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| What is the proper lab procedure for cracked glassware/chemicals that have been splashed into eyes. |
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| When performing an experiment, what is the difference bewteen the experimental and control group? |
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| Controlled are factors scientists purposfully keep the same, and experimental are the factors meant to change. |
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| Which of the organic compounds is used most efficiently in the body for energy? |
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| List 3 factors that affect the ability of enzymes to function properly. |
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| Temprature, cells, and PH Level |
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| List two things about a water molecule |
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| What is capillary action? |
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| Attraction between different substances |
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| Attraction between molecules of the same substance |
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| What is capillary action? |
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| Tedency of water to rise in a thin tube |
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| How is energy replaced in an ecosystem? |
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| The biosphere recycles itself |
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| Where one creature benefits and one is harmed |
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| Where one creature benefits and the other one it has no effect over |
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| What are the differences between a eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell? |
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| Eukaryotic cells are large, and have genetic info in the neucleus, whereas prokaryotic cells have it outside the nucleus |
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| What structure do animal cells have that plants dont? |
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| When organsims maintain a relativley stable diet |
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| The cell membrane may be best described as a____ |
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| The cell membrane is a double-layered sheet called a___ |
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| What two structures are found only in plants? |
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| Chloroplasts and Cell Walls |
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| What organelle converts light energy into chemical energy? |
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| What is the function of the mitochondria? |
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| To convert chemical energy stored as food for the cell to use |
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| Whats the function of the cell membrane? |
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| It regulates what enters and leaves the cell and protects it |
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| What is the role of the ribosomes? |
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| The movement of molecules from a concetrated to less concentrated area |
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| Water through a permable membrane |
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| What type of sugar is found in DNA and RNA? |
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| Where in the body does mitosis occur? |
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| All cells apart from sex cells |
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| Where in the body does meiosis occur? |
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| What is a gamete? Diploid or Haploid? What process produces them? |
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| They are sex cells, Haploids, meiosis produces them |
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| How many chromosomes are found in the average human cell? |
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| Pictures of the chromosomes |
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| Proof of having a list of ancestors of purebred orgin |
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| The failure of Chromosome pairs to seperate during cell divison |
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| What chromosome affects down syndrome? |
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| What is a dominant trait? |
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| A trait expressed over another trait |
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| A trait usually overshadowed |
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| An equal amount of dominance for both traits |
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| What is the difference between mutagen and carcinogen? |
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| Mutagen is something that can make a gene mutate, but carcinogen is what directally produces cancer |
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| An abnormal growth or tumor caused by an abnormal/ uncontrolled cell |
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| What are sex-linked traits? |
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| A trait associated with a gene carried only by a male or female parent |
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| Why are sex-linked alleles always expressed in males? |
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| Because of a recessive allele on the X chromosome |
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| A development or change over time |
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| What is an example of adaptation? |
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| Process resulting in organisims best designed to adapt to their enviornment |
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| What does embryology show? |
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| What is a vestigial structure? |
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| Structure on an organisim that lost their function throughout evolution |
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| How would mimicry and camoflage aid in evloutionary processes? |
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| Because throughout time, to help the animal avoid preadators they develop structures that help them resemble their surroundings and nearby organisims |
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| What are the two parts of the scientific name? |
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| The Genus and the Species |
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| What are some characteristics of mammals? |
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| Body hair, warm blood, 3 bones in middle ear, and teeth |
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| How do virusus recognize their host? |
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| They attach to each other |
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| How do viruses and bacteria differ? |
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| Viruses cannot live or reproduce independently, and they are smaller than bacteria |
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| What is nitrogen fixation? |
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| When nitrogen turns into a soil compound |
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| What are 5 ways bactieria can be beneficial? |
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| Helps digest, decompose, capture energy, make medicine, and make food? |
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| What does bacterial resistance mean? |
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| That when a person takes a medication based with bacteria and is immune to it |
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| Bacteria commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded animals |
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| What is the function of xylem? |
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| Brings water and nutrients throughout the plant |
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| Brings nutrients from the leaves throughout the plant |
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| What is the advantage of plants with large surface areas? |
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| The can absorb more water and nutrients |
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| How do plants attract animals to eat the ripend fruit? |
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| By making them look, smell and taste appealing |
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| Whats the body's first line of defense against microorganisims? |
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| What are the organs of the digestive system? |
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| Mouth, pharynx, oesophagus, stomach, small intestines, anus |
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| In females, where does egg production take place? |
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| Where are most nutrients absorbed in the digestive system? |
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| What is an example of homeostasis in the body? |
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| What are the two main fucntion of th kidneys and the liver? |
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| Cleansing the body and going to the bathroom |
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| What is the function of the immune system? |
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| To protect the body from illness |
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| What organs are involved in the immune system? |
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| Lymphatic Vessels, Lymph nodes, Tonsils, Thymus, Peters Patch, and Spleen |
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| What are the three types of muscles? |
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| Skeletal, Smooth, and Heart |
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