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What is science?

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Not a search for the truth, but trying to learn about the world

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What is an independent variable?

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The variable that I change, the one that can be manipulated.

For example, the different foods in a food lab.

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What is abiogenesis?

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Living things can arise from non-living things.

A theory that was proven to be incorrect.

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Control variable

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Variable that can NOT be changed.

For example, in food lab the Benedict’s solution.

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What is a dependent variable?

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The responding variable. Variable that responds to the independent variable.

For example in the food lab, it is the table and results.

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What is a control group?

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Baseline data. Measurements at the beginning.

For example, the beginning weight of all the contestants on The Biggest Loser.

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What is biology?

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The study of life.

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What is a hypothesis?

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An educated guess.

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What is KHDMDCM?

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K : kilo-
H : hecto-
D:  deka-
M : meter-
D:  deci-
C:  centi-
M : milli-
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What is the unit for measuring length?

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Meter

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What is the unit for measuring volume?

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Liter

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What is the unit for measuring mass?

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Gram

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What is the scale used to measure temperature?

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Celsius. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. It freezes at 0 degrees.

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What are the characteristics of living things?

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All have DNA

All grow or develop

All reproduce
All use energy or have a metabolism
All evolve or adapt to change (change to better fit their environment)
They respond to a stimuli
The maintain constant internal conditions

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What is metabolism?

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Energy use a living thing.

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Biology

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Study of life.

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A- or an-

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Not or non

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Meso-

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Middle

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Endo-

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Inside

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Aero-

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Needing oxygen or air

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Anti-

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Against

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Arth-

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Joint or jointed

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Auto-

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Self

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Bio-

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Related to life

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Chloro-

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Green

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Cyto-

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Cell

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Di-

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Double

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Mono-

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Singular or one

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Geo-

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Pertaining to the Earth

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Epi-

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Above

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Exo-

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Outer, external

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Gastro-

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Stomach

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Hemo-

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Blood

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Hetero-

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Different

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Homo-

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Same

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Macro-

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Large

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Micro-

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Small

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Multi-

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Consisting of many units

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Photo-

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Pertaining to light

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Pre-

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Before

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Lipo-

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Pertaining to fat

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Poly-

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Many

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-Cyst

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Pouch

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-Derm

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Skin layer

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-Saccharides

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Sugar

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-Itis

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Inflammation

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-Logy

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Study of

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-Meter

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Measurement

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-Osis

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Condition

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-Phase

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Stage

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-Pod

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Foot

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-Stasis

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Stationary condition

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-Lisis

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Break

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-Synthesis

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To build or make

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Biosphere

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The layer on planet earth where life exist

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Atom

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Makes ups all matter

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Molecule

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2 or more atoms join chemicly

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Macromolecule

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Very large molecule

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Organelle

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Subunit within a cell with a specific function

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Cell

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The basic unit of all living things

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Tissue

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Any of the distinct types of materials which plants or animals are made

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Organs

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A part of an organism that’s self contained and has a function

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Organ system

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A group of organs that work together to perform 1 or more functions

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Organism

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Individual animal, plant, or single called life form

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Population

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A group of same species that life in the same geographical area

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Community

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An interacting group of varied species in a common location

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Ecosystem

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A community of living organisms in conjunction with no living components of their environment

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Biome

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A large community of plants and animals that occupies a distinct region

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Nucleus fxn

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Isolates DNA from cytoplasm, not found in prokaryotics

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Cromotin fxn

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Controls all activities of the cell by turning genres on or off

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Nuclear envelope fxn

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Control passage of materials into and out on nucleus

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Cell membrane fxn

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Controls the passage of materials into and out of the cell; communicated with dame eat cells

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Nucleolus fxn

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Site of ribosome assembly

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Cell wall fxn

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Support and protects the cell, deter men’s the cell shape

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Cytoplasm fxn

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Contains enzymes carry out basic metabolism

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Mitochondria fxn

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Carries out cellular respiration to make ATP for the cell

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Chloroplast fxn

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Carries out photosynthesis to make carbohydrates for the cell

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Golgi fxn

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Modifies proteins by adding carbohydrates and or lipids sorts packages and send proteins to final location within the cell

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Vacular fxn

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Stores water nutrition pigments ( in plants of waste)

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Rough ER fxn

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Modifies proteins made by attached ribosomes adding carbohydrates and or lipids

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Smooth ER fxn

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Makes new lipids and membranes for the cell

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