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what language do they use to put words together in biology so everyone can understand it

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greek and latin

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what is the nucleus made up of?
which one flys around

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protons and neutrons
Electrons

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why do we ignore the mass of electrons

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because they are very light

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which ones have more mass protons, electrons or neutrons

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protons and electrons

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What’s the three major premises of Darwinian evolution

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common ancestry, natural selection, mutations

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what do we call darwinism now

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neo darwinism

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what were the ideas of karl marx

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nurture,your environment determines what you become.
Genetics, merely provides the material the environment acts on

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what book did darwin make that talked about the morals of man

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The descent of man

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what is fascism

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the nation over individuals, “purification” of the race

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what is chemical bonding

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when elements interact combine according to rules

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what is an atomic number

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it tells the number of protons

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what is vatence

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what is a ionic bond

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when an electron is Transferred form one atom to another

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what is an ion

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when an atom gains or loses an electron

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what is a covalent bond

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it is when they share eletrons and forms-molecules

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what is a compound

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a substance made up of two or more different chemical elements combined in a fixed ratio.

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what is an atom

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the particle that makes up matter

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what is common descent

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it may explain why so many animals have similar characteristics

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what is natural selection

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the natural difference in reproduction success

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what is fitness

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the ability to survive

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what does an organisms history help us with in science

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it helps us see how it fits into the overall picture of nature

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who was the greek philosopher that said atoms make up matter

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democratis

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what are the four parts of scientific papers

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intro,methods,results,conclusions

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what is social darwinism

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a movement where they used survival of the fittest for everything

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what is the word that means it has a clear definition

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unambiguous

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what is taxonomy

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the classification of organisms

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