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| Multiple cells that are similar come together to form what? |
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| Multiple tissue cells come together to form what? |
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| Multiple organ's come together to form what |
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| Multiple Organ Systems come together to form |
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| Regulates passage of material into the cell. |
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| Internal structures in the cells that perform specific functions. |
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| Cells that don't have a nucleus, exclusive to bacteria and microscopic organisms. |
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| "true cells" Cells with a nucleus |
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| All the changes that take place during an organisms life. |
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| Maintenance and regulation of metabolic processes. |
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| chemical reactions are regulated by protein molecules. |
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| What are the characteristics of life? |
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Living things are composed of cells
Living things grow
Living things regulat metabolism processes
Living things respond to stimuli
Living things move
Living things reproduce
Living things adapt |
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| How does Homeostasis tie in with the characteristics of life? |
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| Homeostasis regulates the internal environment |
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| How are biological systems organized? |
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atoms
molecules
macromolecules
organelle
cell
tissue
organ
organ system
organism
population
community
ecosystem
biosphere |
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| How is information transferred in an organism |
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| Chemical substances, electric impulses, hormones, neurotransmitters and their receptors |
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| How is information transference passed from generation to generation |
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| What is the basic unifying theme in biology? |
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| What is the first step of the scientific method? |
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| What is the second step in the scientific method? |
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| Develop a testable hypothesis |
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| What is the third step in the Scientific Method? |
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| Select information needed to test the hypothesis |
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| What is the fourth step in the Scientific Method |
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| Experiment and Collect information |
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| What is the fifth step in the Scientific method |
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| Analyze information , reject or accept hypothesis. IF rejected, reform hypothesis and test again. |
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| Starting big and zeroing in on something small. |
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| starting small and making a huge claim |
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| What is spontaneous generation |
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| the belief that lower organisms could come from the remains of higher life |
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| First scientist to propose a changing environment, not god, altered animal behavior. |
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| Malthus (1798) Published "essay on the principle of populations as it affects the future improvement of society"... contributed that population growth is exponential. |
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| What did Charles Lyell do |
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| "principles of geology" - Present structure of the earth is not the same, therefore, the earth is very old. |
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| What did Francesco Redi do? |
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| Disproved spontaneous generation with the jar test |
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| What is Antony von Leewenhoek known for? |
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| Created first microscopes by hand |
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| What did Pasteur experimentally verify? |
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| That there was no spontaneous generation even in microbial life. |
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| What does variation mean in relation to Evolution |
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| Individuals in a population vary |
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| What does overproduction mean in relation to evolution? |
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| Reproduction can cause the population to increase geometrically or even exponentially overtime. |
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| what does limits on population growth mean in relation to evolution |
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| There are only so many resources in a given environment. |
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| what does Differential reproductive success mean in relation to evolution? |
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| Those individuals that are best adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce |
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| What is a homologous feature in relation to evolution? |
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| different appearance and function yet derive from same bone structure in common ancestor |
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| in relation to evolution, what is an analogus feature? |
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| A similar evolution in various organisms, i.e. wings. |
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| What are the three basic parts of an atom? |
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| An isotope is the differences in # of neutrons in an element. |
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| How do we determine the charge of an atom? |
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| charge of an atom is #of electrons vs the number of protons. |
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| Atoms tend to completely fill the outer energy shell with EIGHT electrons |
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| two atoms share one or more pair of electrons. |
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| opposite charges hold together two ions, usually into a lattice configuration - salts |
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| bond that exists between two polar molecules NOT TWO HYDROGEN. |
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| Why doesn't water evaporate at room temperature? |
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| It has a high specific heat |
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| What is a chemical reaction? |
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| a non physical change between atoms |
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| A substance used in biosynthesis and energy release |
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| Differences between Macro and Micro nutriets? |
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Macro nutrients are needed in large amounts (carbon oxygen iron etc)
Micro, to a much lesser extent, zinc, nickel etc. |
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| an animal capable of producing it's own nutrients |
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| What makes an organism a heterotroph |
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| Heterophs must get their nutrients from outside sources |
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| Why is carbon often the primary building block of life? |
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| Carbon is capable of 4 covalent bonds, it will bond to almost anything. |
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| What type of bonds does carbon typically form? |
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| Covalent, polar, single double tripple |
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