The ________ forms from embryonic and uterine tissues and is the site of exchange between mother and embryo

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


placenta

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A student set up an experiment to test if plants give off water vapor. Fifty pea plants, growing in pots, were covered with individual glass containers and left overnight. The next morning, the inside of each lid was covered in droplets of water. The lab student concluded that plants generally give off water vapor. What critique would you make of the experimental design?

A. There was no control so the water could have come from other sources such as air in the jar or the soil. B. There was not a large enough sample of pea plants used to get adequate data. C. The student did not have a clearly stated hypothesis before beginning the experiment. D. The experiment was not precise, meaning it was not reproducible.

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Which of the following traits appeared at point 4 on the the phylogeny above?

A. bulk transport B. gap junctions C. cell signaling D. adhesion E. differentiation of distinct cell types

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Solar tracking is similar to _____

a. phototropism c. photoperiodism b. gravitropism d. thigmotropism

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The sharp reduction of the gene pool and the

numbers of a population through a severe epidemic is an example of a. natural selection. b. genetic isolation. c. the bottleneck effect. d. the founder effect. e. all of these.

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