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NMS FFA Equine Science Chapter 4
Equine Science Chapter 4 Questions
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Agriculture
Beginner
03/12/2019

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True or false: Prophase occurs in both mitosis and meiosis

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True

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True of false: Axons are a part of absorptive cells

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False

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True or false: Groups of specialized cells are called organs

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True

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True or false: An end product of mitosis is sperm cells or an egg

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false

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True or false: The pancreas and pituitary are glands that have large numbers of secretory cells

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true

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List 5 of the 10 major coponents of a cell

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Nucleus, Golgi body, Plasma membrane, ribosomes, and microfilaments
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Name three general functions of all cells
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maintenance, synthesis of cell products, cell division

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Name two gametes

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male and female

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Identify five general types of tissues
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Nerve, Epithelial, muscle, connective, fluid

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What general type of tissue includes fibrous, elastic, cartilaginous, and adipose tissue?
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Connective tissue

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Give an example of a fluid tissue
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Lymph

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What type of information is carried in DNA?
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genetic information

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Describe six assumptions that make the cell the fundamental unit of life
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1- all living material is made up of cells
2- All cells are derived from previously existing cells
3- A cell is the most elementary unit of life
4- Every cell is bounded by a plasma membrane
5- all cells have strong biochemical similarities
6- most cells are small

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Discuss the concept of morphogenesis

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During this process many major types of cells are formed, including absorptive, secretory, nerve, sensory, muscle, and reproductive cells

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Explain the difference between mitosis and meiosis
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Mitosis occurs in both sexual and asexual cells, meiosis only occurs in sexual cells

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Discuss the difference between skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle

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skeletal- controlled by the central nervous system and at will
smooth- activated by the autonomic nervous system
cardiac- characterized by its ability to contract rhythmically

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Describe the two events that cell division depends on

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1- the copying of the DNA molecules
2- the orderly separation of the products of this copying

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What is the importance of ATP?
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acts as an energy carrier for those reactions in the cell that release energy and those reactions that consume energy

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What is the importance of ATP?
Definition

acts as an energy carrier for those reactions in the cell that release energy and those reactions that consume energy

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