End Of Course Exam Review

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A logical inter[retatopm based on prior knowledge and experience is an _______

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inference

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Your experiment tests whether your ____ is true or false.

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hypothesis

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An ____ is data you can collect using sight, taste, touch, hearing, smell.

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observation

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You should also repeat your ____ several times to make sure that the first results weren't just an accident.

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experiment

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Once your experiment is complete, you collect your measurements and ____ them to see if your hypothesis is true or false.

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analyze

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The scientific method starts when you ask a question, which is called the ____

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state the problem

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The ____ is how you communicate your results to others in a final report.

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conclusion

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____ is the process of gathering already known information.

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research

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Observation is ____

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using the 5 senses

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Inference is ______

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prior knowledge

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Dependent is ____

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changes or chooses

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Independent is ____

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changes in experiment

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Control is ____

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factor that always stays the same

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Ecological succession is ____

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series of predictable natural elements that occur

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Balanced ecosystems are said to be in ____

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equilibrium/climax community

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The first species to populate an area are called ____

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pioneer species

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The stages of primary succession are _____

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bare rock, mosses/lichens, grasses shrubs, trees, mature forest,

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Climax community is ____

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community that is at equilibrium

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The structures that are most numerous in the human body are ____

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cells

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The organelle in plant cells where photosynthesis takes place is ____

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chloroplast

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Tissues are groups of ____

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cells that are specialized to perform a specific function

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Levels of organization from smallest to largest ____

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cells, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

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A group of different tissues working together to perform a specific function is ____

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organ

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Structure found in the nucleus of a cell that is made of DNA & genes.

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chromosomes

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The jellylike interior of the cell

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cytoplasm

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The part of the cell that makes proteins

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Ribosomes

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The part of the cell that serves to process, package, and export proteins

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golgi body

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Found in the chloroplast that is used to absorb energy from the sun

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Chlorophyll

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Products of photosynthesis

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oxygen and glucose

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Reactants of photosynthesis

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sunlight, CO2, water, cholorphyll

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Roots break rocks apart is called

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root wedging

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Water freezes and expands breaking the rock is called

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mechanical

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Grinding away rock (like sandpaper) is called

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abrasion

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Break apart rock by digging through the ground is called

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animals

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Erosion removes the surface reducing pressure and causing the outside to crack is called

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release pressure

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Plantlike organisms that produce an acid that weathers rock is called

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lichens

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Pollution combines with rain is called

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acid rain

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Iron + oxygen = rust is called

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oxidation

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Carbon dioxide + water =

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carbonic acid

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Water ____

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disolves rock

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Climate is not affected by

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temperature and precipitation

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Factors that determine a biome ___

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types of animals, types of soil, climate

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Most rainforest are located at the ____

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equator

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Tropical forest ___

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receives the most yearly rainfall

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The biome that often has as little precipitation as a desert ____

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tundra

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The soil in the tundra that stays frozen year round is ____

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premifrost

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Has the greatest variety or number of species

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Tropical rainforest

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The way an animal or person is ____

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structural adaptation

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The way a plant grows or bends in the response to light

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phototropism

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The way a plant grows or bends in the response to gravity

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gravitropism

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The way a plant grows or bends in the response to touch

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tigmotropism

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The cause is ____

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stimulus

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The effect is ____

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response

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Works with muscle to move; motion ____

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skeletal system

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Enables the body to move

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muscular system

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Carries needed materials to the body

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circulatory system

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Controls and regulates many body processes

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endocrine system

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Controls most body functions including senses by carrying information between the brain and the body

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nervous system

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Where does digestion begin?

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mouth

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The ____ are organs in the excretory systems that filter liquid wastes from the blood

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kidneys

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The ____ stores urine until it passes out of the body

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urinary bladder

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The ____ are the functional parts of the kidneys that are surrounded by capillaries so they can filter the blood

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nephrons

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Cardiac muscle

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found in the heart

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Skeletal muscle

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works in pairs

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Smooth muscle

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located inside the organ

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Ball & socket joint

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hips/shoulders

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Hinge joint

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fingers and toes

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Gliding joint

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wrist and ankles

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Pivot joint

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neck

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Vein

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carries blood to heart

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Largest vein is

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vena cava

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Artery

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carries blood away from the heart full of O2

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Largest artery

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aorta

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When a body is in equilibrium

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homeostatis

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Exchange of gasses occurs between alveoli and what structure?

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capillaries

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Correct sequence of the respiratory pathway?

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nose, pharynx, trachea, bronchus, bronchial tubes, bronchioles, aveoli

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The part of the blood that causes clotting to stop bleeding

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red blood cells

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The liquid part of the blood

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plasma

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The part of the blood in charge of producing antibodies for defense

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platelets

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Blood cells that carry oxygen to the cells and remove carbon dioxide

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white blood cells

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The protein markers on a red blood cell that determine blood type

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antigens

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The body's first line of defense to keep pathogens out of the body

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skin

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Layers of the skin

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epidermis, dermis, fatty layer

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This function of the skin releases waste in the form of perspiration

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excretion

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This function of the skin prevents you fromg etting an infection

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protection

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This function of the skin detects changes in pressure

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sensation

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The chemicals secreted by glands in your endocrine system that control body functions are called

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hormones

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Genetic adaptationscan only happen if there is ____ within the offspring of a species

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variation

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Random changes in genes that can lead to greater variations

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mutations

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Sexual reproduction

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two parents

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Asexual reproduction

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one parent

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It is what the sperm is produced from

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testes

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Female hormone produced by ovarian follicles

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estrogen

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Where the female sex organs are produced

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ovaries

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Chromosomes are rod shaped structures found in the ____

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nucleus of a cell