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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

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Spirillium

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Spiral shaped bacteria

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Gram Positive

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  • Some cells produce endospores
  • Purple color
  • Contain thicker cell well
  • Do not have an extra cell membrane
  • Bacteria is less resistant to antibiotics
  • Produce exotoxins that damage host
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Gram Negative

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  • No cells produce endospores
  • Pink color
  • Contain thinner cell wall
  • Have an extra cell membrane outside the cell wall
  • Bacteria is more resistant to antibiotics
  • Produce endotoxins when cell dies
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Mitochondria

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Contains enzymes for aerobic respiration

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Nucleus

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Surrounds and protects the genetic material

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Autotrophic

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  • Cells can photosynthesize
  • Cells contain mitochondria and chloroplasts
  • Do not have centrioles
  • Cell wall
  • One big water vacuole
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Eukaryotes

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  • Have a nucleus that contains DNA strands
  • Many organelles
  • Some have cell walls
  • Respiratory enzymes in the mitochondria
  • Chlorophyll in thylakoids in chloroplasts
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Cell membrane

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Controls what goes in and out of the cell

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What is the group that’s gets the independent variable?

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Experimental group

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Ribosome

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Produce proteins

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Endoplasmic Reticulum

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Smooth, with no ribosomes attached, produces steroid hormones and produces/stores lipids and detox of drugs

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Cell wall

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Provides shape and protection for the cell

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Golgi complex

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Processes and packages materials in the cell

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Chromosomes

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Are made up of DNA strands and tells the cell what proteins to make

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Chloroplast

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Performs photosynthesis

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Leucoplast

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Found in plants/stores extra starch

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Translation

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  • Happens in the nucleus

- Gets the “blueprints” to make proteins

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Transcription

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  • Happens in the ribosome

- Produces proteins

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Replication

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  • Happens in the nucleus

- Makes two sets of identical chromosomes for cells division

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Gram Stain Process

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  1. Application of crystal violet
  2. Application of iodine
  3. Alcohol wash
  4. Application of safarin
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Staphylo

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Cluster

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Vacuole

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Stories food, water, and waste

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Prokaryotes

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  • Single loop of DNA w/ a nuclear area
  • Few organelles
  • All cells have cell walls
  • Respiratory enzymes in the cell membrane
  • Chlorophyll in thylakoids on the cell membrane
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Redi

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  • Believed in biogenesis
  • He said that maggots do not form without flies. He used to jars of meat, one with an open top and one without, and only the open top formed maggots