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Exam 3 Pg130-187 Smallest Life Forms Flashcards

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All organic compounds must contain

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Carbon

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All living organisms contain the following elements:

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Carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen

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Organisms are made of cells and cells com from other cells is ____ theory.

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Cell theory

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What are the 3 basic parts of the cell?

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Cell membrane
Cytoplasm
Nucleus

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Cytoplasm is composed mainly of

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Water

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If you looked under a microscope and saw a cell with a cell wall and chloroplasts, you would know that the cell was a

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Plant

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A particle with DNA but no nucleus or cell wall is a

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Virus

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Scientists use a working argument called a

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Hypothesis

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In order to obtain energy and build new material, all living things carry on the process of ____ and reduction.

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Oxidation

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A ____ is a collection of facts and observations which not only describe events happening now, but also predicts future events.

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Theory

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Algae are simple __.

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Plants

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Algae produce what percent of atmospheric oxygen?

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50-90%

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Oxygen is produced by algae in the process of ___.

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Photosynthesis

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Water__ is A threat to algae, and to the supply of oxygen we breathe.

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Pollution

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Protozoa are simple __.

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Bacteria

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What can do these. 5 things:

Grow, reproduce, respond, move, oxidation/reduction to produce energy

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Living things

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Name 4 chemical elements most commonly present in living things.

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Carbon,
Oxygen
Hydrogen
Nitrogen

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Bacilli, spherical, and cocci are three types of

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Bacteria

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Name two elements found in tiny amounts in the cytoplasm

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Iron and copper

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What part of the cell controls the passage of materials in and out of the cell?

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Plasma Membrane

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Penicillin and streptomycin are

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Antibiotics

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Disease causing organisms are called

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Pathogens

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Who developed a vaccination against smallpox?

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Edward Jenner

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What is a substance which contains viral or bacterial antigens?

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Vaccine

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Protection against infection is called

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Immunity

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White bold cells which destroy invaders by surrounding them are called

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Antibodies

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A virus that causes chicken pox, cold sores, and shingles is called

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Herpes virus

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A liquid, containing antibodies, which provide temporary immunity is called

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Antiserum

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Organisms which live in or on other living things are called

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Parasites

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The process by which nitrogen returns to the soil is called

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The nitrogen cycle

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The bacterium that is found in the large intestine is called

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E. coli

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The 3 elements found in tiny amounts of the cytoplasm are

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Iron
Magnesium
Copper

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Chloroplasts, chlorophyll, and light energy all contribute to what process in plants?

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Photosynthesis

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33
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Another name for living thing is:

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Organism

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The basic units of all living things

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Cells

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Protozoa are not plants. They are simple

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Cancer-causing irritants which trigger viruses

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Carcinogens

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A virus which attacks a bacteria

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Bacteriophage

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A disease-causing organism

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Poisonous chemicals produced by bacteria

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A general term for microscopic forms of life capable of living under ext team conditions.

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Rod shaped bacteria

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Round, or sphere-shaped bacteria that link together like beads on a necklace.

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Spiral-shaped bacteria are called

44
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What is the best line of defense against bacteria?

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Hand washing

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Which occur in the greatest number, beneficial or harmful bacteria?

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Beneficial

46
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What do almost all bacteria need to reproduce?

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Moisture and warmth

47
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Under ideal conditions for bacteria, do they multiply slowly or rapidly?

48
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What living thing helps nitrogen return to the soil?

49
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Protozoa are members of what Kingdom?

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Algae are members of what kingdom?

51
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The amoeba is probably the best known member of the __

52
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Fungi cannot make their own food, because they are plants without the green pigment___\

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Chlorophyll

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Yeast is a type of ___

54
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Yeast converts foods to alcohol and vinegar , and causes bread dough to __

55
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What does algae help provide for the air?

56
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How many parents are needed for asexual reproduction?

57
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How many parents are needed for sexual reproduction?

58
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Bacteria reproduce by binary fission. What kind of reproduction is binary fission?

59
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What is the ability to regrow a lost body part called?

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Regeneration

60
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In flowering plants, what are the structures the structures that contain the embryo and food called?

61
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Name the male part of the flower.

62
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Seeds in a plant are formed from the fertilization of___.

63
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In a plant, a mature ovary is a ___.

64
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In mammals the male reproductive cell is called the _.

65
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Fertilization takes place in the female __.

66
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What supplies food and oxygen for the developing embryo while it is in the uterus?

67
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How many chromosomes does the human body cell contain?

68
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How many chromosomes does the human sperm or egg cell contain?

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Chromosomes are made up of genes, and genes contain ___.

70
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What substance contains the codes for the production of proteins and enzymes? This substance is located in genes.

71
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Which gender will a an embryo with the XY chromosome be, male or female?

72
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Female reproductive part of a flower

73
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Tiny new organism formed when egg and sperm join

74
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In women the most likely time for an egg to be fertilized is about day ___ of her menstrual cycle.

75
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Organisms can reproduce in two ways. Name them.

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Sexual and asexual reproduction

76
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Stem cuttings from som kind of plants will grow into new plants . Name two kings of plants.

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Willows, lilac, rose, potato, , sugar cane, banana

77
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Are new organisms that are produced by asexual reproduction DIFFERENT or IDENTICAL to their parent?

78
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Cell activities are regulated by DNA, because DNA directs the manufacture of the major building blocks of all cells, which are called

79
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Subunits of the bases cytosine, adenine, and two other based are arranged in sequence to form new copies of the DNA molecule. The two other bases are:

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Guanine and Thymine

80
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The nucleus acid molecule which contains chemical instructions that direct cell activities and transmit inheritance is called

81
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The structures which govern inheritance are located on the chromosome, and are called

82
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When 2 PUREBRED organisms with different expressions of a trait are crossed, their offspring show only ONE Expression of that trait. In this case, the ONE TRAIT is called:

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A Dominant trait

83
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The chromosome contribution which decides the sex of the child is the mother or the father?

84
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How often do adult males produce sperm?

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In monthly cycles

85
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Glands in a male secrete the fluid which provides a pathway for sperm. This pathway is called

86
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In the human male, sperm cells are produced in the

87
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The afterbirth , which detaches from the mother ‘a body after the baby is born, is made up of the placenta and the __ __.

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Umbilical cord

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During the birth of a baby, contractions help move the baby into the birth canal. The body part which contracts is called the

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