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Biology Flashcards

1
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What is the word ecology derived from

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The Greek words inks meaning place to live and Logos meaning study of

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Who study the interaction and a drop of water a pot of soil a large forest

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Ecologist

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What is a ecosystem

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A group of living and nonliving things that interact with each other over time

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What are some common ecosystems

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Forest Desert Lakes grasslands lakes and oceans

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A person describe as healthy is what

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Well physically mentally and emotionally

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What is Hygiene

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The practice of keeping both oneself and the environment clean

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What are two examples of bacteria

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Tuberculosis and Cholera

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What are two examples of a virus

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Aids and Gentiles herpes

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What are two examples of Protopan

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Malaria and trichomonias

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What are examples of worms

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Roundworms and flatworms

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What is a habitat

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The place where an animal or a plants lives

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What does a habitat provide

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Food shelter and space for all the organisms to live and reproduce

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What is a community

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Separate species of plants and animals live and interact in a habitat

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What is populations

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All individuals of the same species make up a population

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15
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Under ideal conditions plants and animals ___________

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Reproduce quickly and the population grows

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However the habitat can only

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Produce a certain amount of food

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It’s the population damages… Too much blank would happen

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The numbers may start the fall

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18
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What is the predator prey relationship

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Where one animal the predator eats another animal the prey

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What is the example of a predator prey relationship

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For example, foxes eat rabbits if there are many rabbits the fox population will grow. This will reduce the rabbit population so that would be less food for the foxes and so the number will start to fall again. This allows the number of rabbits to increase and so on

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20
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What is ecology

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The study of the interactions of living organisms with each other and the environment

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What is the word ecology derived from

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The Greek words inks meaning place to live and Logos meaning study of

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Who study the interaction and a drop of water a pot of soil a large forest

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Ecologist

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What is a ecosystem

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A group of living and nonliving things that interact with each other over time

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What are some common ecosystems

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Forest Desert Lakes grasslands lakes and oceans

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A person describe as healthy is what

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Well physically mentally and emotionally

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What is Hygiene

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The practice of keeping both oneself and the environment clean

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27
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What are two examples of bacteria

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Tuberculosis and Cholera

28
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What are two examples of a virus

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Aids and Gentiles herpes

29
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What are two examples of Protopan

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Malaria and trichomonias

30
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What are examples of worms

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Roundworms and flatworms

31
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What is a habitat

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The place where an animal or a plants lives

32
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What does a habitat provide

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Food shelter and space for all the organisms to live and reproduce

33
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What is a community

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Separate species of plants and animals live and interact in a habitat

34
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What is populations

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All individuals of the same species make up a population

35
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Under ideal conditions plants and animals ___________

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Reproduce quickly and the population grows

36
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However the habitat can only

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Produce a certain amount of food

37
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If the population is damaged _________

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The numbers may start the fall

38
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What is the predator prey relationship

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Where one animal the predator eats another animal the prey

39
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What is the example of a predator prey relationship

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For example, foxes eat rabbits if there are many rabbits the fox population will grow. This will reduce the rabbit population so that would be less food for the foxes and so the number will start to fall again. This allows the number of rabbits to increase and so on

40
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What is ecology

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The study of the interactions of living organisms with each other and the environment

41
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What are the 9 body systems

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Muscular,digestive,Skeletal, Nervous, Endocrine, Circulatory, Respiratory, Excretory, Reproductive

42
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What is the function of the skeletal system, it mains organs, how much bones it has, its largest and smallest bone

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  • Supports body
  • bones and joints
  • 206
  • femur
  • ear ossicles
43
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What is the function of the muscular system and what are the main organs

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  • movement

* bones and muscles

44
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What are the function of the nervous system and what are the main organs

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  • coordinate activities of the body

* Central nervous system brain/spinal cord/nerves

45
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What are the function of the endocrine system and what are the main organs

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  • produces hormones

* pituitary, thyroid adrenal,pancreas testes and ovaries

46
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What are the functions of the circulatory system where the main organs

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  • transports materials

* The heart

47
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What are the functions of the respiratory system and what are the main organs

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  • exchanges gases and the production of energy

* The Lungs trachea diaphragm

48
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What are the functions of the digestive system and the Main organs

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•Breaks down food •stomach/intestinal /liver/pancreas

49
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What are the functions of the excretory system and what are the main organs

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  • Removal of harmful waste

* large intestine

50
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What are the functions of the reproductive system and what are the main organs

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  • maintains the species and production of off spring

* Sex organs, testes, ovaries,

51
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What are the seven characteristics of all living things

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Movement, restoration, growth, reproduction, expiration, nutrition, irratibility

52
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What is wellnes

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The absence of disease

53
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What deficiency disease is because of lack of vitamin C and what are the food sources

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Scurvy

Citrus strawberries

54
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What is the deficiency disease for lack of vitamin A and what are the food sources

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Night Blindness

Milk carrots liver eggs

55
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What is the deficiency disease for the lack of vitamin D and what are the food sources

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Rickets

Milk tomatoes sunlight

56
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What is the deficiency disease for the lack of iron and what are the food sources

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Anemia

Red meat liver peas

57
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What is the deficiency disease for iodine and what are the food sources

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Goitre

Seafood salt

58
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What is a deficiency disease for lack of vitamin B1 and what are the food sources

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Beri Beri

Peanuts green leafy vegetables

59
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What is the deficiency disease for lack of protein in it what are the food sources

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Kwashiorkor

Meat, fish, eggs, beans

60
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What effect does Rickets have on the body

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Bones are soft and brittle easily breaking in any force is applied

61
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What effect does anemia have on the body

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People are short of breath tired easily and have muscle pains

62
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What effect does goitre have on the body

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Swelling of the thyroid gland and affects the metabolism

63
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What effect this Scurvy have on the body

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Sores and swelling in the gums

64
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What effect does Night blindness have

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Loss of sight in the night

65
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What effect does Beri Beri have on the body

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Nervous system and how messages travel through the nerves

66
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What effect does Kwashiorkor have on the body

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Puffy ankles and wrist ,thinning hair and enlargement of the liver

67
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What is a pathogen

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A microorganism that causes disease

Christmas Exams 2015 (3 decks)

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