Bio Final 2
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- 1. In __, the congestion of the lung is due to the inability of the alveolar epithelial cells to regulate salt concentrations. Its inheritance pattern is ___.
- Cystic fibrosis, autosomal recessive
- Individuals who are _ for the sickle gene are more resistant to ___.
- Heterozygous, malaria
- ___ and ___ are classified as sequential hermaphroditism
- Protandry, protogyny
- In the good partner mate choice theory, the females choose a good looking partner in search for __ and ___.
- Healthy mates, good genes
- The giant clams are known to be hermaphrodites, as they release both ___ and ___.
- Sperm and eggs
- The shift in _ ratio in the ___ mating system is demonstrated by the example of jacana.
- Sex-operational, polyandrous
- Attributing human motivation, intention, and values to other biological organisms and ___ objects is known as ___.
- Inanimate, anthromorphism
- The European common ______ practice brood ______.
- Cuckoos, parasitism
- The sexual ______ of the horns of the male ibexes is an extraordinary example of _______.
- Dimorphism, sexual selection
- The suicidal mating behavior is found in the male ____ as a way to prolong its _____.
- Red back spider, sperm transfer
- The four basic types of building blocks are: ______, _____, _____, and _____.
- Monosaccharides, amino acids, nucleotides, and fatty acids
- In the past 50 years, a ______ system has been developed to raise cattle in confinement and to feed them with _____.
- Feedlot, corn
- The bacteria reside on the human body is known as the _____, they are known as ______.
- Normal flora, commensalists
- The genetic materials of viruses could be either ______ or ______.
- DNA, RNA
- Antigenic ______ are major changes in the viral genes due to ______ between different viral strains.
- Shifts, recombination
- The last major global outbreak of influenza, known as a _____, took place in ______.
- Pandemic, 1918
- The world’s lowest life expectancy is found in the nation of ______ with a life expectancy of ______.
- Zambia, 37
- During energy metabolism in the presence of ______, highly reactive molecules known as ______ are produced.
- Oxygen, free radicals
- In a eusocial society, the workers are ______ females and ______ to each other.
- Sterile, sisters
- In an ecosystem, organisms exist in a stage of _____ with a balance flow of ______.
- Equilibrium, energy
- Plants are considered to be the ______ in an ecosystem, because they convert solar energy into chemical energy in a biochemical process known as ______.
- Producers, photosynthesis
- It is the role of the ______ to capture ______ for their survival by degrading biological waste and dead organisms.
- Decomposers, energy
- Coral reef is only found in clear tropical sea, because of their ______ relationship with ______.
- Symbiotic, algae
- Corals secret a hard ______ that is composed of ______.
- Skeleton, calcium carbonate
- Corals ______ at night using their _____in their tentacles.
- Filter feed, stinging cells
- Parrot fish graze on ______ by biting off ______ with their powerful jaws.
- Algae, corals
- In the Australian Great Barrier Reef, the ______ starfish infestations were caused by the runoff of ______.
- Crown-of-Thorn, nitrogen fertilizer
- Organisms that live in extreme environments are known as ______; they below to a group of organisms known as ______.
- Extremophiles, archaebacteria
- Organisms that thrive in high temperature are known as ______, and in low temperature are known as ______.
- Thermophiles, psychrophiles
- Organisms that thrive in an acidic environment are known as ______, and in high alkaline condition are known as ______.
- Acidophiles, alkaliphiles
- Organisms that live in the bottom of the ocean must able to withstand high _______; they are known as ______.
- Hydrostatic pressure, piezophiles
- Plants use sunlight to convert ______ and ______ into carbohydrates.
- Carbon dioxide, water
- Organisms that undergo photosynthesis are known as ______; they obtain their carbon source from ______.
- Photoautotrophs, carbon dioxide
- Hot vent producers are ______; they derive their energy from ______.
- Chemoautotrophs, hydrogen sulfide
- Methane that is released from the seabed forms the source of ______ for the Archaebacteria in the ______.
- Energy, cold seep
- Water is a stable ______ molecule, making it an excellent ______.
- Polar, ionizing agent
- Most biological molecules can be dissolved in ______, which provides an excellent medium for chemical reactions to occur.
- Water
- Martian surface shows geological features of ancient rivers, ______, and ______ that have gone dry.
- Lakes, oceans
- Mars Twin Rover Expedition has discovered Martian rocks with ______ layers that can only be formed in the presence of ______.
- Sedimentary, Water
- Europa is one of the four moons of ______ discovered by ______ in 1610.
- Jupiter, Galileo
- Signs of microorganisms were revealed in a sub-glacial lake, known as ______ in the ______.
- Lake Vostok, Antartica
- The Milky Way Galaxy was formed 13.6 ______ years ago and has 200 ______ stars.
- Billion, billion
- The Universe was born 13.7 ______ years ago and organized into 10 ______ galaxies which form clusters and superclusters.
- Billion, billion
- The satellite known as ______ was launched in 2001 to survey the cosmic ______ background radiation.
- W-MAP, microwave
- The results of the W-MAP survey have provided a map to determine the age of the ______ to be ______ billion years.
- Universe, 13.7
- The universe expanded a trillion fold in a process known as ______ before forming the stable ______ atoms.
- Inflation, hydrogen
- Stars are composed mostly of ______, and they obtain their energy to glow by the fusion of ______ atoms to form helium.
- Hydrogen, hydorgen
- Our sun composed of ______% hydrogen and ______% helium.
- 70%, 30%
- Nuclear fusion of a star stops when it accumulates too much ______. It dies by initiating a ______ explosion.
- Iron, super nova
- All the elements found in ______ are formed in the ______.
- Periodic table, stars