GSH Biology EOC Review

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What phase do cells spend the majority of their lives in?

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Interphase

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What type of mutation is represented by the change from T-G-A-C-C-A to T-G-A-G-C-A?

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Substitution

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What are abiotic factors?

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Non-living components of an ecosystem, such as water, sunlight, dirt, and air.

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What are homologous structures?

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Structures with the same parts that have different functions, suggesting a common ancestry among organisms.

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What type of genetic cross is represented by a Dihybrid cross?

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A cross between two organisms that are both heterozygous for two traits.

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Define Interphase.

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The phase of the cell cycle where the cell spends most of its time, preparing for mitosis.

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What is a substitution mutation?

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A mutation where one base pair is replaced by another in the DNA sequence.

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List some examples of abiotic factors.

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Water, sunlight, air, soil.

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What is adaptive radiation?

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The process by which organisms diversify rapidly into a wide variety of forms to adapt to different environments.

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What are vestigial structures?

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Body parts that have lost their original function through evolution.