Areas of Biology
Studies the chemical foundations of life; the chemistry of living organisms
What is biochemistry?
Chemistry Short Answer
An aqueous solution in which the concentration of OH– ions is greater than that of H + ions
What is a basic solution?
What are lipids?
Complete this sequence:
Organs -> Organ Systems -> Organisms ->_________ -> Community
What is a population?
This part of the neuron speeds up signal transmission down the axon
What is the myelin sheath?
What is physiology?
General Science Short Answer
This gas is most directly responsible for the bends or decompression sickness that divers may experience
What is nitrogen (N2)?
This nucleic acid contains a 5-carbon sugar missing a 2' oxygen atom.
What is DNA?
The conversion of nitrates into nitrogen gas in the nitrogen cycle is known as
What is denitrification?
This lobe is responsible for auditory processing
Studies disease patterns in communities and why/how disease spreads in different groups
What is epidemiology?
Physics Multiple Choice
A constant force acting on a body experiencing no change in its environment will give the body:
W) constant acceleration
X) constant speed
Y) constant velocity
Z) zero acceleration
What is (W) constant acceleration?
This bond is formed between two or more monosaccharides
What is a glycosidic linkage?
This ecosystem has the highest level of biodiversity
What is a tropical rainforest?
Incoming information is transmitted via _______ nerve cells
What are afferent nerve cells?
Studies the interactions between organisms and their physical environments
What is ecology?
Biology Short Answer
The genus name of the most thoroughly studied bacterium
What is Escherichia?
Cellulose molecules form larger _______, the main architectural unit of the plant cell wall
What are microfibrils?
These two organisms are the pioneer species of primary succession
What are lichens and mosses?
This portion of the brain contains the pons, cerebellum, and medulla oblongata
What is the hindbrain
Studies and analyzes biological data using methods and software tools
What is bioinformatics?
Physics Short Answer
The term for the tendency of any mass at rest to remain at rest
What is inertia?
Cholesterol is this special type of lipid defined as four fused rings with attached chemical groups
What is a steroid?
90% of energy passing through the trophic levels is released as heat. Heat is classified as
What is low-quality energy?
This is neurotransmitter is involved in the "fight-or-flight" response and attentiveness/mental focus/
What is epinephrine (adrenaline)?