Biology Flashcards
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Independent variable
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The variable only given to the experimental group.
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What is the control group?
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The group that is identical to the experimental group but is not given the independent variable.
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Dependent variable
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The data collected from the experiment
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Pasteur
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- Was the first to disprove spontaneous generation
- Had a flask with an S shaped tube to let air in filled with broth and nothing grew in the broth
- When he removed the tube, microorganisms were found
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Who was the father of modern taxonomy?
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Linnaeus
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Linnaeus
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Came with today phylum classifications
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Hook
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Looked at a piece of cork under a microscope and came up with the term ‘cell’
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Theorized that all animals are made of cells
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Schwann
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Theorized that all plants are made of cells
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Schleiden
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Said that all cells come from pre-existing cells
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Virchow
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Cell theory
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- Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things
- Cells only come from pre-existing cells
- All living things are made of one or more cells
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Heterotrophs
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- Cells cannot photosynthesize
- Cells contain mitochondria
- Have centrioles
- No cell wall
- Many small vacuoles
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Diplo
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Two
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Bacillus
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Rod shaped bacteria
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Coccus
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Sphere shaped bacteria