Biology and Genetics

1) What is the best definition of the \"receptive field\" of an afferent neuron?

1) What is the best definition of the "receptive field" of an afferent neuron? A) The area of the cerebral cortex in which information from that afferent neuron is initially recei…

1) What is the complementary DNA sequence to 5 ATGCATCG 3? Enter only the nucleo

1) What is the complementary DNA sequence to 5 ATGCATCG 3? Enter only the nucleotides, and put your answer in the 5’ to 3’ direction. 2) If 5 CGATGCAT 3 is the template DNA strand…

1) What is the connection between malnutrition and overweight? 2) Impaired growt

1) What is the connection between malnutrition and overweight? 2) Impaired growth and development manifested in early childhood is called __________. 3) Diminishing muscle and fat…

1) What is the contour interval on this map? __________ feet 2) What is the tota

1) What is the contour interval on this map? __________ feet 2)What is the total relief of the area shown on the map? 3)What is the average annual discharge of the drainage basin?…

1) What is the correct order of elements that comprise a functional protein-enco

1) What is the correct order of elements that comprise a functional protein-encoding gene in a prokaryote? a) Regulatory region, promoter, transcribed region, terminator b) Regula…

1) What is the difference between a stable equilibrium and a neutral equilibrium

1) What is the difference between a stable equilibrium and a neutral equilibrium in population genetics (1)? What kind of data would you need to collect about a population to esta…

1) What is the difference between maltose and amylose (starch)? Select one: a. M

1) What is the difference between maltose and amylose (starch)? Select one: a. Maltose is joined by 1-4 glycosidic linkages, while amylose is joined by 1-6 glycosidic linkages. b.…

1) What is the difference between the leading strand and the lagging strand in D

1) What is the difference between the leading strand and the lagging strand in DNA replication? Place the following steps of DNA replication in right chronological order. 1. Prima…

1) What is the difference in approach between the geometric growth equation and

1) What is the difference in approach between the geometric growth equation and the exponential growth equation? (Ch. 12) 2) Why might a model that contains age structure better r…

1) What is the enzymatic function of restriction enzymes? A) To add new nucleoti

1) What is the enzymatic function of restriction enzymes? A) To add new nucleotides to the growing strand of DNA. B) To join nucleotides during replication. C) To join nucleotides…

1) What is the enzymatic function of restriction enzymes? A) To add new nucleoti

1) What is the enzymatic function of restriction enzymes? A) To add new nucleotides to the growing strand of DNA. B) To join nucleotides during replication. C) To join nucleotides…

1) What is the enzymatic function of restriction enzymes? A) To add new nucleoti

1) What is the enzymatic function of restriction enzymes? A) To add new nucleotides to the growing strand of DNA. B) To join nucleotides during replication. C) To join nucleotides…

1) What is the event that marks the transition from haploid to the diploid stage

1) What is the event that marks the transition from haploid to the diploid stage of the life cycle and what event marks the transition back to the haploid stage again. Describe th…

1) What is the gradient along the same stretch of the stream in section 21 of th

1) What is the gradient along the same stretch of the stream in section 21 of the Richardson Springs quadrangle? _______________ft/mi. Assume the distance is 3/8th an inch on the …

1) What is the impact of gender on love? Is it as significant as a culture? 2) W

1) What is the impact of gender on love? Is it as significant as a culture? 2) What are some differences between male and female intimacy? 3) Are there any differences between ga …

1) What is the initial concentration of Fe3+ and of SCN- in the solution prepare

1) What is the initial concentration of Fe3+ and of SCN- in the solution prepared from 5.00 mL of 0.00200 M Fe(NO3)3 with 2.00 mL of 0.00200 M KSCN and 3.00 mL water? 2)Read Part …

1) What is the most effective way to differentiate potassium feldspar from plagi

1) What is the most effective way to differentiate potassium feldspar from plagioclase feldspar? 2) What are the four stages of the evolution of an ocean basin from first to last?…

1) What is the name of the membrane that surrounds the heart? a) pericardium. b)

1) What is the name of the membrane that surrounds the heart? a) pericardium. b) pleurae c) peritoneum d) synovium 2) How do you know this is a capillary a) There is a lumen b) It…

1) What is the primary purpose of fermentation? Re-oxidation of NADH Formation o

1) What is the primary purpose of fermentation? Re-oxidation of NADH Formation of ATP Production of ethanol or lactic acid Reduction of NAD+ Both re-oxidation of NADH and formatio…

1) What is the purpose of the higher osmolarity of the renal medulla compared to

1) What is the purpose of the higher osmolarity of the renal medulla compared to the renal cortex? a) allows the conservation of water, b) allows the conservation of salt, c) enab…

1) What is the significance of the Autonomous Replication Sequence It is a highl

1) What is the significance of the Autonomous Replication Sequence It is a highly conserved protein found in many species of bacteria that confer high frequency of transformation …

1) What is the significance of the maternal half-sib design in Welch et al. for

1) What is the significance of the maternal half-sib design in Welch et al. for the interpretation of the experiments? Call Duration as an Indicator of Genetic Quality in Male Gra…

1) What is: The number of centrosomes present during interphase? The number of c

1) What is: The number of centrosomes present during interphase? The number of centrosomes present during metaphase? The number of kinetochores on each chromosome during mitotic p…

1) What localization occurs for proteins that are normally nuclear when their nu

1) What localization occurs for proteins that are normally nuclear when their nuclear localization signal is deleted and the protein is injected into the cytoplasm of cultured cel…

1) What lubricates the walls of the v*gna when a woman becomes sexually aroused?

1) What lubricates the walls of the v*gna when a woman becomes sexually aroused? Select one: a. Transudate b. Secretions from Bartholin's glands c. Secretions from the cervix d. S…

1) What must be true for a cell to respond to a hormone? 2) Which hormones or cl

1) What must be true for a cell to respond to a hormone? 2) Which hormones or classes of hormones are (give some examples) polar nonpolar (location) and act through 3) Generally, …

1) What must eukaryotes do to initiate transcription of a gene? e) Bind transcri

1) What must eukaryotes do to initiate transcription of a gene? e) Bind transcription factors from enhancer sequences to the RNA Polymerase. What are two distinguishing features o…

1) What positive role might be played by the non-pathogenic streptococci normall

1) What positive role might be played by the non-pathogenic streptococci normally found in between the teeth and gingival crevice? 2) List the precautions that should be taken whe…

1) What positive role might be played by the non-pathogenic streptococci normall

1) What positive role might be played by the non-pathogenic streptococci normally found in between the teeth and gingival crevice? 2) List the precautions that should be taken whe…

1) What questions arise based on the study below regarding instability of sleep

1) What questions arise based on the study below regarding instability of sleep patterns in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? 2)Are there other aspects that …

1) What structural motif is most commonly used by transcription factors in bindi

1) What structural motif is most commonly used by transcription factors in binding to DNA? a) Zinc- finger b) Helix-turn-helix c) Homeodomain 2) Kozak’s rules for translation are …

1) What tissue makes up most of the wood of a tree? 2) Describe the ploidy and d

1) What tissue makes up most of the wood of a tree? 2) Describe the ploidy and developmental origin of the food reserves of a conifer seed. 3) Name a plant hormone that could be a…

1) What type of action does a steroid hormone bring about once it enters the cel

1) What type of action does a steroid hormone bring about once it enters the cell? 2) How does an amino-acid based hormone exert its effect upon its target cell? 3) Why is a perso…

1) What type of cells do plants have? What kingdom do they belong to? 2) Are pla

1) What type of cells do plants have? What kingdom do they belong to? 2) Are plants heterotrophic or autotrophic? 3) State the aboveground parts of the plant and their functions 4…

1) What type of circulatory system does the Sponge have? a) none b) closed c) op

1) What type of circulatory system does the Sponge have? a) none b) closed c) open 2) What type of circulatory system does the Hydra have? a) none b) closed c) open 3) What type o…

1) What type of energy is stored in chemicals? a)Potential energy b)Kinetic ener

1) What type of energy is stored in chemicals? a)Potential energy b)Kinetic energy c)Entropy 2) How do the products of glycolysis and Krebs cycle relate to the electron transport …

1) What type of selection causes an increase or decrease in the mean value of a

1) What type of selection causes an increase or decrease in the mean value of a phenotype? A. disruptive B. stabilizing C. drift D. balancing E. directional 2) Calculate the frequ…

1) What type of symmetry does the Sponge have? a) none b) radical c) bilateral 2

1) What type of symmetry does the Sponge have? a) none b) radical c) bilateral 2) What type of symmetry does the Hydra have? a) none b) radical c) bilateral 3) What type of symmet…

1) What was the key evolutionary transition to a new environment of dry grasslan

1) What was the key evolutionary transition to a new environment of dry grasslands for Hominins? A)Bipedalism B)Creation of tools C)Narrow rib cage D)Acheulean technology 2- Which…

1) What was the local time of the day when the image was acquired? [Answer: 9am,

1) What was the local time of the day when the image was acquired? [Answer: 9am, 11am, 1pm, or 3pm]?    What was the season when the image was acquired? [Answer: Summer, Fall, Win…

1) What was the name of the super continent that preceded the formation of North

1) What was the name of the super continent that preceded the formation of North America. HINT: This was the super continent that broke up and the pieces were used to form North A…

1) What were the two significant experiments reported in the article? What did t

1) What were the two significant experiments reported in the article? What did they prove or disprove? Planarians can regenerate any missing body part in a process requiring divid…

1) What were the two significant experiments reported in the article? What did t

1) What were the two significant experiments reported in the article? What did they prove or disprove? Planarians can regenerate any missing body part in a process requiring divid…

1) What will the genotype frequencies be in a population that has two alleles, o

1) What will the genotype frequencies be in a population that has two alleles, one with a frequency of 30% (p = 0.3)? 2) A human blood group, related to the MN system, is also con…

1) What would happen if decay did not occur? A and B only 2) Carbon dioxide is p

1) What would happen if decay did not occur? A and B only 2) Carbon dioxide is produced by all of the following except burning vegetation. 3) Which of the following is not part of…

1) When Benioff-Wadati zones are plotted on a map, they show: A) elastic modulus

1) When Benioff-Wadati zones are plotted on a map, they show: A) elastic modulus values in rocks within a subduction zone. B) semiconcentric zones of varying degrees of earthquake…

1) When discussing the Symathetic nervous system, where is the cell body of the

1) When discussing the Symathetic nervous system, where is the cell body of the pre-ganglionic neuron for the urinary bladder? Where does its axon travel to? What neurotransmitter…

1) When nitric oxide is used in the dilation of smooth muscle cells, which of th

1) When nitric oxide is used in the dilation of smooth muscle cells, which of the following would interfere with the relaxation of the smooth muscle cells? Inhibitors of A) calciu…

1) When nitric oxide is used in the dilation of smooth muscle cells, which of th

1) When nitric oxide is used in the dilation of smooth muscle cells, which of the following would interfere with the relaxation of the smooth muscle cells? Inhibitors of A) calciu…

1) When phosphorous is not bound in rocks, it moves quickly through land food we

1) When phosphorous is not bound in rocks, it moves quickly through land food webs. Constant use of phosphate-rich fertilizers will help increase phosphorus availability to plants…