Bio

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Quantitative Research

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focuses on measuring and counting fact, relationships between variables, and seeks to describe observations through statistical analysis

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Descriptive Research

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a way of researching by experimenting and interacting with the subjects

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System of Measurements

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Metric System

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Characteristics of Living Things

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made up of cells (organized), obtain and use energy, grow and develop (development), reproduce, respond to their environment(stimulus), adapt to their environment (adaptation)

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Applied Science

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applying scientific knowledge to practical problems

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Pure Science

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Research

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Theory

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a concept that is not yet verified, but would explain certain facts

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Law

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information that has been tested and verified many times

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Technology

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any scientific information needed for the development, production, or the use of a good

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Correct Experimental Design

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observation, research, hypothesis, experiment

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Dependent Variable

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the variable that will stay the same throughout the experiment

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Independent Variable

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the variable that will be changed throughout the experiment

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Control Group

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the group that will stay the same throughout the experiment

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Experimental Group

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the group that will change throughout the experiment

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Steps Involved in an Experiment

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observation, research, hypothesis, identify control variables, create data table, accept or reject hypothesis, publish findings

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Control

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the thing that will stay the same throughout the experiment

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Variable

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things that will change throughout the experiment

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Scientific Method

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observation, research, hypothesis, experiment

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Evolution

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the process in which something passes from 1 stage to the next

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Limiting Factors

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the availability of food, water, shelter, and space, competition, predators, and disease

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Characteristics of Biomes

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latitude, precipitation, temperature, animals, and plants

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Range of Tolerance

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the range of difference in a characteristic of a habitat that an organism can tolerate

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Photic Zone

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the upper layers of the water in which light can penetrate

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Aphotic Zone

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the lower layers of water in which light can’t penetrate

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Succession

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the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought by the replacement of one community by another until stability is established

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Pioneer Species

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the organisms that are first to show up in an area during primary succession

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Biodiversity

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the diversity of species within an ecosystem

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Habitat Fragmentation

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breaking large areas of habitat into smaller ones

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Native Species

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species that has always been in that area or ecosystem

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Exotic Species

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Species that has recently been introduced to a new area in which they weren’t originally

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Plankton

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floating and weakly mobile plants and animals in the ocean

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Biotic Factors

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all living organisms found in an environment

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Abiotic Factors

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all nonliving parts of an environment

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Ecosystem

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system of interactions between living organisms and their environment

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Niche

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the status of an organism in its community and environment

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Habitat

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the place an species naturally live and grow

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Community

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a group of organisms that depend on each other and inhabit the same region and interact with each other

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Species

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a group of organisms that have a unique set of characteristics

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Organism

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a living thing that has the ability to act or function independently

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Population

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a group of organisms of the same species that living in a given area

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Predator-Prey Relationship

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the relationship between a organism that feeds on another organism

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Parasite-Host Relationship

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when one organism lives off of another that doesn’t benefit

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Food Chains

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1st Trophic Level-Producers-autotrophs-most energy, 2nd Trophic Level-Herbivores-1st Order Heterotrophs-Primary Consumer-Only Eat Autotrophs, 3rd Trophic Level-Primary Carnivores-2nd Orders Heterotrophs-Secondary Consumer-Eat Herbivores, 4th Trophic Level-Secondary Carnivores-3rd Order Heterotrophs-Tertiary Consumer

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Edge Effect

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the increased richness of type organisms resulting from the mixing of the two communities where they join

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Primary Succession

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the natural development of vegetation and soil in an area where there was none previously

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Secondary Succession

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succession in an area that was previously occupied by living organisms, but has recently undergone a severe disturbance

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Intertidal Zones

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where air, earth, and land interact, zone between high and low tide where an abundance of marine life grows

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Symbiosis

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organisms of different species living together in a close, permanent environment

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Mutualism

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Both species benefit from the relationship

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Parasitism

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One species benefits from the relationship at the expense of the other species

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Commensalism

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One species benefits and the other is neither benefitted or harmed by the relationship

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Density Independent Factors

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environmental factors that limit populations by unpredictable events

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Density Dependent Factors

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environmental factors that limit populations by events that spread from person to person, sickness

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Carrying Capacity

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the number of organisms of one species that an environment can support

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Reintroduction Programs

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when a population starts to disappear, they raise the animal in captivity and then reintroduce the animal to its original habitat

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Habitat Corridors

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strips of habitat that connect other parts of preserved habitats

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Structure of an Atom

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made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons, has the same number of protons and electrons, the number of protons and electrons in the nucleus determine the atomic mass

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Covalent Bonding

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the sharing of electrons between two or more atoms

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Ionic Bonding

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when one atom gives up an electron to another

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Carbs, Lipids, and Proteins

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Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen

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Atom

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the smallest part of an element

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Ions

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charged particle

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Compounds

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two different elements combined together

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Molecules

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two or more elements combined together

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Isomers

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chemical compound that has the same number and kinds of atoms as another, but different structural arrangement

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Isotope

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two atoms of the same element but one has a greater atomic mass

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pH

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0-Acid, 14-Base, 7-Neutral

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Dehydration Synthesis

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when a chemical reaction occurs, water is lost during the process of the reaction

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Hydrolysis Reaction

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during a chemical reaction, water is gained, water introduced to a polymer

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Reactants

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the elements going into the chemical reaction

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Enzyme

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catalyst that speeds up a chemical reaction that would normally happen more slowly

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Enzyme

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catalyst that speeds up a chemical reaction that would normally happen more slowly

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Diffusion

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the movement of substances from a greater concentration to a lesser concentration

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Dynamic Equilibrium

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process of reaction that are at equal rates, continuous, and create no change

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Concentration Gradient

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the difference in concentration on opposite sides of the plasma membrane

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Eukaryotic Cells

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membrane bound nucleus and membrane bound organelles

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Prokaryotic Cells

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don’t have a nucleus or membrane bound organelles, all bacteria

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Hydrophobic

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fear of water, don’t interact with water, don’t dissolve

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Hydrophilic

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dissolve in water, interact

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Selective Permeability

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the cell membrane has some say in what diffuses through it into the cell

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Plasmolysis

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when the plant cell membrane shrinks away from the cell wall

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Hypotonic

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Water going in the cell at a fast rate than going out

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Hypertonic

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Water leaving the cell at a faster rate than going in

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Isotonic

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Water is going in at the same rate as it is leaving

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Osmosis

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diffusion of water from greater concentration to lesser concentration

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Passive Transport

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transport of solutes in the same direction as the concentration gradient, doesn’t take energy

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Active Transport

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transport of solutes in the opposite direction of the concentration gradient, takes energy

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Facilitated Diffusion

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process of proteins helping diffuse things through the plasma membrane, passive transport

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Endocytosis

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into the cell, encircles something and absorbs it

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Exocytosis

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out of the cell pinches off in a bubble