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Is strong piece of evidence demonstrating the unity of life and relatedness of all organisms is? |
All organisms use the same genetic code. |
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Living things are divided into three different domains name the three domains and specify the ones that are prokaryotes. |
Bacteria, archaea, eukarya Bacteria and archaea are prokaryotes |
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All living things within an ecosystem are called a? |
Community |
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Matter cycles within an ecosystem, but energy enters the ecosystem as? |
Light and leaves us Heat |
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A hypothesis should be |
Plausible, testable, falsifiable |
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The chemical behavior of an atom depends primarily on |
The number of valence electrons |
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What is the atomic number of carbon |
6 |
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Carbon -14 is heavier than carbon 12 because carbon-14 has how many neutrons |
8 |
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What is a covalent bond |
The sharing of electrons between atoms |
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An atom with an atomic number of 10 will be highly reactive with another atom true or false |
False |
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What are two properties of water that make it an excellent solvent for life |
It is reactive or bondable |
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If you add pure NaOH to water what will happen to the pH |
It increases |
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If the pH of a solution changes from 5 to 7 it means that |
Concentration of OH- is 100 times greater than what it was at pH 5 |
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What is the H+ concentration of a solution that has a pH of 4 |
1 x 10 ^ -4 |
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What are prokaryotes |
Unicellular small no nucleus forms of life |
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What are eukaryotes |
Living things with one or more cells the cells containing a nucleus |
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Where do archaea live typically |
Warm or hot places with high sulfur or high salt content |
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Define tissue |
Group of cells with a common function such as organs organ systems |
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Define cell |
Basic structural unit and functional unit of life |
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What does DNA do |
Gives the cell a function making proteins |
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List the levels of life |
Atom, molecule, macromolecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere |
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What is evolution |
A change in a population over time due to inherited differences |
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List the properties of life |
Organized, response to stimuli, reproduces, growth or development, regulation, homeostasis, energy processing, adaptation |
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What is homeostasis |
A state of biological balance |
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What is an adaptation |
A modification that suits the organism |
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Define autotroph |
Organism that produces its own food |
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Define heterotroph |
An organism that consumes molecules made by something else |
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Define population |
The group of the same species in the same time and place (Evolution happens at this level) |
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What are the four major Elements of Life |
Carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen |
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Molecules are? |
Two or more atoms bound together |
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What is an organelle |
Parts of a cell |
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Define tissue |
A group of cells |
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An organism is? |
An individual |
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Define community |
A group of population that may have the potential to interact |
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Define ecosystem |
Community plus physical environment |
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four major themes of biology |
Organization, information, energy and matter, interactions |