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Human Biology
Human Biology CCIS
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
11/09/2010

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Zone of Air, land, and water at the surface of the earth in which organsisms are found
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Biosphere

 

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Smallest unit of a human being and all living things
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Cell
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Concepts supported by a brood range of observations, experiements and conclusions
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Scientific Theory
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An internal enviroment that normally varies within only certain limits
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Homestasis
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An artifical situation devised to test a hypothesis
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Experiment
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Hamn Heart rate increases when scared .....
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Things respond to stimuli
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Humans produce only humans
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Lving things reproduce and grow
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Humans need to eat for building blocks and energy
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Lving things acquire materials and energy
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Similar cells form tissues in the human body
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Life is organized
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The level of organization that includes two or more tissues that work together
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Living things are organized
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The level of organization that includes all the populations in a given area along with the physical enviroment
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Living things reproduce and grow
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All living things share a common ancestor
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Evolution
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The internal enviroment remains relatively stable
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Homeostasis
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Organisms contain coded information that dictates form and function
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Gene
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Rejection or acceptance of a hypothesis based on collected data
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Conclusion
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Statement to be tested
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Hypothesis
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procedure designed to test a hypothesis
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Experoment
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Hypothesis supported by many studies
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Theory
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Fact that may lead to the development of a hypothesis
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observation
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Breaking up of fat globules into smaller droplpets by the action of bile salts or any other emulsifier
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Emulsification
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Charged particle that carries a negative or positive charge
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Ion
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Chemical bond in which atoms share one or more pairs of electrons
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Covalents Bond
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Type of molecule that interacts with water by dissolving in water and or forming hydrogen bonds with water molecules
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Hydrophilic
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Weak bond that arises between a slightly positive hydrogen atom of one molecule and a slightly negative atom of another molecule or between parts of the same molecule
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Hydrogen bond
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The atomic number gives the
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The atomic number gives the
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number of protons in the nucleus
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Isotopes differ in their
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Number of neutrons
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Which type of bond results from the complete transfer of elctrons from one atom to another
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Ionic
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Which of the following properties of water is not due to hydrogen bonding between water molecules?

 

A.Water prevents large temperature changes

B.Ice floats on water

C.Water is a solvent for polar molecules and ionic compounds

D.water flows and fills spaces because it is cohesive

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Water is a solvent for polar molecules and ionic compounds
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If a chemical accepted H+ from the surrounding solution
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