Biology and Genetics

1. What role did Christianity play in the development of modern science? 2. Why

1. What role did Christianity play in the development of modern science? 2. Why did conflict arise between the newly developed way of explaining natural phenomena - natural philos…

1. What role does glucose oxidation play in the metabolism of an organism? 2. Py

1. What role does glucose oxidation play in the metabolism of an organism? 2. Pyruvate is referred to as the hub (central point) of glucose oxidation. Explain why. 3. Compare the …

1. What role does liquid water play in glacial plucking? a Liquid water can work

1. What role does liquid water play in glacial plucking? a Liquid water can work its way into crack in the bedrock over which the glacier is moving. When the liquid water freezes …

1. What role might courts of law play in watershed management? A. All of the abo

1. What role might courts of law play in watershed management? A. All of the above. B. Determine the constitutionality of an environmental regulation. C. Allocate water between tw…

1. What services are covered under Part B of Medicare? 2. State the differences

1. What services are covered under Part B of Medicare? 2. State the differences between the Tricare options (Tricare Prime, Tricare Extra, Tricare Standard). 3. What federal law e…

1. What sits directly on top of the kidney? Select one: a. lungs b. stomach c. a

1. What sits directly on top of the kidney? Select one: a. lungs b. stomach c. adrenal gland d. liver 2. What is the basic functional unit of the kidney? Select one: a. renal tubu…

1. What size band(s) will digestion with AlwN1 show? 2. What size band(s) will d

1. What size band(s) will digestion with AlwN1 show? 2. What size band(s) will digestion with HindIII show? 3. What size band(s) will digestion with both HindIII and AwlN1 show? H…

1. What sized sediments (e.g. boulders, gravel, sand, clay, silt, and mud) abund

1.     What sized sediments (e.g. boulders, gravel, sand, clay, silt, and mud) abundantly transported by rivers and streams typically accumulate on the beach? 2.     What sized se…

1. What sort of climatic and geological changes occurred during the Miocene and

1. What sort of climatic and geological changes occurred during the Miocene and how would these changes have affected the evolution of the first ape-like primates? 2. What do we k…

1. What specific genetic manipulation does Synechocystis readily allow that E. c

1. What specific genetic manipulation does Synechocystis readily allow that E. coli does not? 2. For transformation of Synechocystis, why do you first plate your transformant mixt…

1. What strategies and electromagnetic frequencies are thought to be the most lo

1. What strategies and electromagnetic frequencies are thought to be the most logical for long-range communication across the universe with other intelligent beings? a. explosion …

1. What strategies are used by the cell to make energetically unfavorable reacti

1. What strategies are used by the cell to make energetically unfavorable reactions occur? 2. While working at the bench, you forgot to label two tubes of DNA strands. You know th…

1. What structure contains the cell body (soma) of a sensory nerve receiving sen

1. What structure contains the cell body (soma) of a sensory nerve receiving sensory information from the skin? 2.Twenty-year old patients started turning up in the emergency room…

1. What structure do earthquakes happen along? Select one: a. Dikes b. Joints c.

1. What structure do earthquakes happen along? Select one: a. Dikes b. Joints c. Faults d. Unconformities e. Folds 2. In which order do earthquake waves arrive at a seismic statio…

1. What trails did you hike on during the trip? 2. What were the two major habit

1. What trails did you hike on during the trip? 2. What were the two major habitats that you walked through on the hike? Which one has plants that are fire adapted? How does the f…

1. What type of adaptation is ilustrated when a male mocking bird sings loudly a

1. What type of adaptation is ilustrated when a male mocking bird sings loudly and drives away other male mocking birds? A. physiological B. behavioral C. morphological D. all of …

1. What type of contact is between the Ridpath Sandstone and the Kavalier Shale?

1. What type of contact is between the Ridpath Sandstone and the Kavalier Shale? How did you determine this? (Refer to the Geologic Time Scale, which is Figure 1 in the Geologic D…

1. What type of faults (normal, reverse, thrust, strike-slip) would you expect i

1. What type of faults (normal, reverse, thrust, strike-slip) would you expect in the Rio Grande rift zone in New Mexico. Why? (1 pt) 2. Other than the Rio Grande rift valley in N…

1. What type of feldspars would form from the cooling of a magma that was a mixt

1. What type of feldspars would form from the cooling of a magma that was a mixture of 33.3% K + 33.3% Na + 33.3% Ca and all the Si, Al, and O that feldspars need? 2. In a normall…

1. What type of gas is formed when NazCOs react with an acid a. COs b. CO2 c. N2

1. What type of gas is formed when NazCOs react with an acid a. COs b. CO2 c. N20 d. NO2 2. Thousands of years ago, yeast was used to bake but the problem they encountered was: a.…

1. What type of interaction would you expect between the R groups of the followi

1. What type of interaction would you expect between the R groups of the following amino acids in a tertiary structure? phenylalanine and isoleucine aspartic acid and histidine as…

1. What type of plate boundary is a volcanic arc associated with? a. Convergent

1. What type of plate boundary is a volcanic arc associated with? a. Convergent           b.. Transform           c. Divergent                         d. All boundary types 2. Sha…

1. What type of tectonic plate boundary worldwide (not just Sumatra) causes eart

1. What type of tectonic plate boundary worldwide (not just Sumatra) causes earthquake-induced tsunami? [Convergent boundary] [Divergent boundary] [Transform boundary] 2. How many…

1. What types of bonding is illustrated in sharing of electrons? a. Covalent bon

1. What types of bonding is illustrated in sharing of electrons? a. Covalent bond b.Polar covalent bond c.Ionic bond d.Hydrogen bond e. a and b 2. What is the relationship between…

1. What types of diseases have the potential to be cured by stem cell technology

1. What types of diseases have the potential to be cured by stem cell technology? 2. Are any stem cell treatment currently approved or in clinical trials? 3. What is the differenc…

1. What types of diseases have the potential to be cured by stem cell technology

1. What types of diseases have the potential to be cured by stem cell technology? Are any stem cell treatment currently approved or in clinical trials? 2. What is the difference b…

1. What types of diseases have the potential to be cured by stem cell technology

1. What types of diseases have the potential to be cured by stem cell technology? Are any stem cell treatment currently approved or in clinical trials? 2. What is the difference b…

1. What types of diseases have the potential to be cured by stem cell technology

1. What types of diseases have the potential to be cured by stem cell technology? Are any stem cell treatment currently approved or in clinical trials? 2. What is the difference b…

1. What was different about Earth 55-50 million years ago, that generated a subt

1. What was different about Earth 55-50 million years ago, that generated a subtropical climate in the region that would become the Pacific Northwest? Be sure to describe the rate…

1. What was the \"Green Revolution?\" What are some of the advantages and disadv

1. What was the "Green Revolution?" What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of the Green Revolution? What is the focus of the next “green revolution,” and how do researc…

1. What was the concept of Polar Wandering based upon? a.Polar wandering is base

1. What was the concept of Polar Wandering based upon? a.Polar wandering is based on the concepts of plate tectonics. By moving the continents to their former positions (about 400…

1. What was the first measurement that led us to believe the universe is expandi

1. What was the first measurement that led us to believe the universe is expanding? Briefly explain in one to two sentences. 2. Which of the following explains how the first gener…

1. What was the independent variable (what was it that the author of the article

1. What was the independent variable (what was it that the author of the article says something else “depends” on)? For example, you getting wet (from a pool or a shower) doesn’t …

1. What was the lethal chamber, to what purposes was it put, and to what purpose

1. What was the lethal chamber, to what purposes was it put, and to what purposes did certain eugenics advocates want it to be put? 2. How did British eugenicist Arthur Treadgold’…

1. What was the problem with the sugar cane crop in the 1930\'s? 2. Where were t

1. What was the problem with the sugar cane crop in the 1930's? 2. Where were the cane toads imported from? 3. Where do the toads lay their eggs? How many eggs can one female lay?…

1. What was the problem with the sugar cane crop in the 1930\'s? 2. Where were t

1. What was the problem with the sugar cane crop in the 1930's? 2. Where were the cane toads imported from? 3. Where do the toads lay their eggs? How many eggs can one female lay?…

1. What were Alabama\'s Cretaceous crocodylians like and what was their diet, mo

1. What were Alabama's Cretaceous crocodylians like and what was their diet, mode of defense and habitat? 2. What was Alabama's mosasaurs like and what was their diet, mode of def…

1. What were Alabama’s nodosaurs like and what was their diet, mode of defense,

1.  What were Alabama’s nodosaurs like and what was their diet, mode of defense, and habitat? 2. What were Alabama’s ornithomimids like and what was their diet, mode of defense, a…

1. What were some of the tensions that existed between the British and French du

1. What were some of the tensions that existed between the British and French during the colonial era? 2. How did the construction of the transcontinental railroad and the expansi…

1. What were the causes and consequences of the Great Depression on the world? 2

1. What were the causes and consequences of the Great Depression on the world? 2. How was Joseph Stalin's going to achieve his Five Year Plans? 3. Why were Mussolini and Hitler ab…

1. What were the key observations made by Darwin to develop the basic tenants of

1. What were the key observations made by Darwin to develop the basic tenants of the theory of evolution? Has this theory been tested? 2. What are the most common misconceptions a…

1. What were the key observations made by Darwin to develop the basic tenants of

1. What were the key observations made by Darwin to develop the basic tenants of the theory of evolution? Has this theory been tested? 2. What are the most common misconceptions a…

1. What were the main differences between the Mesopotamian and Egyptian outlook

1.  What were the main differences between the Mesopotamian and Egyptian outlook or mentality? What environmental, political, and religious factors contributed to these difference…

1. What were the problems in the Pacific halibut fishery, and how were they reso

1. What were the problems in the Pacific halibut fishery, and how were they resolved? 2. Under what conditions will a natural area receive protection? 3. Compare the concept of ec…

1. What will be produced from a prokaryotic operon? a. Multiple proteins made fr

1. What will be produced from a prokaryotic operon? a. Multiple proteins made from a single RNA transcript b. A separate mRNA for each gene in the operon c. A spliced RNA transcri…

1. What would be the net ATP yield from complete aerobic oxidation of a triacylg

1. What would be the net ATP yield from complete aerobic oxidation of a triacylglycerol of 18:0 at sn1, 14:0 at sn2 and 16:0 at sn3.Show all of your steps, reactions and math to c…

1. What would happen if a child received two different CFTR mutations, one from

1. What would happen if a child received two different CFTR mutations, one from each parent. Would a child be normal or would the child have CF? What are the variables that you wo…

1. What would happen if we tried to estimate species relationships using paralog

1. What would happen if we tried to estimate species relationships using paralogous gene copies? 2. If you had short orthologous gene sequence from a few different species, is the…

1. What would happen to Israel, if the US ended military support? 2. Does the cu

1. What would happen to Israel, if the US ended military support? 2. Does the current U.S administration plan to invade Iran before November 2008? 3. What kind of exit strategy of…

1. What would you expect to happen to resident ER proteins that don’t display fu

1. What would you expect to happen to resident ER proteins that don’t display functional retrieval signals? Where would you expect these mutant ER proteins to eventually end up? E…