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35 Cards in this Set
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Metabolism |
Extracts and uses energy from environment. |
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Anabolism |
To Build Up |
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Catabolism |
To Break Down |
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Photosynthesis |
To Make with Light |
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Herbivores |
Vegetarians |
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Carnivores |
Meat Eaters |
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Omnivores |
Eat Everything |
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Producers |
Make own food |
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Consumers |
Eat other organisms |
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Decomposers |
Break down dead things to original parts |
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Autotrophs |
Producers |
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Heterotrophs |
Consumers and Decomposers |
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Receptors |
Allow an organism to sense its environment |
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Asexual |
One parent |
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Sexual |
Two parents |
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inheritance |
Characteristics transferred from parent to child |
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Mutation |
Copying errors |
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Hypothesis |
Educated guess |
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Theory |
Well-tested guess |
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Law |
Extremely well-tested guess |
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Microorganisms |
Too small to see with eye |
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Abiogenesis |
Spontaneous generation in the past |
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Prokaryotic |
No membrane-bound organelles |
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Eukaryotic |
Yes membrane-bound organelles |
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Species |
They can reproduce, so can offspring |
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Taxonomy |
Study of classification |
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Binomial nomenclature |
Naming of an organism based on genus and species |
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What are the five criterias for life? |
DNA, Metabolism, Can sense and respond to surroundings, can reproduce, and has cells. |
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An organism has receptors on tentacles that come out of its head. If those tentacles are cut off in an accident, what of the five life functions would be most hampered? |
It cannot react to surroundings |
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What is wrong with the following statement?: "Science has proven that energy must always be conserved." |
Science can't prove anything. |
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Briefly explain the scientific method. |
Make an observation, which becomes hypothesis, then experimentation, then theory, then law. |
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Why does the story of spontaneous generation illustrate the limitations of science? |
Because it shows how scientific law isn't always true. |
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Why is the theory of abiogenesis just another example of the idea of spontaneous generation? |
Both teach that life comes from non-life. |
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Name the classification groups in our hierarchical al classification scheme in order. |
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species |
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An organism is a single-celled consumer made of prokaryotic cells. To what kingdom does it belong? |
Monera |
