Bio 1 Honors Vocabulary

Unit I – 4 terms

Quiz 1

controlled experiment / hypothesis / technology / theories

Unit II – 60 terms (3x 20)

Quiz 1

alpha helix / amine / amino acid / amino group / anabolic steroids
carbohydrate / carbon skeleton / carbonyl group / carboxyl group / carboxylic acid
cellulose / dehydration synthesis / denaturation / deoxyribonucleic acid / disaccharide
double helix / enzyme / fat / functional group / gene

Quiz 2

glycogen / hydrocarbon / hydrolysis / hydrophilic / hydrophobic
hydroxyl group / isomer / lipid / macromolecule / monomer
monosaccharide / nitrogenous base / nucleic acid / nucleotide / organic compound
peptide bond / phosphate group / phospholipid / pleated sheet / polymer

Quiz 3

polypeptide / polysaccharide / primary structure / protein / quaternary structure
ribonucleic acid / secondary structure / starch / steroids / tertiary structure
triglyceride / waxes / active site / coenzyme / cofactor
competitive inhibitor / energy of activation / negative feedback / noncompetitive inhibitor / substrate

Unit III – 60 terms (3 x 20)

Quiz 1

anchoring junctions / capsule / cell theory / cellular metabolism / central vacuole
centriole / chloroplast / chromatin / chromosome / communicating junctions
cytoplasm / cytoskeleton / endomembrane system / endoplasmic reticulum / extracellular matrix
flagellum / glycoprotein / golgi apparatus / granum / intermediate filament

Quiz 2

intermembrane space / light microscope / lysosome / magnification / microfilament
microtubule / mitochondrial matrix / mitochondrion / nuclear envelope / nucleoid region
nucleolus / nucleus / organelle / pili / plasma membrane
plasmodesmata / prokaryotic cell wall / ribosome / rough ER / scanning electron microscope

Quiz 3

smooth ER / stroma / tight junction / transmission electron microscope / transport vesicle
vacuole / active transport / concentration gradient / diffusion / endocytosis
facilitated diffusion / fluid mosaic / hypertonic / hypotonic / isotonic
osmosis / passive transport / pinocytosis / receptor-mediated endocytosis / selective permeability

Unit IV – 40 terms (2 x 20)

Quiz 1

biology / molecule / organ / organ system / organism
population / tissue / anaphase / anchorage dependence / asexual reproduction
benign tumor / binary fission / cancer cells / carcinomas / cell cycle
cell cycle control system / cell division / cell plate / centromere / centrosome

Quiz 2

cleavage furrow / cytokinesis / density-dependent inhibition / fertilization / genome
growth factor / interphase / leukemia / malignant tumor / metaphase
metastasis / mitosis / mitotic phase / mitotic spindle / prophase
sarcomas / sexual reproduction / sister chromatids / telophase / tumor

Unit V – 40 terms ( 2 x 20)

Quiz 1

ATP / cellular respiration / chemical energy / endergonic reaction / energy
exergonic reaction / first law of thermodynamics / heat / kinetic energy / phosphorylation
potential energy / second law of thermodynamics / acetyl CoA / alcoholic fermentation / ATP synthase
chemiosmosis / electron carrier / electron transport chain / facultative anaerobe / glycolysis

Quiz 2

Krebs cycle / lactic acid fermentation / oxidation / redox reaction / reduction
strict anaerobe / substrate-level phosphorylation / C3 plant / C4 plant / Calvin cycle
CAM plant / carbon fixation / light reactions / mesophyll / photophosphorylation
photosystem / producers / reaction center / stomata / thylakoid

Unit VI – 30 terms (2 x 15)

Quiz 1

adenine / anticodon / bacteriophage / codon / cytosine
DNA ligase / DNA polymerase / exon / guanine / intron
messenger RNA / mutagen / mutagenesis / mutation / polynucleotide

Quiz 2

promoter / reading frame / ribosomal RNA / RNA polymerase / RNA splicing
start codon / stop codon / sugar-phosphate backbone / terminator / thymine
transcription / transfer RNA / translation / triplet code / uracil

Unit VII – 60 terms ( 3 x 20)

Quiz 1

autosome / crossing over / deletion / diploid cell / duplication
gamete / genetic recombination / haploid cell / homologous chromosomes / inversion
karyotype / meiosis / nondisjunction / sex chromosomes / somatic cell
translocation / zygote / amniocentesis / carrier / chorionic villus sampling

Quiz 2

chromosome theory of inheritance / codominance / dihybrid cross / dominant allele / F1 generation
F2 generation / genetics / genotype / heterozygous / homozygous
hybrids / incomplete dominance / monohybrid / P generation / phenotype
polygenic inheritance / principle of independent assortment / principle of segregation / punnett square / recessive allele

Quiz 3

sex-linked gene / ultrasound imaging / lysogenic cycle / lytic cycle / retrovirus
reverse transcriptase / biotechnology / complementary DNA / DNA fingerprint / gene cloning
genomic library / plasmid / recombinant DNA / restriction enzyme / restriction fragments
vaccine / vector / genetically modified organism / Human Genome Project / transgenic organism

Unit VIII – 50 terms (2 x 25)

Quiz 1

artificial selection / biogeography / cline / comparative anatomy / comparative embryology
Darwinian fitness / descent with modification / directional selection / diversifying selection / evolution
evolutionary adaptation / founder effect / gene flow / gene pool / genetic drift
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium / heterozygote advantage / homologous structures / microevolution / modern synthesis
molecular biology / natural selection / neutral variation / polymorphic / population genetics

Quiz 2

sexual dimorphism / stabilizing selection / analogy / binomial / cladogram
class / convergent evolution / derived characters / domain / evo-devo
exaptation / family / five-kingdom system / genus / macroevolution
molecular clocks / order / phylogenetic trees / phylogeny / phylum
primitive characters / species / systematics / taxon / three-domain system

Unit IX – 50 terms ( 2 x 25)

Quiz 1

carrying capacity / density dependent / dispersion pattern / exponential population growth / intrinsic rate of increase
K-selection / logistic population growth / population density / population-limiting factors / random
R-selection / survivorship curve / abiotic reservoir / batesian mimicry / biodiversity
biomass / coevolution / commensalism / community / competitive exclusion principle
detritivore / detritus / disturbance / ecological succession / ecosystem

Quiz 2

interspecific competition / keystone species / mutualism / parasitism / predation
primary consumer / primary succession / quarternary consumer / resource partitioning / secondary consumer
secondary succession / symbiotic relationship / tertiary consumer / trophic structure / biodiversity hot spot
biological magnification / conservation biology / endangered species / endemic species / greenhouse effect
movement corridor / ozone layer / restoration ecology / sustainable development / threatened species