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What are lipids?
These hydrophobic molecules are used to store energy.
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What is a character?
This is a heritable feature that varies among individuals.
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What is the Hardy-Weinberg equation?
This equation is used to describe a population that is not evolving.
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What is the locus?
The genes location on a chromosome.
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What are pea pods?
This is the type of vegetable that Mendel studied.
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What is the synapse?
Neurotransmitters diffuse across this gap to reach their destination.
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What is a silent mutation?
This type of mutation has no observable effect.
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What is parsimony?
This is the idea that when describing phylogenetic trees, that you should always start with the simplest idea.
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What is mesophyll?
This is the tissue in the interior of a leaf.
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What is drosophila?
Thomas Hunt Morgan studied this genus of fruit flies in his experiments.
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What is the flagellum?
This threadlike structure assists cells in movement
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What is the law of segregation?
This is one of Mendel's laws, describing the way alleles separate and end up on different genes during formation.
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What is radiometric dating?
This technique is used to date fossils based on their half-life.
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What is the limiting nutrient?
When talking about primary production, this describes the element that must be added for production to increase
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Who are Watson and Crick (Franklin?)
These scientists created the first accurate model of DNA.
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What is the peroxisome?
This organelle produces hydrogen peroxide.
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What is proteonomics?
This is the study of proteins and their properties.
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What is mutualism?
This type of interspecific interaction describes two species benefiting from one another.
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What is energy coupling?
This describes how exergonic reactions drive endergonic reactions.
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What is the HMS Beagle?
This is the name of Charles Darwin's ship that he sailed to the Galapagos Islands on.
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What is allosteric regulation?
This describes the binding of a regulatory molecule to a separate site.
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What is a barr body?
This describes the inactive X chromosome in each cell of a female.
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What is polyphyletic?
This relationship describes two species that are distantly related but have no recent ancestor
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What is biophilia?
This is humans desire to connect with nature.
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What is 66?
This is the total amount of questions on the AP Biology exam, including both MCQ and FRQ.
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