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Chapter 1: A view of life Flashcards

1
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Biology

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the study of living things

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Living Environment

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interaction between the living things in the environment and the non-living things in the environment

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Atom

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smallest unit of an element composed of electrons, protons, and neutrons

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Molecule

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union of two or more atoms of the same or different elements

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Organelles

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“little organs” structures found in cells that carry out the basic functions for the cell to live

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Cell

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the structural and functional unit of all living things

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Unicellular organism

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a cell that lives independently

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Multicellular organism

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similar cells combine to form an organism

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Simple multicellular organism

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volvox

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Complex multicellular organism

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human

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Tissue

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a group of cells with a common structure and function

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Organ

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composed of tissues functioning together for a specific task

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Organ system

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composed of several organs working together

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Organism

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an individual living thing

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Population

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organisms of the same species in a particular area

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Community

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interacting populations in a particular area
(only living things)

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17
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Ecosystem

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a community plus the physical environment

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Biosphere

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regions of the Earth’s crust, waters and atmosphere inhabited by living things

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19
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Living things are______________and contain many complex chemical substances

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highly organized

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20
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Living things are made up of_____________(unicellular, mulitcellular)

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one or more cells

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21
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Living things use___________ (cellular respiration, photosynthesis)

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energy

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22
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Living things have___________and limited size

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definite

23
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Living things_______

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grow

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Living things___________to changes in the environment

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respond

25
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Living things are able to__________(asexually, sexually)

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reproduce

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Groups of living things can_________

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change

27
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modifications that make organisms suited to their way of life

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Adaptations

28
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a species can serve as a common ancestor to several species, each adapted to a particular set of environmental conditions

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Evolution

29
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Charles Darwin’s theory that organisms become modified over time

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Natural Selection

30
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the things an organism does to stay alive

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Life Processes

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when an organism takes materials from its external environment and changes them into forms it can use

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Nutrition

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the taking in of food from the environment

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Ingestion

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the breakdown of complex food materials into simpler forms

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Digestion

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makes its own food

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Autotroph

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get its food from an animal or a plant

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Heterotroph

36
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the process by which organisms get energy from food

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Cellular Respiration

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the capacity to do work

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Energy

38
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the process by which an organism gets rid of waste products

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Excretion

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the movement of materials through an organism (ex, circulatory system- blood, RBC’s, WBC’s platelets, plasma)

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Transport

40
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when organisms combine simple substances chemically into more complex sentences

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Synthesis

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the process by which living organisms increase in size

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Growth

42
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all of the activities that help to maintain an organism’s homeostasis

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Regulation

43
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the process by which living things produce new organisms of their own kind

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Reproduction

44
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a single organism produces an exact replica of itself

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Asexual

45
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two parents combine genetic material to form offspring

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Sexual

46
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all chemical reactions occurring within a living organism fall under this process

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Metabolism

47
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an educated or possible explanation for the proposed question using indicative reasoning

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Hypothesis

48
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when a scientist uses creative thinking to combine isolated fats into a cohesive whole

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Inductive reasoning

49
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the part of the experiment where tests and trials are done to support or refute a hypothesis

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Experimental group

50
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the effects of one single factor

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Variable

51
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the variable the scientist changes

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Independent Variable

52
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what happens as a direct result of changing the independent variable

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Dependent Variable

53
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conditions that must remain the same between the experimental group and the control group

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Control Variables

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