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Biology
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Study of life
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Living Condition
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The major characteristics of living things.
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Characteristics
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Internal Movement
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movement inside the body.
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Assimilation
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All the right parts coming together to form the living material.
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parts forming
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Reproduction
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the making of an organism similar to the original.
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another one
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Variation
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Diffrences in one from another.
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N/A
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Organic
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The substances that living things produce.
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stuff
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Protoplasm
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The living material of an organism.
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material
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Inorganic
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Things that are not alive and never have been.
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Not alive
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Irritability
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Capacity of an organism to respond to stimuli.
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resopond
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Food
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Organic energy-containing substance.
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container
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Life
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a condition that comes from other life and needs energy to continue living.
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N/A
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locomotion
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moving form one place to another.
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*assimilation
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Latin. Assimilare, to make similar to.
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List and briefly describe the attributes of life.
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1. Exhibits movement, internally or externally.
2. Achieves growth by assimilation 3. Reproduces, or has babies 4.Comes from similar preexisting life 5. Has a similar chemical makeup. 6.Is composed of cells 7.Exhibits irratability 8. Requires energy 9. Maintains a high level of organization 10. Faces death |
There's alot!!
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*microscope
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micro-(small) + -scope or scopy (Gk. SKOPEIN, to view)
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*meter
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(Gk. METRON, measure)
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*centimeter
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centi-(L. CENTUM, hundred) + -meter (measure)
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*millimeter
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milli-(L. MILLE, thousand)+-meter(measure)
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*micrometer
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micro- (small) + -meter(measure)
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*nanometer
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nano-(L. NANUS, dwarf)+-meter(measure)
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*ocular
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(L. OCULUS, eye)
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*micrograph
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micro- (small)+ -graph or graphy (Gk. GRAPHEON, to write)
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*ultrasonography
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ultra-Latin, ULTRA, beyond. + sono-Sonus, sound.+ Graphy- to write.
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*autoradiography
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auto-(Gk. AUTOS, self)+ -radio(L. RADIARE, to emit beams)+-graphy(to write)
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*endoscopy
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endo-(Gk. ENDON, within)+ -scopy(to view)
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Who is called the Father of Microscopy and how did he earn this title?
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek, he used simple microscopes.
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List several problems that can effect the validity of experiments wiht living things.
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Errors can be made by the biologist in his observations. Errors can result if the specimen is atypical. Errors an be made when the techniques used are crude.
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Microscope
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a device that is made of a lens and is used to see small things
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meter
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a unit of measurement
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Centimeter
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a unit of measurement equal to 0.01 of a meter.
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Millimeter
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a unit of measurement eqal to 0.001 of a meter.
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Micrometer
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a unit of measurement equal to 0.000001 of a meter
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Nanometer
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a unit of measurement equal to 0.000000001 of a meter
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Angstrom
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a unit of measurement equal to 0.0000000001 of a meter.
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Compound Light Microscope
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a commonly used microscope
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objective
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the lense in a microscope that is closet to the stage
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ocular
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the lense in a microscope you look through
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stage
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The thing in a microscope you put the specimen on
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body tube
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the long cylander on a microscope
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electron microscope
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a microscope that uses electrons
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reflection
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bouncing back of light
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refraction
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the bending of light
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resolution
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the ability to distiguish fine detail.
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model
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an explanation of how something works
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