Ultimate Biology Study Guide - Questions & Answers

if you eat a candy bar, sugar enters your digestive system. some of that sugar eventually leaves the body through the urinary system. where is the body's last chance to take the sugar and recirculate it into the bloodstream for use by cells before it is excreted as urine?
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a chemical called endogenous pyrogens may be released from lymphocytes that are responding to a pathogen. what does this compound cause? multiple choice fever activation of nk cells antibody production inflammation
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antibodies are capable of binding up several antigens at once in order to reduce the number of infectious agents that need to be dealt with. this function of antibodies is known as group of answer choices opsonization. neutralization. agglutination. complement fixation.
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sexual selection in a population choose one: a. can lead to physical differences between the males and females of a species. b. does not lead to evolution. c. reduces genetic variation in the population. d. always favors individuals with a higher survival potential.
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During the __ phase, the pancreas secretes __ to ensure that only the brain can use glucose.
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the wall of each thyroid follicle is formed by simple cuboidal epithelial cells called _______ cells
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Select all inheritance patterns in which 50% of the functional protein is sufficient to produce a wild-type phenotype. Check All That Apply Simple Mendelian dominant alleles An X-linked dominant allele in a heterozygous female Haploinsufficient genes Incomplete dominance A female sex-limited trait in a heterozygous male
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Scientists distinguish between situations that are merely correlated and those that are correlated and show
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Low carbohydrate/high protein dietso Weight loss occurs because low carbohydrate intake forces liver to produce glucose from proteino Protein is high in water so weight is lost rapidlyo When the diet is terminated, the body rebuilds the protein tissue (complete with water) so weight is regainedo They also don't allow individuals to consume fruits, vegetables and whole grains that provide vital nutrients
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Many eukaryotic organisms rely on the process of photosynthesis and cellular respiration to sustain life. Choose the statements that accurately describe the two processes.
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When a population of monkeys migrates to a new habitat across a river and encounters another population of the same species, what evolutionary effect may occur as a result?
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in the process of glycolysis, four atp molecules are synthesized from four adp molecules. why does glycolysis not yield four molecules of atp?
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Why do people stalk other people?
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Polymers are made of small units called
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when it say table a in time for learning lab kientic energy what are the velocity of mass .125 .250 .375 .500
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sam is infected by a rare mosquito transmitted disease that leads to degeneration of random endocrine glands. she is exhibiting dehydration symptoms although she is drinking the recommended amount of water per day. which of sam's endocrine glands is not functioning properly?
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a major function of th1 cells is to activate macrophages. which molecules expressed by th1 cells are essential for this function?
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: beta-lactamase can provide resistance to . . . choose one: a. penicillin. b. tetracycline. c. vancomycin. d. bacitracin.
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in which organ are enzymes produced that are responsible for digestion of 50% of carbohydrate and protein and 90% of fat?
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if a mother is a carrier for color-blindness and her husband is not color-blind, what are the probable genotypes of the children?
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what are the primary gastrointestinal tract locations where protein, fiber, starch and fat are digested in pigs, horses and cows?
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what is the difference (if any) between the structure of atp and the structure of the a nucleoside triphosphate used to make dna?
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what was used successfully by knipling and bushland to sterilize male screwworms? radioactive elements cowboys ddt sentinel goats
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which enzyme would be required for the entry of hexadecanoic acid into both fatty acid degradation and fatty acid elongation pathways
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