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1
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What does Biology mean?

A

Life Study of

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Types of Reproduction

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Sexual & A Sexual

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3
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Adapt to the Environment

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A change to an organism

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4
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Father of Evolution

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Charles Darwin

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5
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Species are more likely to survive when?

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They adapt to their environment and reproduce

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Charles Darwins Boat name

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The Beagle

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Evolution is believed to provide the explanation for?

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The unity and diversity of all living things

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8
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1st living organism

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Unicellular Prokaryote

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Diversity is the?

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Adaption made to survive

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10
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Two ways for growth?

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Cell size increase or number of cells increases

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11
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Develop changes from?

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Conception to after death

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12
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Has to have what to be considered living?

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Cells

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13
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Lists the levels of organization

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Atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems.

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14
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made of cells

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Basic unit of life

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15
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Functions of Energy are?

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The ability to do work or bring about a change, and Ultimate source of energy is the sun.

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16
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Maintain Homeostasis means?

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Staying the same

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17
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The internal environment stays consistent despite environmental changes.

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Maintain Homeostasis

18
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Respond to Stimuli is?

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A response usually demonstrated by movement to or away from a stimuli.

19
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Taxonomy is?

A

The science of identifying or classifying organisms

20
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The acronym for the “Levels of Classification”?

A

Dumb Kings Play Cards On Fat Green Stools

21
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Lists the levels of classification

A

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

22
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3 Types of domains

A

Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya

23
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Types of Kingdoms?

A

Protista, Fungi, Plantae, & Animalia

24
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Protista is the

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Catch all kingdom

25
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In the Protista kingdom most are?

A

Uni cellular but some are multi-cellular; plant like but some are animal like

26
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Fungi do what to absorb nutrition?

A

Decompose and break down

27
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Plantae do what to make food?

A

photosynthesis

28
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3 parts of Animalia are?

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Multi cellular, ingest their food, Motile/ mobile at some point in their life.

29
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The system for Binomial Nomenclature?

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two terms are used to denote a species of living organism

30
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Biosphere

A

Where living things are found

31
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All populations that interact with one another are?

A

Ecosystem

32
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What includes living and nonliving plants/animals?

A

Ecosystem

33
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Two major ecosystems are the

A

Coral Reed / Rain Forest

34
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Bio-Diversity

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Total number of different species in a given area

35
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EO Wilson discovered two things?

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Fire Ants / estimate of 15 million species (2 million that we know of)

36
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Extinction

A

Death of an entire species

37
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how many species go extinct a day

A

estimated around 400

38
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Alexander Fleming

A

1st antibiotic Penicillin

39
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Describe the scientific method

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state the problem, gather information (use senses), form a hypothesis (educated guess), Test the hypothesis (experiment), state the conclusion (support)

40
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What is Scientific Law (Principal)?

A

Theories that are generally accepted by the scientific community.

41
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Technology

A

The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes.

42
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what book did Rachel Carson write?

A

Silent Spring

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