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List the order of population levels from smallest to largest.

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Population
Species
Community
Ecosystem
Biosphere
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What are the 7 characteristics of all living organisms?

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  1. Composed of cells
  2. Complex and ordered
  3. Respond to their environment
  4. Can grow, develop and reproduce
  5. Obtain and use energy
  6. Maintain internal balance
  7. Allow for evolutionary adaptation
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Which is larger: a population or a community?

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Community

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__________ is an emergent property.

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Life

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This results from interaction of components and cannot be deducted by looking at parts themselves.

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Emergent Properties

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Deductive reasoning is…

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General principles to make specific predictions.

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_________ is general principles to make specific predictions.

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Deductive Reasoning

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Inductive Reasoning

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Specific observations to develop general conclusions.

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__________ is specific observations to develop general conclusions.

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Inductive Reasoning

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An example of a macromolecule is…

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DNA

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An example of an organelle is…

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Mitochondria

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List the order of cellular level from largest to smallest.

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Cell
Organelle
Macromolecule
Molecule
Atoms
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Which is smaller: a cell or a molecule?

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Molecule

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Which is smaller: a macromolecule or an organelle?

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Macromolecule

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Observation and Hypothesis Formation are examples of __________ reasoning.

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Inductive

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Prediction, experimentation and conclusion are examples of __________ reasoning.

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Deductive

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If you refine your hypothesis with new data, it is called __________.

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Iterative

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__________ lead to predictions.

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Hypotheses

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__________ is a possible explanation of observations and must be tested for validity.

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Hypothesis

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An experiment tests the __________.

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Hypothesis

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True or false: an experiment tests many variables.

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False (one variable at a time).

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In order to perform a valid experiment, there must be a test group and a __________ group.

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Control

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Hypotheses are (accepted/rejected) if experiments produce results inconsistent with the predictions.

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Rejected

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More experimentally supported predictions make a hypothesis (more/less) valid.

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More

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_________ is the use of a high temperature to kill microorganisms (mainly used for foods).

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Pasteurization

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Pasteur was a scientist that tested which 2 hypotheses?

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Germ hypothesis and spontaneous generation hypothesis

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What instrument did Pasteur use to disprove the spontaneous generation hypothesis?

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Swan-neck flask

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What is the Germ Hypothesis?

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When something becomes contaminated due to existing germs or germs in the air.

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What is the spontaneous generation hypothesis?

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That germs arise spontaneously.

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What experiment proved that bacteria in foods rose from existing germs or germs in the air (Germ Hypothesis)?

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Swan-neck experiment

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