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Biological Science - Lesson #1 Flashcards

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Life, Evolution, Scientific Method, Dynamic Science, Interdisciplinary Science

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Biology

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State of a material complex or individual characterized by the capacity to perform certain functional activities, including metabolism, growth, reproduction, and some form of responsiveness and adaptation.

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Life

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  • Basic unit of life
  • Prokaryotic or Eukaryotic
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Cells

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All the chemical and energy transformations that occurs in cells as they carry out life’s processes.

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Metabolism

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Living part of the cell because it initiates mitotic activity.

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Protoplasm

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2 Kinds of metabolism

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Anabolism and Catabolism

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  • Building up process
  • Photosynthesis
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Anabolism

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  • Breaking down process
  • Respiration and digestion
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Catabolism

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  • State of equilibrium
  • A steady internal state, keeps conditions in the body constant.
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Homeostasis

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10
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Hot or Cold

Vasoconstriction

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Cold

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Hot or Cold

Vasodilation

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Hot

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Hot or Cold

Stretching Out

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Hot

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Hot or Cold

Shivering

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Cold

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Hot or Cold

Pilorelaxation

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Hot

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Hot or Cold

Piloerection

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Cold

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16
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Hot or Cold

Sweating

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Hot

17
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Hot or Cold

Curling up

  • Making yourself smaller so smaller surface area.
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Cold

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  • Responsiveness
  • Ability to react to any environmental change or stimulus that often result in movements.
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Irritability

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  • Increase in size
  • Accomplished through a complex series of chemical processes. (Intussusception)
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Growth

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  • Connotes a maturational process involving progressive differentiation at the cellular and tissue level - Enlow
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Development

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  • Living things must be able produce other living things of their kind.
  • Could be sexual or asexual.
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Reproduction

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Transfer of traits from parents to offspring.

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Heredity

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Unifying themes in Biology

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  • Evolution
  • Interacting System
  • Structure and Function
  • Ecology
  • Flow of Energy
  • Levels of Organization

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