
incomplete dominance
mutation
dominant
7
Includes observation, hypothesis, experiment, data, conclusion...
Scientific Method
Engineering Design Process
Experimental Design
8
The process that uses mRNA to make a protein...
transcription
replication
mutation
translation
9
A form of cell division that produces exact genetic copies
mitosis
osmosis
meiosis
homeostasis
10
A water that has both a partial positive and partial negative charge (water is one)...
hypotonic
ion
isotonic
polar
11
A slow, gradual change of one species from one form to another...
evolution
succession
competition
diffusion
12
This molecule is broken down to release energy for the cell...
chloroplast
ATP
ribosomes
proteins
13
When water moves into a cell...
hypertonic
hypotonic
isotonic
14
A change that makes an organism better at surviving in its environment...
mutation
biotic factors
pedigree
adaptation
15
When both alleles are the same...
dominant
homozygous
recessive
heterozygous
16
Darker molecules inside the nucleus made up of your genetic material...
ribosomes
chromosomes
lysosomes
mitochondrion
17
A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction...
carrier
enzyme
carbohydrate
lipids
18
The idea that organisms best suited for their environments will survive and reproduce...
stabilizing selection
directional selection
natural selection
disruptive selection
19
An organism that breaks down and decays organic materials...
decomposers
omnivore
carnivore
herbivore
20
Contains digestive enzymes and rids the cells of worn out parts or invaders...
lysosomes
mitochondria
cell membrane
ribosomes
21
Type of selection that favors one extreme over another...
disruptive selection
directional selection
stabilizing selection
natural selection
22
A group of populations living together...
community
ecosystem
biome
species
23
Part of the cell that controls what enters and leaves the cell...
lysosomes
chloroplast
cell membrane
mitochondrion
24
Monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides are...
nucleic acids
lipids
carbohydrates
proteins
25
Type of selection that favors BOTH extremes (middle is least fit)...
stabilizing selection
natural selection
disruptive selection
directional selection
26
The one thing in an experiment that is allowed to be changed...
results
control
variable
27
When a process requires oxygen, we say that it is...
isotonic
aerobic
anaerobic
hypotonic
28
A group of similar ecosystems...
biome
community
succession
niche
29
A very diverse group including eukaryotes that are not plants, fungi, or animals...
virus
bacteria
abiotic factors
protist
30
A process that requires no oxygen to take place...
hypertonic
isotonic
anaerobic
aerobic
31
Outer layer of support in plant cells...
chloroplast
mitochondrion
cell membrane
cell wall
32
Monomers of DNA including a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogen base...
lipids
nucleotides
monosaccharides
amino acids
33
An organism that makes its own food
habitat
decomposers
autotroph
heterotroph
34
A measure of acidity on a scale of 0-14...
carrying capacity
ATP
pH
isotonic
35
Living things within an ecosystem...
abiotic factors
biotic factors
36
The process by which living things convert sunlight into energy for the cell...
homeostasis
natural selection
mitosis
photosynthesis
37
The diffusion of water...
symbiosis
stabilizing selection
fermentation
osmosis
38
The part of an experiment that does not change...
scientific method
variable
control
hypothesis
39
A person who has a recessive allele, does NOT express the trait, but CAN pass it on...
dominant
recessive
carrier
homozygous
40
The physical expression of a gene...
genotype
homeostasis
phenotype
allele
41
Process used to test a hypothesis...
phenotype
migration
natural selection
experiment
42
A long chain of amino acids...
carbohydrates
lipids
nucleic acids
proteins
43
Means that you have one dominant and one recessive allele for a gene...
recessive
homozygous
heterozygous
dominant
44
Any remnant of a once living thing...
fossil
succession
adaptation
heterotroph
45
Making an exact copy of DNA...
mutation
translation
replication
transcription
46
A genetic change that makes an organism different from the rest of its kind...
pedigree
biome
allele
mutation
47
A green pigment found in plants used in photosynthesis...
ATP
chlorophyll
mitochondrion
gamete
48
All possible feeding relationships in an ecosystem...
energy pyramid
food chain
succession
food web
49
Term used to describe the genetic makeup of an organism (whether expressed or not)...
genotype
variable
phenotype
mutations
50
Where proteins are made in the cell...
lysosomes
chloroplast
ribosomes
mitochondrion
51
Moving particles against the concentration gradient... this requires energy from the cell.
active transport
osmosis
facilitated diffusion
succession
52
A group of similar organisms that live in the same place at the same time...
community
ecosystem
population
biome
53
Molecule that carries genetic information...
carbohydrates
pH
DNA
proteins
54
Type of selection that favors the average/those in the middle...
directional selection
natural selection
disruptive selection
stabilizing selection
55
Can be single or multicellular and are primarily decomposers...
plant
bacteria
protist
fungi
56
The next level of organization after kingdom...
population
phylum
species
ecosystem
57
Two terms used to describe the scientific name of an organism...
carrying capacity
taxonomy
binomial nomenclature
facilitated diffusion
58
When particles move from a high concentration to a lower concentration
cellular respiration
diffusion
mutation
migration
59
These molecules are chained together to make proteins...
carbohydrates
lipids
amino acids
nucleic acids
60
Groups of 3 nucleotides on a strand of mRNA...
variable
codon
amino acids
mutation
61
The process that uses DNA to make mRNA...
replication
translation
transcription
cohesion
62
A chart showing a genetic history of a family for a particular trait...
taxonomy
binomial nomenclature
pedigree
evolution
63
Organisms that eat only plants...
protists
decomposers
herbivores
carnivores
64
Movement of particles from a high to low concentration through a channel protein...
active transport
facilitated diffusion
homeostasis
osmosis
65
When molecules of the same substance stick together...
cohesion
succession
mutation
migration
66
Something that comes from living matter...
nonpolar
inorganic
polar
organic
67
Organisms that get their energy from another source (can't make their own)
chloroplast
autotroph
plant
heterotroph
68
The process of using food energy to make chemical energy (ATP) in the cell...
cellular respiration
photosynthesis
chemosynthesis
fermentation
69
An embryo of a plant covered by a protective coat...
pistil
spore
seed
gamete
70
An organism that eats only meat...
herbivore
carnivore
omnivore
decomposers
71
A small piece of genetic material surrounded by a protein coat that causes infection...
protist
fungi
bacterium
virus
72
The science of putting organisms into groups based on characteristics...
taxonomy
binomial nomenclature
biology
ecology
73
The "job" an organism has in its environment...
habitat
niche
competition
abiotic factors
74
Specialized sex cells that join to form a zygote...
seed
lysosomes
gamete
virus
75
The powerhouse of the cell where energy is stored...
mitochondrion
lysosomes
chloroplast
ribosomes
76
A group of atoms bonded together...
prokaryote
osmosis
molecule
ion
77
A representation of one pathway energy travels through an ecosystem, typically 3-4 steps long:
food web
carrying capacity
food chain
biotic factors
78
Unicellular organisms that lack organelles and can cause disease...
protists
eukaryote
fungi
bacteria
79
A graphical model of energy flow showing multiple trophic levels...
energy pyramid
hypothesis
facilitated diffusion
natural selection
80
The smallest part of an element...
isotonic
ion
polar
atom
81
All regions of the Earth that support life...
biosphere
community
biome
ecosystem
82
A weakened form of a virus given to help build up immunity to a disease...
bacterium
protist
vaccine
carrier
83
A cell with no nucleus or organelles...
ribosomes
prokaryote
eukaryote
protist
84
Movement of animals from one area to another...
diffusion
succession
migration
mutation
85
A trait that masks or overpowers another trait...
mutation
dominant
recessive
control
86
All of the different characteristics that are seen in the makeup of a species...
genetic diversity
taxonomy
energy pyramid
natural selection
87
Multicellular eukaryotes like humans, bats, and insects...
animal
protist
plant
fungi
88
The maximum number an environment can support due to resources...
logisitic growth
exponential growth
natural selection
carrying capacity
89
A close and extended relationship between two different species...
meiosis
osmosis
homestasis
symbiosis
90
The balanced condition of the body
mitosis
stabilizing selection
homeostasis
osmosis
91
A community + abiotic factors =
population
ecosystem
biosphere
biome
92
The process by which an environment changes over time...
evolution
diffusion
homeostasis
succession
93
Multicellular eukaryote that mostly performs photosynthesis..
plant
animal
protist
fungi
94
Cell division of sex cells, it cuts the number of chromosomes in half...
meoisis
mitosis
osmosis
homeostasis
95
An educated guess...
experiment
hypothesis
control
scientific method
96
A genetic characteristic that is covered or masked by another...
homozygous
dominant
heterozygous
recessive
97
Complex cells with well defined nuclei...
mitochondrion
eukaryote
prokaryote
lysosomes
98
Nonliving parts of an environment...
biotic factors
abiotic factors
99
Fighting for mates, food, and/or survival...
competition
Succession
migration
symbiosis
100
A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring
community
ecosystem
biome
species

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Final Exam Vocabulary Review

100 termsStudBud Administration609 plays

Use this to review for your final exam for biology in the 2017-2018 school year.

Flashcards100 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 100

Answers

1
Where an organism lives out its life...
population
niche
habitat
biosphere
2
Fats and oils are...
lipids
nucleic acids
proteins
carbohydrates
3
An atom that gains or loses electrons, resulting in a charge...
polar
ion
enzyme
cell
4
The chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria into alcohol or lactic acid and ATP...
aerobic respiration
transpiration
photosynthesis
fermentation
5
The smallest unit of life...
cell
organs
seed
tissue
6
A heterozygous condition where both traits are expressed...
recessive
incomplete dominance
mutation
dominant
7
Includes observation, hypothesis, experiment, data, conclusion...
Scientific Method
Engineering Design Process
Experimental Design
8
The process that uses mRNA to make a protein...
transcription
replication
mutation
translation
9
A form of cell division that produces exact genetic copies
mitosis
osmosis
meiosis
homeostasis
10
A water that has both a partial positive and partial negative charge (water is one)...
hypotonic
ion
isotonic
polar
11
A slow, gradual change of one species from one form to another...
evolution
succession
competition
diffusion
12
This molecule is broken down to release energy for the cell...
chloroplast
ATP
ribosomes
proteins
13
When water moves into a cell...
hypertonic
hypotonic
isotonic
14
A change that makes an organism better at surviving in its environment...
mutation
biotic factors
pedigree
adaptation
15
When both alleles are the same...
dominant
homozygous
recessive
heterozygous
16
Darker molecules inside the nucleus made up of your genetic material...
ribosomes
chromosomes
lysosomes
mitochondrion
17
A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction...
carrier
enzyme
carbohydrate
lipids
18
The idea that organisms best suited for their environments will survive and reproduce...
stabilizing selection
directional selection
natural selection
disruptive selection
19
An organism that breaks down and decays organic materials...
decomposers
omnivore
carnivore
herbivore
20
Contains digestive enzymes and rids the cells of worn out parts or invaders...
lysosomes
mitochondria
cell membrane
ribosomes
21
Type of selection that favors one extreme over another...
disruptive selection
directional selection
stabilizing selection
natural selection
22
A group of populations living together...
community
ecosystem
biome
species
23
Part of the cell that controls what enters and leaves the cell...
lysosomes
chloroplast
cell membrane
mitochondrion
24
Monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides are...
nucleic acids
lipids
carbohydrates
proteins
25
Type of selection that favors BOTH extremes (middle is least fit)...
stabilizing selection
natural selection
disruptive selection
directional selection
26
The one thing in an experiment that is allowed to be changed...
results
control
variable
27
When a process requires oxygen, we say that it is...
isotonic
aerobic
anaerobic
hypotonic
28
A group of similar ecosystems...
biome
community
succession
niche
29
A very diverse group including eukaryotes that are not plants, fungi, or animals...
virus
bacteria
abiotic factors
protist
30
A process that requires no oxygen to take place...
hypertonic
isotonic
anaerobic
aerobic
31
Outer layer of support in plant cells...
chloroplast
mitochondrion
cell membrane
cell wall
32
Monomers of DNA including a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogen base...
lipids
nucleotides
monosaccharides
amino acids
33
An organism that makes its own food
habitat
decomposers
autotroph
heterotroph
34
A measure of acidity on a scale of 0-14...
carrying capacity
ATP
pH
isotonic
35
Living things within an ecosystem...
abiotic factors
biotic factors
36
The process by which living things convert sunlight into energy for the cell...
homeostasis
natural selection
mitosis
photosynthesis
37
The diffusion of water...
symbiosis
stabilizing selection
fermentation
osmosis
38
The part of an experiment that does not change...
scientific method
variable
control
hypothesis
39
A person who has a recessive allele, does NOT express the trait, but CAN pass it on...
dominant
recessive
carrier
homozygous
40
The physical expression of a gene...
genotype
homeostasis
phenotype
allele
41
Process used to test a hypothesis...
phenotype
migration
natural selection
experiment
42
A long chain of amino acids...
carbohydrates
lipids
nucleic acids
proteins
43
Means that you have one dominant and one recessive allele for a gene...
recessive
homozygous
heterozygous
dominant
44
Any remnant of a once living thing...
fossil
succession
adaptation
heterotroph
45
Making an exact copy of DNA...
mutation
translation
replication
transcription
46
A genetic change that makes an organism different from the rest of its kind...
pedigree
biome
allele
mutation
47
A green pigment found in plants used in photosynthesis...
ATP
chlorophyll
mitochondrion
gamete
48
All possible feeding relationships in an ecosystem...
energy pyramid
food chain
succession
food web
49
Term used to describe the genetic makeup of an organism (whether expressed or not)...
genotype
variable
phenotype
mutations
50
Where proteins are made in the cell...
lysosomes
chloroplast
ribosomes
mitochondrion
51
Moving particles against the concentration gradient... this requires energy from the cell.
active transport
osmosis
facilitated diffusion
succession
52
A group of similar organisms that live in the same place at the same time...
community
ecosystem
population
biome
53
Molecule that carries genetic information...
carbohydrates
pH
DNA
proteins
54
Type of selection that favors the average/those in the middle...
directional selection
natural selection
disruptive selection
stabilizing selection
55
Can be single or multicellular and are primarily decomposers...
plant
bacteria
protist
fungi
56
The next level of organization after kingdom...
population
phylum
species
ecosystem
57
Two terms used to describe the scientific name of an organism...
carrying capacity
taxonomy
binomial nomenclature
facilitated diffusion
58
When particles move from a high concentration to a lower concentration
cellular respiration
diffusion
mutation
migration
59
These molecules are chained together to make proteins...
carbohydrates
lipids
amino acids
nucleic acids
60
Groups of 3 nucleotides on a strand of mRNA...
variable
codon
amino acids
mutation
61
The process that uses DNA to make mRNA...
replication
translation
transcription
cohesion
62
A chart showing a genetic history of a family for a particular trait...
taxonomy
binomial nomenclature
pedigree
evolution
63
Organisms that eat only plants...
protists
decomposers
herbivores
carnivores
64
Movement of particles from a high to low concentration through a channel protein...
active transport
facilitated diffusion
homeostasis
osmosis
65
When molecules of the same substance stick together...
cohesion
succession
mutation
migration
66
Something that comes from living matter...
nonpolar
inorganic
polar
organic
67
Organisms that get their energy from another source (can't make their own)
chloroplast
autotroph
plant
heterotroph
68
The process of using food energy to make chemical energy (ATP) in the cell...
cellular respiration
photosynthesis
chemosynthesis
fermentation
69
An embryo of a plant covered by a protective coat...
pistil
spore
seed
gamete
70
An organism that eats only meat...
herbivore
carnivore
omnivore
decomposers
71
A small piece of genetic material surrounded by a protein coat that causes infection...
protist
fungi
bacterium
virus
72
The science of putting organisms into groups based on characteristics...
taxonomy
binomial nomenclature
biology
ecology
73
The "job" an organism has in its environment...
habitat
niche
competition
abiotic factors
74
Specialized sex cells that join to form a zygote...
seed
lysosomes
gamete
virus
75
The powerhouse of the cell where energy is stored...
mitochondrion
lysosomes
chloroplast
ribosomes
76
A group of atoms bonded together...
prokaryote
osmosis
molecule
ion
77
A representation of one pathway energy travels through an ecosystem, typically 3-4 steps long:
food web
carrying capacity
food chain
biotic factors
78
Unicellular organisms that lack organelles and can cause disease...
protists
eukaryote
fungi
bacteria
79
A graphical model of energy flow showing multiple trophic levels...
energy pyramid
hypothesis
facilitated diffusion
natural selection
80
The smallest part of an element...
isotonic
ion
polar
atom
81
All regions of the Earth that support life...
biosphere
community
biome
ecosystem
82
A weakened form of a virus given to help build up immunity to a disease...
bacterium
protist
vaccine
carrier
83
A cell with no nucleus or organelles...
ribosomes
prokaryote
eukaryote
protist
84
Movement of animals from one area to another...
diffusion
succession
migration
mutation
85
A trait that masks or overpowers another trait...
mutation
dominant
recessive
control
86
All of the different characteristics that are seen in the makeup of a species...
genetic diversity
taxonomy
energy pyramid
natural selection
87
Multicellular eukaryotes like humans, bats, and insects...
animal
protist
plant
fungi
88
The maximum number an environment can support due to resources...
logisitic growth
exponential growth
natural selection
carrying capacity
89
A close and extended relationship between two different species...
meiosis
osmosis
homestasis
symbiosis
90
The balanced condition of the body
mitosis
stabilizing selection
homeostasis
osmosis
91
A community + abiotic factors =
population
ecosystem
biosphere
biome
92
The process by which an environment changes over time...
evolution
diffusion
homeostasis
succession
93
Multicellular eukaryote that mostly performs photosynthesis..
plant
animal
protist
fungi
94
Cell division of sex cells, it cuts the number of chromosomes in half...
meoisis
mitosis
osmosis
homeostasis
95
An educated guess...
experiment
hypothesis
control
scientific method
96
A genetic characteristic that is covered or masked by another...
homozygous
dominant
heterozygous
recessive
97
Complex cells with well defined nuclei...
mitochondrion
eukaryote
prokaryote
lysosomes
98
Nonliving parts of an environment...
biotic factors
abiotic factors
99
Fighting for mates, food, and/or survival...
competition
Succession
migration
symbiosis
100
A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring
community
ecosystem
biome
species