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  Which of the following is present in a prokaryotic cell (… like bacteria)?  

At the end of Much Ado About Nothing, what happens to Don John?

  Macromolecules are broken down to smaller molecules and monomers by adding water in reactions called   _______.  

Perform a 4-5 sentence explication of this quote: Below is a key passage from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Perform a 4-5 sentence explication of the passage, investigating any aspect you wish to develop further.   Act 3, 4, 31-38 Margaret: Of what, lady? Of speaking honorably? Is not marriage honorable in a beggar? Is not your  lord honorable without marriage? I think you would have me say “Saving your reverence, a husband.” An bad thinking do not wrest true speaking, I’ll offend nobody. Is there any harm in “the heavier for a husband”? None, I think, an it be the right husband and the right wife. Otherwise, ’tis light and not heavy. Ask my lady Beatrice else. Here she comes.

  The “Central Dogma of Life” (dogma = an overriding principle) describes how DNA instructs (or codes) for what final product?  

  (a) all of the microorganisms inside and on you                                   OR   (b) the birds, bees, and every other living thing within the boundaries of Costa Rica   Both of these examples constitute a…..  

  Ugh, “THE scientific method”…. while “real” science is a bit messy, the order of steps are helpful in thinking about how science is generally conducted.  Which of the following is the “correct” order of steps?  At the top, start with first “step”…   (hint: we have used most of this order in class!!!  I’ve added “Analysis” and “Communicate”… where would you put those?)  

  An experiment is a “scientific test” often carried out under controlled conditions that involve manipulating one factor (or variable) in a system in order to see the effects of changing that factor.   In an experiment to test the hypothesis, “temperature controls sex determination (= male or female?) in crocodile embryos,” a researcher incubates crocodile eggs in incubators set at different temperatures and counts the number of male vs female hatchlings in each incubator.  Which of the following correctly identifies the dependent and independent variables in the experiment?    

    Which of the following statements best explains how the membranes in winter wheat are able to remain fluid in extremely cold temperatures?  

  Water is most dense and thus heaviest at 4°C.  At 0°C, ice forms and the ice can float on liquid water.  Suppose ice were more dense than water at 0°C, what would happen in a lake at this temperature (hint: think of what would happen to our planet)?