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44 Cards in this Set
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Organisms ____ and _____ to environment |
Respond, adapt |
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Life is complex but ______ |
Ordered |
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All organisms want to |
Reproduce |
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What is the energy relationship between organism and the environment? |
Organisms aquire and and transfer energy from the enviornment |
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All organisms have ____ _____ mechanisms. |
Internal control |
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What is Biological Organization? |
The different Levels of life are divided into sections |
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What is the first level of Biological organization |
Chemical Atoms combine to form molecules |
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What is the second level or Biological organization? |
Cellular Cells are made of molecules |
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What is the third level of Bio Organization |
Tissue Consist of similar types of cells |
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What is the Fourth lvl of Bio organization |
Organ Made up of different types of tissues |
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What is the fifth lvl of Bio Oranization |
Organ system Different Organs that work closely together |
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What is the sixth lvl of bio organization |
Organismal Many organ systems working together create an organism |
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What is the overarching theme of Biology? |
Evolution |
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What are the four types of neucleotides? |
Adenine, Cytosine, Thymine, Guanine |
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What is a genome? |
An entire set of genetic instuctions for an organism |
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What is taxonomy? |
Classifies species into groups of increasing breadth |
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How many taxonomy classifications are there? |
Eight |
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What are the three domains of life? |
Bacteria Archaea Eukarya |
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What are the three kingdoms? |
Animalia, Plantae, Fungi |
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____ and ____ are correlated at all levels of biological organization |
Structure, Function |
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What is an organisms basic unit of structure and function? |
Cells |
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What is the basis of all reproduction, growth, and repair of an organism? |
Cell Division |
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Two types of cells |
Eukaryotic, Prokaryotic |
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What is DNA? |
Cells Genetic material |
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What transmits inheritable information from parent to offspring? |
Genes |
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The continuity of life is based on ____ |
Heritable information (In DNA) |
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Natural selection is the mechanism behind ____ |
Descent with modification |
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Qualitative means |
Descriptions |
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Quantitative means |
Recorded measurements (sometimes tables and graphs are used) |
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____ _____ Draws conclusions through logical process of induction. |
Inductive Reasoning |
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A hypothesis must be ____ and ____ |
Testable, falsifiable |
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Failure to falsify a hypothesis does not prove it |
true |
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____ Applies scientific knowledge for a specific purpose |
Technology |
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What are the three states of matter? |
Solid, Liquid, Gas |
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Matter is made up of elements, both in ___ Form and _____ |
pure, compounds |
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What percent of the 92 elements are essential? |
20-25% |
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What are some examples of bulk elements? |
Carbon, hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen |
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A good example of a trace element is.... |
Iodine |
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Atomic number is |
The number of protons |
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Protons +Neutrons = |
Mass number |
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The total mass of an atom is its |
Atomic Mass |
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Radioactive isotopes ____ spontaneously, giving off _____ and energy. |
Decay, particles |
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How can we track ones metabolism? |
Use radioactive tracers |
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The distribution of electrons determines an atoms ____ _____ |
Chemical Behavior |
