BIOL 1F25 TEST QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY

BIOL 1F25 TEST QUESTIONS ANSWERED
CORRECTLY
Homo-sapiens - ANSWER The genus and species of humans.
Metabolism - ANSWER Chemical process by which your body breaks
down food to release energy.
Cell - ANSWER the smallest unit that can perform all life processes
Unicellular Organisms - ANSWER made up of one cell
Multicellular organisms - ANSWER made up of many cells
Evolution - ANSWER How population changes over time
DNA - ANSWER deoxyribonucleic acid, genetic information of all living
things
Sources of Scientific Information - ANSWER Peer reviewed journals
Science Magazines
Scientific Textbooks
News papers and news magazines
TV
Internet
Parkinson's disease - ANSWER A disorder of the central nervous system
that affects movement, often including tremors, and slurred speech
Parkinson's symptoms - ANSWER Rigid muscles, slow movement, shuffle
type of walk, hand tremor, stooped posture, difficulty speaking, drooling/
trouble swallowing
Graph - ANSWER Y Axis (vertical): "Dependent" variable
X Axis (horizontal) "Independent" variable
Theory - ANSWER An accepted hypothesis
Plantae - ANSWER Kingdom of multicellular photosynthetic autotrophs
that have cell walls containing cellulose
4 Parts of the brain - ANSWER frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe,
temporal lobe
3 types of neurons - ANSWER sensory, motor, interneurons
3 structures of neurons - ANSWER cell body, dendrites, axon
Cajal and Golgi - ANSWER discovered that the nervous system consists
of individual cells
Midbrain - ANSWER Relays visual and auditory information
afferent, efferent - ANSWER afferent (sensory) nerves moving into the NS
efferent (motor) nerves leaving the NS
multiple sclerosis - ANSWER myelin sheath destruction. disruptions in
nerve impulse conduction
A node of Ranvier (myelin sheath gap) - ANSWER is a bare region of
axonal membrane in myelinated axons only.
myelin sheath - ANSWER formed by glial cells that wrap tightly around the
axon
Hindbrain - ANSWER Medulla oblongata: automatic function of
internalorgans
Cerebellum: controls movement and the learning of motor control
MAO - ANSWER monoamine oxidase: the act to limit the activity in NS
Euraryote - ANSWER organisms with cells that have nuclei
Animalia - ANSWER Animals; cells have nuclei, eat plants and
decomposers
Fungi - ANSWER Decomposers; mushrooms, yeasts, molds
Amygala - ANSWER Mediates emotional behavior of fear
Over activity associated with anxiety disorders
HPA - ANSWER Hypothalmus
Pitutary Gland
Adrenal Gland
- All regulate stress responses
7 stages of Alzheimer's - ANSWER 1- no sign
2- forgetful, a