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What four elements must all organisms have?
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Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen
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What is the name for the study of tissue, and what are the four types of tissue?
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Histology; epithelial, muscle, nervous, and connective
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What are the three types of muscle?
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Cardiac, smooth, and skeletal
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Which of the three types of muscle is/are involuntary?
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Smooth and Cardiac
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What are some differences between bacteria and viruses?
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Viruses require a host, because it can't reproduce by itself; it needs the DNA of the host.
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Endocrin Glands are ductless, meaning
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there are no tubes, channels, or canals for secretion; they are infiltrated by capillaries(one cell thick)
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What are enzymes?
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Proteins that speed up chemical reactions in the cell
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What's are the similarities and differences between monosaccharides and polysaccharides?
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Similarities: both are classified as carbohydrates. Difference: one is made up of simple sugar, while the other is made up of two or more simple sugars
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sucrose =
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fructose +glucose
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lactose =
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galactose +glucose
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maltose =
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glucose +glucose
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Polysaccharides
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made up of many complex carbohydrates
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Name four examples of polyssacharides
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starch(amylose), glycogen, cellulose, and glycoproteins
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Starch (amylose)
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a stored form of glucose in plants
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Glycogen
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storage of glucose in animals
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Cellulose
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Found in plant cell walls, fibers that can't be digested
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Glycoproteins
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polysaccharide + protein, the glue of the cell, so cells stick together
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Hydrogen ion
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H+, more found in acids
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Hydroxyl ions
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OH-- more found in bases
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What is a buffer? Give two examples
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a substance that accepts/donates hydrogen ions in order to reach a neutral balance, or pH. Stuff that lines kidney, and bicarbonate ion
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