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Biology Semester Exam Flashcards

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What is a fact?

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When an observation has been repeated and confirmed

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What is a law?

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A generalization on HOW some aspect of the natural world based under stated circumstances

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What is a theory?

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A solid EXPLANATION of some aspect of the natural world that can incorporate facts laws, and tested hypotheses.

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What is a hypothesis?

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Educated guess

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What steps are in the scientific method?

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Problem, hypothesis, Experiment, Data Analysis, and Conclusion

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What is the independent variable?

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What is chanced in an experiment

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What is the dependent variable?

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What responds to what is changed in an experiment

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What is Ecology?

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The study of the relationships of organisms with one another and their environment

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their abiotic environment

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What is a community?

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Many DIFFERENT populations of organisms together

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What is biotic potential?

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When a population grows without limiting factors acting on it

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What is emigration?

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When members of a population leave an area

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What is immigration?

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New members entering a population

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What is symbiosis?

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When different species live together

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What is Parasitism?

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When one organism benefits, while another is harmed

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What is Commesalism?

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When one organism benefits, while another is neutral

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What is mutalism?

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When bother organisms benefit

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What is Co-evolution?

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Describes long term evolutionary adjustments that are made between two species interacting w/ eachother

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Who is Charles Darwin?

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Natural Scientist who formulated the theory of evolution through natural selection

20
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What are some examples of macromolecules?

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Proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates

21
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What are proteins?

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Building blocks for our body

-Created on RIBOSOMES

22
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What are lipids?

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Used to store energy and create hormones

-Built with the sub-units: fatty acids and glycerol

23
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What is a nucleic acid?

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Used to create a genetic blueprint

  • Made by linking nucleotides together
  • Help created DNA and RNA
24
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What are carbohydrates?

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Used for quick sources of energy

-Glucose is a building block

25
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What is dehydration synthesis?

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When macromolecule subunits are joined a water molecule must be taken out

26
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What is hydrolysis?

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When a water molecule must be added to break a macromolecule apart
-Opposite of dehydration synthesis

27
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What kind of cells are eukaryotes?

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Animal and Cell

28
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What is the endoplasmic reticulum?

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Canals that transport proteins to the Golgi body

29
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What is a ribosome?

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Where proteins are built

30
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What is the Golgi body?

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Packages and distributes proteins created in the cell

31
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What are lysosomes?

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Digest old cell parts and foreign material

32
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Cyto

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Cell

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Endo

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In

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Exo

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Out

35
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Lysis

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Break

36
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Hydro

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Water

37
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Karyote

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Nut

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Pro

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Before

39
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Eu

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True

40
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Ana

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Build

41
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Cata

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Break

42
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NA

A

Nucleic Acid

43
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Phago

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Eat

44
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Pino

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Drink

45
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What is Active Transport?

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When material has to pas into or out of a cell from a low to high concentration

46
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What is respiration?

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Process to produce energy in the form of ATP

-Occurs in Mitochondria

47
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What are the 5 levels of organization for multi-celled organisms?

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1) Cells
2) Tissue
3) Organs
4) Organ Systems
5) Organism

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