AP Chapters 1, 2, 3 vocab quiz

Question 1

Structures that detect, monitor deviations from a set point

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Receptors

Question 2

Structure that regulates movement of substances in/out of a cell, site of much biological activities

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Cell membrane

Question 3

Type of lipid that contains only one double bond

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Unsaturated fat

Question 4

The energy molecule in a cell

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ATP

Question 5

This organelle participates in the synthesis of proteins and lipids

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Endoplasmic reticulum

Question 6

Programmed cell death

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Apoptosis

Question 7

Amino acids are made up of these organic substances

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Proteins

Question 8

Cell "eating"

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Phagocytosis

Question 9

Maintenance of a stable internal environment

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Homeostasis

Question 10

An increase in body size, number and size of cells

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Growth

Question 11

Inorganic substance that is used to release energy from glucose

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Oxygen

Question 12

Chemicals that resist changes in pH

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Buffers

Question 13

The simplest unit of an element

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Atom

Question 14

The difference between the areas of concentration, which drives the process of diffusion

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Concentration gradient

Question 15

A mechanism that moves conditions farther away from the set point - contractions, blood clotting

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Question 16

Cell "drinking"

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Pinocytosis

Question 17

Reaction to internal or external change

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Responsiveness

Question 18

Nucleotides are made up of these organic substances

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Nucleic acids

Question 19

Most abundant substance in living material, major component of blood and bodily fluids, universal solvent

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Water

Question 20

Particles moving from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration

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Active transport

Question 21

Tiny, spherical structures composed of protein and RNA, provides support and enzyme activity

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Ribosomes

Question 22

The diffusion of water through a permeable membrane

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Osmosis

Question 23

The study of the composition and properties of chemical substances

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Chemistry

Question 24

Membrane that covers an internal organ

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Visceral membrane

Question 25

Anything that has mass and takes up space

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Matter

Question 26

The smallest type of carbohydrate

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Sugar

Question 27

The study of structure of body parts, their forms, and how they are organized.

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Anatomy

Question 28

Type of lipid that contains multiple double bonds

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Polyunsaturated fat

Question 29

The study of the functions of the structures of body parts

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Physiology

Question 30

This double-layered membrane consists of an inner and outer bilayer that surround the organelle that controls the cell

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Nuclear envelope

Question 31

Type of diffusion that occurs when substances are too large to pass through a membrane, does not require energy

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Facilitated diffusion

Question 32

Muscles or gland that respond to bring about change necessary to return to the set point.

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Effectors

Question 33

A chemical compound made up or hydrogen and carbon

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Organic compound

Question 34

Membrane that lines the walls of a cavity

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Parietal membrane

Question 35

A substance that releases ions when dissolved.

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Electrolyte

Question 36

A type of lipid that contains only single bonds

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Saturated fat

Question 37

All chemical reactions in the cells of an organism

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Metabolism

Question 38

Production of new organisms or cells

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Reproduction

Question 39

Head, neck, and trunk

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Axial portion

Question 40

A mechanism by which a deviation in a variable from its set point is corrected.

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AP Chapters 1, 2, 3 vocab quiz

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AP Chapters 1, 2, 3 vocab quiz

Questions 40