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| The process of an organism adapting to its environment by changing itself over generations |
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| New properties that emerge from each hierarchy of life |
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| Constructs models for the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems (Changes to 1 system affects the others??) |
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| Is subdivided by internal membranes; has DNA separated from rest of cell (in nucleus) |
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| IS not subdivided by internal membranes; DNA is not in a subdivided part of the cell (has no nucleus) |
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| Deoxyribonucleic Acid (contains chromosomes of most all cells) |
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| made up of DNA, transmits in family |
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| library of genetic arrangments an organism contains |
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| End of the process slows that process |
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| End product speeds up its production |
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| one of two prokaryotic domains, where basic bacteria and viruses are found |
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| one of two prokaryotic domains, where advanced bacteria (like those that live in acid) are found |
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| contains all Eukaryotic organisms |
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| search for information via specific questioning |
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| process of scientific inquiry that focuses on desciribing nature |
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| a representation of a theory or process |
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| a broad explanation of something (leads to hypothesis') |
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| an experiment where a control group is compared to an experimental group |
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| goes from general statements to specific observations |
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| an tentative answer to a question, that is built off a theory |
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| goes from specific observations to general statements |
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| elements that are needed by a living organism in minute amounts |
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| an element that spontaneously releases energy |
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| capacity to cause change, especially work |
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| energy that matter has due to its location or spacial arrangement |
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| attraction level of an atom for a covalent bond |
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| the state at which the forward reaction and the reverse reaction are equal, where the reactions cease |
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| bonding together of molecules (often by hydrogen bonds) |
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| attraction between 2 different types of molecules |
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| energy associated with moving objects |
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| energy in its most random form |
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| The amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 g of water by 1°C; also the amount of heat energy that 1 g of water releases when it cools by 1°C. |
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| the amount of heat that 1g of a substance must absorb/release in order to change the temp by 1°C |
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| the process in which the surface of an object becomes cooler during evaporation, because of a change o the molecules to the gaseous state |
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| a substance that has affinity for water |
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| a substance that has aversion for water |
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| measure for the solute concentration, (moles/L) |
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| 1+ ion in Water, leads to the generation of a hydroxide 1- ion |
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| a substance that increases the hydrogen ion concentration in a solution |
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| a substance that decreases the hydrogen ion concentration in a solution |
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| percent hydrogen in a solution (hydrogen ion concentration) |
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| a substance that is made up of a base and an acid forms in a solution that minimizes changes in pH levels |
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