Biology Unit 1 Flashcards

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What is the ultimate source of energy for all things?

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THE SUN

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What are the basic themes in Biology?

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EVOLUTION OF LIFE
ADAPTATION
NATURAL SELECTION
GENETIC VARIATION 
ARTIFICIAL BREEDING
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What is a producer?

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A “producer” produces their own food from raw materials and energy from the sun

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What is an autotroph?

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An autotroph is another name for a producer

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What is photosynthesis?

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Photosynthesis is the process by which plants make food for themselves

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What are consumers/heterotrophs?

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Consumers/heterotrophs depend on producers for food, energy, and oxygen

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Survival of organisms depends upon the __________ ________ ____ __________ from generation to generation.

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Orderly transmission of information

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An information transfer involves:

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GENES AND PROTEINS

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What are genes?

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THE HEREDITARY MATERIAL

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What are proteins?

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Basic molecules in cells which are responsible for cell structure and function. (FORM BUILDING BLOCKS, HORMONES, ENZYMES)

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All living things are composed of ___________

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CELLS

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___________ are the structural/functional unit of all living things

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CELLS

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_______________ have no true nucleus or other organelles

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PROKARYOTIC CELLS

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_____________ have a membrane-bound nucleus and organelles.

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EUKARYOTIC

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Examples of Prokaryotic cells include:

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EUBACTERIA AND ARCHAEABACTERIA

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The method of growth and development includes an increase in both the __________ and _________ of cells.

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SIZE AND NUMBER

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______________ is all the changes that occur in a lifetime

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DEVELOPMENT

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________________ is the sum total of all CHEMICAL REACTIONS that take place in the body/organism

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METABOLISM

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___________ means “breaking down”

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CATABOLISM

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Two examples of catabolism includes:

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DIGESTION and CELLULAR RESPIRATION

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_______________ means “building up”

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ANABOLISM

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Three examples of anabolism include:

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PHOTOSYNTHESIS, PROTEIN SYNTHESIS, and DNA REPLICATION

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_____________ is the body’s ability to maintain a constant or stable internal environment (achieved through metabolism)

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HOMEOSTASIS

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Examples of Homeostasis include:

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BODY TEMPERATURE, BLOOD PRESSURE, SWEATING, and HEAVY BREATHING

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________________ is the ability to respond to a stimulus
RESPONSIVENESS
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____________ is the physical/chemical changes to the internal/external environment
STIMULUS
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_______________ is not always locomotion. Can be obvious or subtle.
MOVEMENT
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The three types of locomotion are:
CILIA MOVEMENT FLAGELLA MOVEMENT AMEOBA MOVEMENT
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______________: numerous, short, hair-like movement
CILIA MOVEMENT
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_____________: few, long, whip-like movement
FLAGELLA MOVEMENT
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___________: have an "oozing" movement
AMEOBA MOVEMENT
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________________ disproved Spontaneous Generation
LOUIS PASTEUR
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______________ meant that an organism could come from inanimate objects
SPONTANEOUS GENERATION
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An organism can come only from _________________
PREVIOUSLY EXISTING ORGANISMS
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What are the two types of Reproduction?
ASEXUAL and SEXUAL REPRODUCTION
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___________ is an approach to understanding the natural world.
SCIENCE
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__________ can be used by scientists to explain or demonstrate those things in science that may be too large or too small to manipulate in real life
MODELING
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To notice or see something ( personally or based on previous research) that can be measured.
OBSERVATION
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The statement "some tomatoes in my garden are larger than others." is an example of a(n) _______________
OBSERVATION
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A _____________ is well-defined which arises from the observations made previously
QUESTION
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"Does the amount of water each plan receives affect the growth of the tomato?" The text previously stated is an example of a _______________
QUESTION
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_____________ is an educated guess or tentative explanation to a question.
HYPOTHESIS
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A _______________ refers to a general statement that there is no relationship between the two measured phenomena
NULL HYPOTHESIS
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The rejection of the null hypothesis then leads to a(n) __________________
ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS
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A ________________ seeks to find a relationship between the two phenomena
ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS
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The statement: "Varying amounts of water have no effect on tomato growth." is an example of a(n) _______________
NULL HYPOTHESIS
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The statement: "The more water a tomato plant receives, the larger the tomato fruit will grow." is an example of a(n) ______________
ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS
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This is typically an "if-then" statement which leads to your experiment.
PREDICTION
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The statement: "If I water half of my garden three times a week and the other half only one time a week, the more watered side will produce larger tomatoes." is an example of a(n) __________________
PREDICTION
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The _________________ is the factor that varies in the experiment.
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
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The ________________ is the factor that will be affected by the _______________.
DEPENDENT VARIABLE | INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
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_______________ is the group in which the independent variable is manipulated.
EXPERIMENTAL GROUP
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The ______________ is the group in which the independent variable is removed or set at a specific standard.
CONTROL GROUP
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The _____________ serves as a comparison for the experimental group.
CONTROL GROUP
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A ______________ is a well supported hypothesis
THEORY
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A _______________ is comprised of a body of ideas and concepts which have been thoroughly tested by various individuals to the point of being accepted as "fact"
THEORY
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A ______________ is a theory that is nearly universally accepted
PRINCIPLE
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A _____________ is a principle of the greatest importance
LAW
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________________ takes general information and applies it to specific instances
DEDUCTIVE REASONING
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_______________ begins with specific information and looks to apply it to larger, more general instances.
INDUCTIVE REASONING
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The ______________ is a common measure of central tendency.
MEAN OR AVERAGE
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_____________ can be determined in most cases by adding together the values and dividing by the number of values.
MEAN OR AVERAGE
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The _______________ is a measure of how much variability there is around the mean.
STANDARD DEVIATION
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A ________________ indicates that the data points tend to be very close to the mean
LOW STANDARD DEVIATION
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A ________________ is sometimes called the "expected value"
LOW STANDARD DEVIATION
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A ____________ indicates that the data points are spread out over a large range of values.
HIGH STANDARD DEVIATION
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Values that fall more than two standard deviations away from normal are considered _______________
"SIGNIFICANT"
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Different organisms have specialized structures to accomplish the task of removing oxygen from their ________________ and transporting it to the cell
ENVIRONMENT
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The act of the oxygen being used in the oxidation of foods and in other metabolic activities is known as _______________
CELLULAR RESPIRATION
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The utilization of oxygen is called _______________
CELLULAR RESPIRATION
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Many of the marine animals breathe by means of ___________
GILLS
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In the vertebrates the gills are made up of ________________
GILL FILAMENTS
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Gill filaments are found beneath the ____________________
OPERCULUM
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______________ is the ability of an organism to change to meet it's changing envirionment
ADAPTATION
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___________ helps ensure an organism's survival
ADAPTATION
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_______________ is not the same as evolution because of the shorter time period
ADAPTATION
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What are the three methods of adaptation?
STRUCTURAL PHYSIOLOGICAL BEHAVIORAL
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"Zebra stripes serve as camouflage" the preceding statement refers to a type of __________________
STRUCTURAL ADAPTATION
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"Zebra stomach has adapted to feeding on coarse grass left by other grazers" The preceding statement is an example of a(n) _____________________
PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION
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"Zebras sometimes stand back-to-back to watch for predators" The preceding statement is an example of what kind of adaptation?
BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATION
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______________ is the exchange of gases; releasing energy from foods
RESPIRATION
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______________ is the exchange of gases
RESPIRATION
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_____________ is the release of energy to create ATP
CELLULAR RESPIRATION
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______________ respiration is the process of atmosphere to body fluids
EXTERNAL RESPIRATION
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_________________ changes fluids to cells
INTERNAL BODY RESPIRATION
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_______________ is the process of ridding the body of metabolic wastes
EXCRETION
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What are three examples of excretion ?
SOLID WASTE URINE SWEAT
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_____________ is the production/delivery of specialized substances
SECRETION
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What are two examples of secretion ?
HORMONES | TEARS
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________________ is the process in which absorbed units are changed into forms that re chemically different from those that entered the body fluids.
ASSIMILATION
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What are the 10 levels of "Biological Organization" ?
``` CHEMICAL LEVEL CELLULAR LEVEL TISSUE LEVEL ORGAN LEVEL ORGAN SYSTEMS ORGANISM LEVEL POPULATION COMMUNITY ECOSYSTEM BIOSPHERE ```
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What make up the chemical level in the "Levels of Biological Organization"?
ATOMS MOLECULES MACROMOLECULES ORGANELLES
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There is ___________ in the chemical level.
NO LIFE
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What is the big difference between the cellular level and the chemical level?
THE CHEMICAL LEVEL HAS NO LIFE, WHILE THE CELL LEVEL DOES
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What makes up the tissue level?
EPITHELIAL CONNECTIVE MUSCLE NERVOUS
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What makes up the organs level?
SKIN BONE LIVER
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How many organ systems do we humans have?
ELEVEN MOTHER FUCKER
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_________________ is the interacting members of the same species in the same area at the same time.
POPULATION
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________________ is all the populations in a given area at the same time.
COMMUNITY
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__________________ is the community (biotic) and the abiotic environment
ECOSYSTEM
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_______________ is all of the earth's communities of organisms
BIOSPHERE
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What are three different branches of the biosphere?
ATMOSPHERE HYDROSPHERE LITHOSPHERE
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_______________ studies the diversity of organisms and their evolutionary relationships.
SYSTEMATICS
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What is the science of naming and classifying organisms?
TAXONOMY
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Who developed the Binomial System of Nomenclature?
CAROLUS LINNAEUS
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When did Carolus Linnaeus develop the Binomial System of Nomenclature?
IN THE 18TYH CENTURY
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What is the Binomial System of Nomenclature used for?
FOR NAMING AND CLASSIFYING ORGANISMS
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Scientific name: ___________ and ____________
GENUS | SPECIES
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__________ name reveals a common ancestry
GENUS
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_____________ name is often a descriptive word
SPECIES
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How is the genus and species name supposed to be hand-written?
Genus is capitalized and species is lower cased, and also both words are separately underlined
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How is the genus and species supposed to typed?
It is supposed to be typed in italics with the genus name being capitalized and the species name being lower cased
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How many domains are there in the taxonomic classification?
3 DOMAINS
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How many of the domains of the taxonomic classification are bacteria?
2 OF THE DOMAINS ARE BACTERIA
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How many kingdoms are there in the taxonomic classification?
THERE ARE SIX KINGDOMS
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What is the Taxonomic Hierarchy? (Classification Ladder)
``` DOMAIN KINGDOM PHYLUM CLASS ORDER FAMILY GENUS SPECIES ```
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This contains the Kingdom Eubacteria, and consists of the common "true" bacteria.
EUBACTERIA DOMAIN
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Blue-green algae is an example of what domain?
THE EUBACTERIA DOMAIN
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This contains the Kingdom Archaebacteria and consists of a few very extreme bacteria-like organisms.
THE ARCHAEA BACTERIA DOMAIN
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This contains the Kingdoms Animalia, Plantae, Protista, and Fungi.
THE EUKARYA DOMAIN
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What is the name of the following kingdom based on these given traits: * Eukaryotic * Multicellular * Motile (locomotion) * Heterotrophic * Tissue specialization * Highly organized body system
Kingdom Animalia
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What is the name of this kingdom based on these given traits: * Eukaryotic * Multicellular * Photosynthesis * Non-motile * Autotrophic * Nonvascular plants such as mosses * Vascular plants such as ferns, conifers, and flowering plants * Tissue specialization
KINGDOM PLANTAE
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What is the name of the kingdom based on these given traits: * Eukaryotic * Most diverse kingdom * Unicellular or Multicellular * Motile or Non-Motile * Heterotrophic or Autotrophic (photosynthesis) * Protozoans, algae, water molds, slime molds, Kelp (seaweed)
KINGDOM PROTISTA
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What is the name of the kingdom based on these given traits: * Eukaryotic * Unicellular or Multicellular * Motile or Non-Motile * Heterotrophic * Take in food through absorption * Mushrooms, molds, yeasts, mildews
KINGDOM FUNGI
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What is the name of the kingdom based on these given traits: * They are all prokaryotic and unicellular * Microscopic * Most are decomposers, some are parasitic * They may be autotrophic or heterotrophic
KINGDOM EUBACTERIA
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What is the name of the kingdom based on these give traits: * They are all prokaryotic and unicellular * Microscopic * Differ biochemically from Eubacteria * May inhabit extreme, inhospitable environments such as sewage, swamps, animal digestive tracts, or hot springs * They are ALL HETEROTROPHIC
KINGDOM ARCHAEBACTERIA
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What is the classification of the human?
``` DOMAIN- EUKARYA KINGDOM- ANIMALIA PHYLUM- CHORDATA CLASS- MAMMALIA ORDER- PRIMATES FAMILY- HOMINIDAE GENUS- HOMO SPECIES- SAPIEN ```
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Why is chemistry important to biology?
Because, an organism's functions depend on cellular functions and cellular functions result from chemical changes.
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What is matter?
ANYTHING THAT HAS MASS AND TAKES UP SPACE
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What is an element made of?
AN ELEMENT IS COMPOSED OF CHEMICALLY IDENTICAL ATOMS
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A(n) _____________ cannot be chemically broken down
ELEMENT
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There are ___________ naturally occurring elements, and all others are man-made.
92
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____________ are the smallest unit of an element that retains the chemical characteristics of an element.
ATOMS
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What are the four most abundant elements?
CARBON HYDROGEN OXYGEN NITROGEN
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What are the "small portion" elements?
CALCIUM PHOSPHOROUS POTASSIUM SODIUM
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What are the "Trace Elements" ?
IODINE COPPER MANGANESE
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Each element has a ______________
CHEMICAL SYMBOL
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How are chemical symbols assigned ?
BY THE BEGINNING LETTER OR TWO OF THE ENGLISH/LATIN NAME
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What are the three subatomic particles?
ELECTRONS PROTONS NEUTRONS
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Where are electron's located?
IN THE CLOUD/ORBITAL
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Where are proton's located?
IN THE NUCLEUS
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Where are neutrons located?
IN THE NUCLEUS
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What is the charge of an electron?
NEGATIVE
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What is the charge of a proton?
POSITIVE
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What is the charge of a neutron?
NEUTRAL
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What is the mass of an electron?
0 AMU
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What is the mass of a proton?
1 AMU
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What is the mass of a neutron?
1 AMU
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The ___________ is a chart of the elements arranged by atomic number
PERIODIC TABLE
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The atomic number is the number of ___________ in the atomic nucleus of an element
PROTONS
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An atom has an overall neutral charge so the number of protons = the number of ___________??
ELECTRONS
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Which subatomic particles have a mass?
PROTONS | NEUTRONS
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You can determine the number of neutrons if you know both the ___________ and the ____________
ATOMIC NUMBER | ATOMIC MASS NUMBER
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An atom with the same atomic number but as a different atomic mass is an example of a ___________
ISOTOPE
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An atom with the same number of protons but has a different number of neutrons is an example of a(n) ____________
ISOTOPE
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Electrons with the same energy occupy the _____________
SAME ENERGY LEVEL
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_____________ are found in the outermost energy level
VALENCE ELECTRONS
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What determines the bonding capabilities of an atom?
VALENCE ELECTRONS
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In an electron arrangement, the first shell holds ___________ electrons.
TWO
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In an electron arrangement, the second shell holds _______ electrons
EIGHT
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In an electron arrangement, the third shell holds ________ electrons
EIGHT
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A _____________ is a particle formed when two or more atoms chemically combine.
MOLECULE
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A __________ may be the same or different
MOLECULE
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A _____________ is a particle formed when two or more atoms of different elements chemically combine.
COMPOUND
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A molecular formula depicts the _____________ present and the ____________ of atoms present in the molecule.
ELEMENTS | NUMBER
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The _____________ shows how atoms bond and are arranged in various molecules.
STRUCTURAL FORMULA
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_____________ is the sum of the atomic masses of all the atoms in a single molecule
MOLECULAR MASS
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One ____________ is the amount of an element or compound whose mass in grams is equivalent to its atomic or molecular mass
MOLE
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What allows for comparison of atoms and molecules of very different masses?
THE MOLE
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Chemical reactions are described by what?
CHEMICAL EQUATIONS
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What are the substances that participate in a reaction?
REACTANTS/SUBSTRATES
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The ___________ is written on the left side of a chemical equation.
REACTANT/SUBSTRATE
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_____________ are substances formed by the reaction.
PRODUCTS
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The ___________ is written on the right side of the chemical reaction.
PRODUCT
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____________ can proceed simultaneously in both directions.
REACTIONS
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At _____________, forward and reverse rates of reaction are equal.
DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM
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What are the five general types of chemical reactions?
``` COMPOSITION REACTIONS DECOMPOSITION REACTIONS SINGLE REPLACEMENT REACTIONS DOUBLE REPLACEMENT REACTIONS REVERSIBLE REACTIONS ```
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What is another name for a composition reaction?
SYNTHESIS OR ANABOLIC REACTION
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What is another name for a decomposition reaction?
CATABOLIC REACTION
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A + B > AB :: Is an example of what kind of reaction?
COMPOSITION
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AB --> A + B:: Is an example of what kind of chemical reaction?
DECOMPOSITION REACTION
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AB + C --> AC + B:: Is an example of what kind of reaction?
SINGLE REPLACEMENT REACTION
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AB + CD --> AD + CB:: Is an example of what kind of reaction?
DOUBLE REPLACEMENT
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A + B AB:: Is an example of what kind of reaction?
REVERSIBLE REACTION
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What are three different types of chemical bonds?
COVALENT BONDS IONIC BONDS HYDROGEN BONDS
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What is the strongest kind of chemical bond?
COVALENT BOND
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What is the weakest kind of bond?
HYDROGEN BOND
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____________ make up things living organisms need.
IONIC BONDS
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_____________ bonds make up living things
COVALENT
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All bonding is based upon the _______________ present in an atom and the atom's attempt to fill the outermost shell.
VALENCE ELECTRONS
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A ____________ is formed when atoms share electrons.
COVALENT BOND
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Hydrogen atoms form __________ bonds.
SINGLE
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Oxygen atoms form ___________ bonds
DOUBLE
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Nitrogen atoms form _________ bonds.
TRIPLE
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Carbon atoms form ___________ bonds.
FOUR
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What are the two types of covalent bonds?
POLAR COVALENT | NONPOLAR COVALENT
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Electrons are shared equally in a(n) ______________ bond.
NONPOLAR COVALENT
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Electrons aren't shared equally in a(n) _____________ bond
POLAR COVALENT
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In a ____________ the charge of the molecule becomes slightly negative.
POLAR COVALENT BOND
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_____________ are formed when electrons are transferred from one atom to another atom.
IONIC BONDS
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A(n) ___________ is an atom with a charge: be it positive or negative.
ION
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A(n) ______________ is a positively charged ion
CATION
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A(n) __________ is a negatively charged ion
ANION
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A cation results in a ____________ of electron(s)
LOSS
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An anion results in the ___________ of electron(s)
GAINING
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_______________ involves reduction reactions
OXIDATION
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______________ involves the transfer of the energy associated with the transferring of electrons
A REDOX REACTION
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______________ and _____________ reactions always occur together
OXIDATION | REDUCTION
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_____________ is the process of losing electrons.
OXIDATION
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______________ is the process of gaining electrons.
REDUCTION
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A _____________ is a weak bond formed between hydrogen atoms that are covalently bonded to another atom
HYDROGEN BOND
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_____________ bonds are easily broken and put back together.
HYDROGEN
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_____________ give water unique properties
HYDROGEN BONDS
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H2O is a(n) _____________
POLAR MOLECULE
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Water is the ______________ inorganic compound in living material
MOST ABUNDANT
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Water makes up _________ of human weight.
2/3
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Water is an excellent ______________: medium for most metabolic reactions and participates in many chemical reactions
SOLVENT
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Water is a _________________, meaning it is an excellent cooling mechanism.
TEMPERATURE BUFFER
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Water is a ____________ molecule.
POLAR
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Water displays ___________ to other water molecules and ___________ to other ionic or polar substances.
COHESION | ADHESION
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What are the two different kinds of energy conversions?
ENDERGONIC REACTIONS & EXERGONIC REACTIONS
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___________ absorb or require the intake of energy
ENDERGONIC REACTIONS
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In endergonic reactions, products contain ___________ energy than the reactants
MORE
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Endergonic reactions are mostly ___________
ANABOLIC
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BUILDING: LIST:
ENDERGONIC ANABOLIC SYNTHESIS COMPOSITION
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BREAK-DOWN: LIST:
DECOMPOSITION CATABOLIC EXERGONIC DEGRADE
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______________ release energy
EXERGONIC REACTIONS
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In _______________, products contain less energy than the reactants
EXERGONIC REACTIONS
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Exergonic reactions are mostly ___________
CATABOLIC
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The study of inland waters.
LIMNOLOGY
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The scientific study of the way plants and animals are treated or used by different human cultures
ETHNO BIOLOGY
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The commercial exploitation of plants by people
ECONOMIC BOTANY
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The study of fossil plants
PALEOBOTANY
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Deals with geographic distribution of plant species and their influence on the earth's surface
PLANT GEOGRAPHY
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The art or practice of garden cultivation and management
HORTICULTURE
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The branch of zoology concerned with mammals
MAMMOLOGY
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The scientific study of birds
ORNITHOLOGY
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The branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians
HERPETOLOGY
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The branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects
ENTOMOLOGY
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The branch of zoology that deals with fishes
ICHTHYOLOGY
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The branch of science that deals with micro-organisms
MICROBIOLOGY
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The study of viruses
VIROLOGY
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The study of bacteria
BACTERIOLOGY
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The scientific study of fungi
MYCOLOGY
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The study of protists
PROTOZOOLOGY
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The study of trees
DENDROLOGY
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The study of humans
ANTHROPOLOGY
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The study of plants
BOTANY
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The study of the behavior, structuure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals
ZOOLOGY
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The study of the structure or internal workings of something
ANATOMY
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The branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts
PHYSIOLOGY
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The study of the mechanics of body movements
KINESIOLOGY
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The branch of physiology and medicine concerned with endocrine glands and hormones
ENDOCRINOLOGY
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The branch of biology concerned with the study of embryos and their development
EMBRYOLOGY
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The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics
GENETICS
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The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth
NUTRITION
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The study of diseases
PATHOLOGY
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The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
ECOLOGY
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The branch of concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics
TAXONOMY
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The branch of science concerned with the chemical and physiochemical processes that occur within living organisms
BIOCHEMISTRY
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The science of the application of the laws of physics to biological phenomena
BIOPHYSICS
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The study of parasitic organisms
PARASITOLOGY
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The study of plant and animal cells
CYTOLOGY
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The study of the microscopic structure of tissues
HISTOLOGY
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The branch of biology that deals with the structure and function of the macromolecules essential to life
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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What are the four factors that affect the rate of chemical reactions?
PARTICLE SIZE TEMPERATURE CONCENTRATION CATALYSTS
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When concerning chemical reactions, as particle size decreases reaction speed _____________
INCREASES
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When concerning chemical reactions, as particle size increases reaction speed _______________
SLOWS DOWN
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When concerning chemical reactions, as temperature increases reaction speed ________________
INCREASES
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When concerning chemical reactions, as temperature decreases reaction speed _____________
SLOWS DOWN
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When concerning chemical reactions, the higher the concentration, the _______________ the reaction time
FASTER
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When concerning, chemical reactions, the lower the concentration, the ____________ the reaction time.
SLOWER
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________________ speed up the rate of a reaction
CATALYSTS
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A(n) _____________ is a substance that dissociates in solution to yield a hydrogen ion and an is an ANION
ACID
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A(n) _____________ is a substance that dissociates to yield a HYDROXIDE ion an is a CATION when dissolved in water
BASE
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A(n) _____________ is the positive ion (CATION) of a base, ionically bonded to the negative ion (ANION) of an acid
SALT
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The degree of a solution's acidity is expressed in ___________
pH
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___________ have a low pH
ACIDS
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___________ have a higher pH
BASES
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A _____________ has a pH of ( 7 )
NEUTRAL SOLUTION
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What is a buffer?
SOMETHING THAT NEUTRALIZES SOLUTIONS