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What are the basic Characteristics of Life? |
Maintains Boindaries, Digestion, Reproduction, Movement, Growth, Metabolism, Responsivness, Excretion |
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_____ refers to stable internal conditions. |
Homeostasis |
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List the Characteristics of Life |
Heredity. Metabolism. Homeostasis. Reproduce. Adaption. |
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The body's main source of heat comes from which body system? |
Muscle System |
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Define Proximal |
Situated nearer to the center of the body or the point of attachment. |
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The membrane on the lungs surface is called the... |
Visceral Pleura |
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What system do the adrenal glands belong to? |
Endocrine System |
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What cavities are located in the dorsal cavity? |
Cranial Cavity, Spinal Structures |
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Define Organelles |
Any number of a number of organized or specialized structures within a living cell |
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The part of the atom responding to other atoms is the |
Nucleus |
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Atoms of the opposite charges form ____ bonds |
Ionic |
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A _______ reaction is when two atoms bond together. |
Chemical |
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What is the most abundant compound in living materials? |
Water |
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__________ supply ions for cells. |
Electrolytes |
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What are the building blocks of protiens? |
Amino Acids |
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The ratio of hydrogen to oxygen in a carbohydrate. |
2:1 |
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A pH of 5 is ___ times more acidic than a pH of 6. |
100 |
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Carbon atoms always form ____ (number) bonds. |
4 |
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What class or organic compounds do steroids belong to? |
Lipid |
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What major site for ATP formation? |
Mitochondria |
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Membrane proteins are responsible for the following actions: |
Transport. Enzymatic activity. Signal transduction. Intracellular joining. |
4 things |
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What are the organelles that secret mucous? |
Golgi Apparatus |
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Define edema |
A condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body. |
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What organelle is the site for protein synthesis? |
Ribosomes |
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Define osmosis |
A process in which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane form a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one, thus equalizing the concentrations on each side of the membrane. |
It's passive |
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True/False: Oxygen must be pumped into the cell |
False |
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The ______ cells produced by mitosis have equal amounts of DNA |
Daughter |
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During what phase of mitosis is DNA replicated? |
Interphase |
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Define hypertonic. |
Having a higher osmotic pressure than a particular fluid, typically a body/intracellular fluid. |
Dehydration. |
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Define hypotonic. |
Having a lower osmotic pressure than a particular fluid, typically a body/intracellular fluid. |
Too much hydration |
