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40 Cards in this Set
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The science of life, study of all living things
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biology
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study of plants and plant life
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botany
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study of animals and animal life
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zoology
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the study of microscopic life
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microbiology
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the study of cells
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cytology
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the study of the environment
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ecology
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micology
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the study of fungus
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the study of microscopic animal life
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protozoology
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basic unit of life
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cell
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organisms composed of only one cell
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unicellular
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organisms composed of many cells
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multicellular
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no nucleus as in bacteria
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prokaryote
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with a nucleus, all other cells
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eukaryote
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the stable level of the internal condition
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homeostasis
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instructions for the development of a single trait
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genes
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hereditary information from two organisms of the same species is combined
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sexual reproduction
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fertilized egg the contains hereditary information from both parents in sexual reproduction
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zygote
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no combination of information, one cell gives rise to 2, each with an identical copy of the instructions
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asexual reproduction
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the most important driving force of evolution
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natural selection
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organisms with __ traits are ____ able to successfully reproduce than those without those traits in the theory of _____ _______
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favorable, better, natural selection
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self feeders that make their own food, such as plants and some bacteria
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autotrophs
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other feeders that get their food from another source, includes all animals and fungi
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heterotrophs
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groups of cells
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tissues
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the sum of all chemical processes in organisms
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metabolism
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processes that makes smaller molecules together to make more complex ones, like photosynthesis
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anabolism
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processes that braks molecules down like cell resperation
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catabolism
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living things grow by...
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cell division and cell enlargement
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process by which adult organisms arise
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development
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experiment is supported by data- visual, verbal or mathematical
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modeling
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conclusions made on basis of facts or premises rather than direct observation
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inferring
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broad and comprehensive statement on what is thought to be true, supported by considerable evidence and may tie together several related hypotheses
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theory
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an instrument that produces an enlarged image of an object and to show details
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microscope
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the increase of an object's apparent size
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magnification
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the power to show details
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resolution
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used to view small objects and cells
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compund light microscope
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power of magnification is determined by multiplying the power of the ______ lens by the power of the ______
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ocualr, objective
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the electron microscope uses a ____of____ rather than light to produce an enlarged image of the specimen
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beam of electrons
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transmits beam of electrons through a thinly sliced specimen
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transmission electron miscroscope (tem)
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when the cells specialize and have a specific function
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differentiation
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through evolution when favorable traits replace unfavorable traits
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descent with modification
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