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Anatomy and Physiology.

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The human body and how it functions.

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Cytology

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The study of cells.

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.Genetics

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The study of genes and heredity.

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Microbiology

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The study of microscopic organisms.

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Biology

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The study of life.

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Botany

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The study of plants.

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Ecology

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The study of how organisms relate to one another.

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Zoology

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The study of animals.

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What is the polarity of water?

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Each water molecule has a positive charge on one side and a negative charge on the other.

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Why is water the universal solvent?

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many substances can dissolve into water because of its weak magnetic bond.

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Why do we use the scientific method?

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We use the scientific method in Biology to answer questions about living things.

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Bias

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To favor one point of view over another.

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Spontaneous generation

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the mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving sources.

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Biogenisis

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The production of living organisms from other living organisms.

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How many amino acids are there?

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20 different amino acids.

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Atoms.

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The building blocks of life.

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Carbohydrates

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  1. Compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
    2 Gives energy to living cells.
  2. Provides structure to things like plants, fungi, and insects.
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What are the building blocks of life?

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Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids.

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Carbon

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1) An essential element for life.
2) Has 6 protons and 6 neutrons meaning its outer shell has 4 electrons.

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Cell

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The smallest living organism, the building blocks of life.

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Chemistry

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The study of matter.

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Cholesterol

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What cell membranes are made up of.

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Covalent bond

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The force between 2 or more atoms sharing electrons in their valence shell.

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Atoms are made up of…

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Protons, neutrons, and electrons.

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Electron shells

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The areas in an atom where an electron exist, orbiting the nucleus.

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Valence shell

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The outermost electron shell in an atom.

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Valence electrons

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The electrons in the valence shell.

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Octet Rule

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Most elements are most stable with 8 electrons in their valence shell.

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Ion

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An atom with a positive and negative charge.

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Ionic bond

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The force connecting a positive charged atom with a negatively charged one.

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Polor bonding

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The force between new elements in a color molecule.

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Non-polor bonding

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When the electrons are evenly distributed among the atoms in a molecule.

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Chemical reaction

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When atoms come together to make a molecule, or when a molecule breaks up separate atoms.

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Reactants

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The atoms that come together to form a molecule in a chemical reaction.

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Product

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The molecule that results from reactants coming together.

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The first law of thermodynamics states that…

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Matter cannot be created or destroyed.

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The second law of thermodynamics states that…

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Given enough time, everything wears out and falls apart.(Entropy)

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Organic Chemistry

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A study of the common elements that make up living things
and the chemical compounds produced by living things.

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Nucleus

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The center of an atom comprised of protons and neutrons.

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What are nucleic acids made of?

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nucleotides, which form DNA and RNA:the code of a cell.

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Where are nucleic acids found?

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In the nucleus of a cell.

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Enzyme

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A type of protein that changes the rate of a chemical reaction.

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What are proteins and what do they do?

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50 or more amino acids linked together.
1) Proteins form the structure of tissues and organs.
2) Proteins carry out chemical reactions in the body.
3) Proteins act as chemical messengers.

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Fatty acids

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A long carbon with hydrogen atoms bonded with the chain.

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How are lipids used?

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For energy, insulating cells, and protecting cells.

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Steroids

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Are made of 4 carbon wings with a tail and are chemical messengers.

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Element

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Pure substance that consists of entirely one atom

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Matter

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Anything that has mass and takes up space.

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Active transport

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Using energy to move molecules from a lower to a higher concentration.

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Autotroph

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Producers that make their own food.

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Calvin cycle

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The process by which plants produce glucose for food.

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Chlorophyll

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A green pigment responsible for absorbing light,
found in clusters in the thylakoid membrane.

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Consumers

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Organisms that depend on other organisms for their food.

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Grana

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Stacks of thylakoids.

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Heterotroph

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Consumers: Organisms which depend on other organisms for food.

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Light-dependent phase

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The first phase of photosynthesis; the process by which
plants convert energy from sunlight into ATP.

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Producers

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Organisms that produce their own food.

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Stroma

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A fluid-filled area around the grana.

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Thylakoid

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Specialized disks in the chloroplasts.

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Aerobic Respiration

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When cells use glucose and oxygen to produce energy.

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Alcoholic fermentation

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a) Occurs in plants and fungi
b) Pyruvate from glycolysis goes through a chemical process
that produces alcohol and carbon dioxide.

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Anaerobic cellular respiration

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Producing energy without using oxygen.

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