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What is biology?
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It's the scientific study of life from the microscopic to global scale.
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What are the levels of biological organization?
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Biosphere, ecosystems, communities, populations, organisms, organ and organ systems, tissues, cells, organelles, and molecules.
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What is photosynthesis?
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Driven by solar energy absorbed by chlorophyll, this process converts water(H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) to sugar and oxygen.
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What is DNA?
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the substance of genes, the units of inheritance.
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What are nucleotides?
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One of four kinds of chemical building blocks.
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A, T, C, and G
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What are proteins?
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Large molecules that build and maintain cells.
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What is a prokaryotic cell?
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The cell of bacteria and archaea, in which there is no nucleus to separate DNA from the rest of the cell.
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What is an eukaryotic cell?
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The cell of most forms of life, including plants and animals subdivided into membrane-enclosed organelles. Also contains a nucleus, which separates DNA from the rest of the cell.
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What are enzymes?
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Specialized proteins that catalyze decomposition and storage of sugar.
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