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Biology
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The study of life and living things
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Nutrition
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taking materials from the external environment and changing it into forms it can use
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Ingestion
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taking in food
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Digestion
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breaking down food into simpler forms
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Transort
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process in which nutrients enter the cells and waste leaves the cells, both becoming distributed
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Absorption
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substances entering cells
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Circulation
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substances moving around inside of cells
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Excretion
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removal of metabolic wastes
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Elmination
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removal of undigested waste via the anus
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Synthesis
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cominbing simpler substances to make more complex substances
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Regulation
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all activities that help organism maintain homeostasis
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Growth
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increase in size or number of cells
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Reproduction
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process by which living things produce new organisms of their own kind
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Taxonomy
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the classification and naming of living organisms
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Classification
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Kingdom, Phyllum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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Biological Organization
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Atom, Compound, Organelle, Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Organism
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Prokaryotes have no _.
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nucleus
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Eukaryotes have these, and they separate themselves from Prokaryotes.
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nucleus
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What makes a molecule organic?
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It has Carbon and Hydrogen together.
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The Big 3 Organic Molecules
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Carbs, Lipids, Proteins
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Monosaccharides
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simple sugars, example being glucose
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Disaccharides
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double sugars, example being sucrose
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Three or more simple sugar units
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Polysaccharides
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Glycogen
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complex carb used to store extra simple sugars in liver and muscles
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Cellulose
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forms cell walls in plants
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Starch
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used to store extra simple sugars in plants
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Dehydration Synthesis
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combining simple molecules to form a more complex one with the removal of water
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Hydrolosis
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adding water to a compound to split it into smaller substances, also called chemical digestion
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Three major functions of Lipids
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energy storage
protection insulation |
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Three elements of lipids
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carbon
hydrogen oxygen |
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Lipids are composed of
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glycerol and fatty acids
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Saturated fats come from
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animals
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Unsaturated fats come from
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plants
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Wax comes from
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bees or your ears
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Fourth type of lipid is a
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steroid
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Four elements found in proteins
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carbon
hydrogen oxygen nitrogen |
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Four main functions of proteins
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growth
repair enzymes energy |
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molecule formed from two amino acids
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dipeptide
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molecule formed from three or more amino acids
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polypeptide
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Four different types of proteins
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enzymes
hormones antibodies muscles |