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| A group of organisms that can reproduce by interbreeding among themselves. |
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| All the living things and all the places they are found on Earth. |
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| Biodiversity is greater closer to the equator or the poles? |
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| The Equator. This is because the equator is warmer, and more things are able to survive in consistently warm temperature. |
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| What is the most basic unit of life? |
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| True or false. An organism is any living thing. |
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| What are the certain characteristics that organisms share? |
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| They are made up of cells, have the need for energy, respond to their environment, and reproduce and develop. |
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| The chemical processes that build or break down materials. |
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| A physical environment with different species that interact with one another and with nonliving things. |
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| True or false. Structure and function are related in biology. |
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| True. For example, the structure of red blood cells allows it to function as the cell which transports oxygen. |
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| What are you maintaining when you drink water when you are thirsty, shiver when you are cold, or sweat when you are hot? |
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| Homeostasis- the maintenance of constant internal conditions in an organism. |
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| The change in living things over time. |
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| True or false. There is both unity and diversity in biology. |
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| True. (Evolution in one of the main causes of unity and diversity.) |
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| What are the steps in scientific thinking? |
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| Observation, forming a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, analyzing data, and evaluating results. |
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| A proposed answer for a scientific question. |
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| How is the independent variable different from the dependent variable? |
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| The independent variable is the variable that is changed, or manipulated. The dependent variable is observed and measured. |
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| Conditions that do not change during an experiment are called? |
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| What is the use of a control group? |
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| A control group is used so that scientists can compare their findings to what is supposed to be normal. |
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| True or false. Biotechnology, the use and application of living things and biological processes, gives us many benefits but doesn't raise any issues. |
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| False. Biotechnology raises many issues. It also presents many unanswered questions. |
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