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1
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What is the difference between a theory and a law?

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A theory explains why something happens and a law describes what happens when certain conditions are present.

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What is the difference between Lysosomes and Peroxisomes?

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Lysosomes kill and disinfect, peroxisomes carry out oxidative reactions using molecular oxygen.

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What is the difference between a theory, law and hypothesis?

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Hypothesis is a tentative explanation for what was observed, Theory is concepts that join together two or more thorough hypotheses, Law is widely excepted set of theories.

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What are the 3 domains?

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  1. Domain Archaea
  2. Domain Bacteria
  3. Domain Eukarya
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5
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Domain Archaea

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Contain unicellular prokaryotes, live in extreme environments

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Domain Bacteria

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Contains unicellular prokaryotes live in environments like skin in our mouths and intestines.

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7
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Domain Eukarya

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Contain unicellular and multicellular eukaryotes

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8
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Prokaryotes are not……..

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Domains

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9
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Goes through all aspects of the experiment but is not exposed to the experimental variable

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Control Group

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10
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What is a PH of 4

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Acid

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11
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What is a PH of 7

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Neutral

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12
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What is a PH of 9

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Base

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13
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All organic molecules contain what?

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Carbon and Hydrogen atoms

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14
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What is the basic unit of all life?

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Cells

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15
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What is the difference between glycogen and starch?

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Starch: Provides energy storage in plants
Glycogen: Provides energy storage in animals

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16
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What is the difference between a population and an ecosystem?

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Population: All members of a species within an area
Ecosystem: Community plus its physical environment

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17
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………… is the maintenance of internal conditions within certain boundries

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Homeostasis

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18
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What is the permanent loss of species called?

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Extinction

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19
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What is the order of hierarchy?

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Molecules
Cells
Tissue
Organs
Organisms
Population
Ecosystem

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20
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Water repelling is…

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Hydrophobic

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21
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water loving is…

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Hydrophilic

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22
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Mutations lead to……

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Natural selection

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23
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natural selection leads to…..

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Evolution

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24
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What is the building block for proteins

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Amino Acids

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25
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When you combine amino acids and protein you get what?

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Peptide

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26
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What do you get when you put peptides together

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Poly Peptide

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27
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What do you get when you twist poly peptides together?

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Proteins

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28
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T or F we are all undergoing mutations everyday

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True

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29
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What is the basic unit of heredity

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Genes

30
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……. Is a chemical reaction in which subunits are joined together by the formation of a covalent bond and water is produced during the reaction.

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Dehydration reaction

31
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A …….… reaction is a chemical reaction in which a water molecules is added to break a covalent bond.

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Hydrolysis

32
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Diffusion of water is

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Osmosis

33
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Pinocytosis=

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Drinking

34
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Phagocytosis=

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Eating

35
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What are the 3 components of a nucleotide

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Phosphate, sugar, and a base

36
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What are prions

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Misfolded proteins

37
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Of the 4 organic molecules which is not a polymer?

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Lipids

38
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What are the 4 organic molecules

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Proteins, Lipids, Carbohydrates, nucleic acids

39
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What kingdom do we belong in?

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Animal

40
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Isotonic means…

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Equal pressure

41
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Adenine always matches up with…

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Thymine

42
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What is the different between a community and an ecosystem?

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A community is a collection of interacting populations within the same environment.
An ecosystem is a community plus its physical environment.

43
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What are the major elements in the body?

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Carbon
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Phosphorus
Nitrogen

44
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What is the difference between DNA and RNA

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DNA: Genetic material that stores information for its own replication and for the sequence of amino acids in proteins
RNA perform a wide range of functions within cells which include protein synthesis and regulation of gene expression.

45
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Water always moves towards the………

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Hypertonic

46
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What is it called when the cell shrivels up and dies?

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Crenantion

47
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Complementary means……

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Complete

48
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What is the word for breaking down proteins

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Denature

49
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What is the storage form of energy in animals

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Glycogen

50
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What is the storage form of energy in plants

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Starch

51
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What is the passing of genetic information from generation to generation is called….

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Genes

52
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…… is found in cell walls of fungi and exoskeleton of some animals.

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Chitin

53
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Two types of reactions…

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Dehydration and hydrolysis reaction

54
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Facilitated means….

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Make easy

55
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What are 2 characteristics of enzymes:

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  1. used to speed up chemical reactions in the body
  2. They are not consumed
56
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What is the formula for glucose

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C6 H12 O6

57
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What is another name for organic molecules?

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Bio Molecules

58
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DNA has…….. and RNA has…….

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  1. thymine
  2. Uracil
59
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Double ring=

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Purines

60
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………….. is a chemical reaction in which subunits are joined together by the formation of a covalent bond and water is produced during the reaction

A

Dehydration reaction

61
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A………… is a chemical reaction in which a water molecule is added to break a covalent bond.

A

Hydrolysis Reaction

62
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……… is all the chemical reactions that occur in a cell.

A

Metabolism

63
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…………… is a process that converts solar energy into the chemical energy of carbohydrates

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Photosynthesis

64
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The breakdown of food components(proteins, and dietary fats) into their simpler forms , which then can be used to provide energy and the basic building blocks needed for growth and repair

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Catabolism

65
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The part of metabolism in which our body is built or repaired

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Anabolism

66
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A membrane that allows only some substances and molecules to pass into or leave the cell.

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Selectively-permeable membrane

67
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What is the major lipid found in cell membranes

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Phospholipids

68
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Which domains do not have nuclei

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  1. Bacteria
  2. Archaea
69
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………… are clusters of specific atoms bonded to the carbon skeleton with characteristic structures and functions.

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Functional Groups

70
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What letter represents a functional group

A

R

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