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Unicellular and an example
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Made up of one cell, such as bacteria
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Multicellular and an example
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Made up of multiple cells such as humans
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Homeostasis
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Maintenance of a stable level of internal conditions even though environmental conditions are constantly changing
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Sexual Reproduction
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Hereditary information recombines from two organisms of the same species to create another but not identical
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Asexual Reproduction
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Hereditary information from different organisms is not combined; thus the original organism and the new organism are genetically the same
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Metabolism
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Sum of all chemical reactions that take in and transform engery and materials from the environment
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Scientific Method and the steps
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An organized approach to learn about how the natural world works: Observation, hypothesis, prediction, experiment, analyze
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Types of Microscopes
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Compound light microscope - Shiens light through a specimen and has two lenses to magnify and image.
Electron Microscope - A beam of electrons produces an enlarged image of the specimen (Scanning EM and Transmission EM) |
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Ecology
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The branch of biology that studies organisms interacting with each other and with the environment
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Hypothesis
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An educated guess that can be tested based on observations
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