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Science:
Guided by _______ Explained by reference to Natural Law. Testable against the ______ Conclusions are ___ and ___- |
Natural Law
Obersvable World Tenative; falsifiable |
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Macromolcules in organisms are more complex than those in nonliving matter
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Chemical Uniquness
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Macromolecules-- cells-- organisms--species-population
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Complexity and Hierarchial Organization
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Basic units of living system
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Cells
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Molecule of inheritance; contains instructions for all inheritable traits
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DNA
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all of the biochemical reactions occuring in the cells; organisms use energy to stockpile, teardown, build, and eliminate materials to promote their survival and repro
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Metabolism
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Characteristic changes an organism from origin to adult
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Development
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Living things respond to stimuli in the enviornment(irritability)
Organisms depend directly or indirectly on 1 another for materials and energy |
Environmental Interaction
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Charact of Animals:
DNA located in nucleus are ____. Multicellular Not capable of making their own food______ Cells not bound by cell walls |
Eukaryotes
Heterotrophs |
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general approach used by scientists to gather info
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Scientific Method
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S H P E D C T |
OBSERVATION
LITERATURE SEARCH HYPOTHESIS PREDICTION EXPERIMENT DATA CONCLUSION THEORY FORMATION |
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observe some aspect of the natural world; identify a question or problem
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Observation
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testable claim arising from scientific theoris, possible answers, testable, based on other observations
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Hypothesis
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state what one should abserve about the ? if the hypothesis is valid
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Prediction
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Devise an experiment to test your hypothesis; Controlled experiment: Experiment group-> subjected to a given treatment; Control group-> untreated group
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experimentation
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Preferred datat type: mathematical(unbiased)
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Data
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a hypothesis may be elevated to the status of a theory if it is not rejected with repeated testing over time
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theory formation
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A system of ideas and concepts assembled to order and make sense out of data or observations
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theory
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powerful theories that guide extensive research
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paradigms
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replacement of paradigms
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scientific revolution
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112 elements; 92 occur in nature
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Carbon 18.5%; Oxygen 65; Hydrogen 9.5; Nitrogen 3.3; phosphorus 1
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most organic molecules are built on these 6 elements
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anything that takes up space and has a mass
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matter
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electrically neutral
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atoms
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atoms with the same number of protons but different number of neutrons
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Isotopes
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transfer of 1 or more electrons from 1 atom to another; ions are formed; ions of opp. charge are attracted to each other
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Ionic Bonds
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electrons are shared between atoms
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Covalent bonds (strong)
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Electrons are shared equally; no partial charges result
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Nonpolar CB
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Eletrons are not shared equally; partial charges form
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polar CB
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Result from unequal charge distribution within molecules; weak bond; bond between H atom and another molecule already involved in a polar covalent bond
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Hydrogen Bond
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Molecules that dissociated in solution to produce a hydrogen ion.
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Acid
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Molecule that dissociates in solution to produce an hydroxyl ion
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Base
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Product of the reaction between an acid and base
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salt
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PH below 7
=7 above 7 |
acid
neutral base |
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any substance that tends to keep pH levels constant when acids or bases are added; can bind to or realease H or OH
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buffer
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__ of total water on earth in crust
___ actually free ___ in ocean ___ fresh water ___ polar ice ___ drinking water |
95
5 97 3 75 1 |
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Produced by autotrophs photosyn.; contain C H and O usually in ration 1C: 2H: 1O
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Carbohydrates
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Simple sugars with a C backbone of 3-7 C atoms
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Monosaccharides
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Hexose (6C) sugars
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Glucose
Galactose Fructose |
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Pentose (5C) Sugars
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Ribose
Deoxyribose |
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2 monosac bonded
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Disacch.
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Maltose(malt sugar)
Sucrose(table sugar) Lactose(milk sugar) |
Glucose+glucose
Glucose+Fructose Glucose+Galactose |
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Chains of monosacc(polymers)
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Polysaccharides
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polymer of glucose
Stored in liver and muscle cells |
Glycogen
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Primary storage form of glucose in plants; branced; most abundant organic material on earth
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Cellulose
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