Evolution
Energy
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Systems
Random
100
This term, also called the founder effect, is when the gene pool of a population is drastically reduced
What is a genetic bottleneck
100
Amino acids are bound together through this process
What is hydrolysis?
100
This nitrogenous base is found in RNA but not DNA
What is uracil?
100
This cycle is also known as the hydrologic cycle
What is the water cycle?
100
In this type of reaction, the total energy of the products is less than that of the reactants
What is an exergonic reaction?
200
In Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" he discussed this mechanism for evolution.
What is natural selection?
200
As opposed to inorganic compounds, all organic compounds contain this element
What is carbon?
200
During this phase of the cell cycle, the cell replicates its organelles and chromosomes
What is the S phase?
200
This type of tissue connects muscle to bones
What are tendons?
200
It is this property of water that allows it to exist naturally in all three states of matter
What is specific heat?
300
An example of this would be female peacocks choosing males with the most colorful trains
What is sexual selection?
300
This biological units is composed of many amino acids bound together
What is a protein (polypeptide)?
300
This is the process of creating an RNA copy of a DNA molecule
What is DNA transcription?
300
This hormone regulates the amount of glucose in the blood
What is insulin?
300
The main purpose of this part of the brain is to coordinate voluntary movements
What is the cerebellum?
400
The shells of clams and the shells of snails would be examples of this type of structure
What is a homologous structure?
400
This term describes a reaction whose change in free energy is positive
What is endothermic?
400
An example of this would be offspring that display a combined phenotype different from both parents
What is incomplete dominance?
400
These arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
What are pulmonary arteries?
400
This type of tissue connects bones to bones
What are ligaments?
500
This term is defined as a random change in the structure of a gene during DNA replication
What is a mutation?
500
This term is defined as "a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction"
What is a catalyst?
500
This is defined as "the change in electrical potential associated with the passage of an impulse along the membrane of a muscle cell or nerve cell"
What is an action potential?
500
This is defined as the total of all the abiotic factors in an area
What is a habitat?
500
Chordates began to develop during this period
What is the Cambrian?
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