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1. When stems bend toward the light it is due to _____________ the hormone auxin - in response to light - migrates from the light to the dark side of the shoot tip. The cells on the dark side now contain more auxin - which causes the cells on that side

2. Breaking down

3. Mass extinctions promote diversification because _______________ - making conditions favorable for the establishment of new - diverse species.

4. Is weaker than ionic - covalent - disulfide - or double bonds.

5. Is disorganized - unravelled - DNA with histones attached.

6. A sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome in which an individual cannot perceive certain colors.

7. The size of a cell is limited by the ratio of its surface area to volume.

8. Is the number of organisms that can be supported within a particular ecosystem.

9. Is a packet of digestive enzymes that destroy cellular wastes.

10. Contains optic lobes - controls sight.

11. Protein synthesis

12. Ended with the extinction of the dinosaurs.

13. Include: Vascular tissue - including both xylem and phloem - and sieve plates existing between cells of the stem.

14. The phylum of insects (bees).

15. The preservation of the integrity of genetic information from one generation to another.

16. The process whereby cells build molecules and store energy (in the form of covalent chemical bonds).

17. The sharp boundary of an ecosystem.

18. In DNA Thymine pairs with...

19. The individual we recognize as an adult fern.

20. Is a molecule that stores information for protein synthesis and genetic coding.

21. Includes all living and nonliving components of the Earth to support living things.

22. The phyla composed of segmented worms.

23. Sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome defined by the absence of one or more proteins required for blood clotting

24. Proposes that those individuals within a population that are most adapted to the environment are also the most likely individuals to produce viable offspring.

25. Is composed of an anterior and posterior lobe. The stalk of the lobe is connected to the hypothalamus. Antidiuretic Hormone (AH) is produced in the hypothalamus and stored in the posterior pituitary. Upon nervous stimulation from the hypothalamus - t