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| A well-tested explanation that makes sense of a great variety of scientific observations |
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| If a hypothesis is falsifiable it means that it _____________ |
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| list the broadest level of organization used in biology. |
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| life's basic unit of structure and function is the ________ |
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| ___________ can be disproved with a single experiment. |
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| measuring a plant's growth over a 2 week period is an example of ________ in an experiment |
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| prefixes for the metric system are... |
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Kilo
hecto
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meter liter gram
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| genetic engineering uses ________ to produce new medicines |
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| ten themes of biology are... |
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bio system
cellular basis of life
form and function
reproduction and inheritance
interaction with environment
energy and life
regulation
adaptation and evolution
biology and society
scientific inquiry |
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| what are the levels of organization WITHIN a multicellular organism from simplest to most complex |
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a. cell
b. tissue
c. organ
d. organ system |
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| in science, a hypothesis is only useful if it can be ________ |
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| each distinct form of life or type of organism is called a _________ |
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| to look into the microscope |
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| where you hold onto the microscope with |
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| focusing (smaller knob) medium and high power |
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| gives light to the object that your looking at in the microscope |
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| regulates the amount of light |
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| when there is enough data to support a hypothesis, the hypothesis becomes a __________ |
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| when an experiment is controlled, scientist can isolate and test a single _______ |
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| there is a division of labor or specialization among multicellular __________ |
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| a logical conclusion based on oberservations is an ___________ |
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| biology is the study of _____ |
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| the work of scientist generally begins with _____________ |
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| unit of mutiple organs that preform a body function |
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| the cells of multicellular organisms are often ____________________ |
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| specialized to preform particular functions |
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| cell specialization in multicellular organisms allows cells to __________________ |
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| give examples of factors to which living things respond |
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| the process by which organisms keep their internal conditions relatively stable is called ______________ |
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| an experiment that tests the effect of a single variable is called a ______________ |
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| all parts of the earth inhabited by living things is the __________ |
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| organizing similar species into larger groups is called _____________ |
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| what is the term for the land, water, and air on earth and all their organisms? |
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| a group of cells that together perform a similar function is called a ________ |
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| the _________ is the living world. |
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