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1
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Steps of the scientific method

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Observation, problem statement, hypothesis, experiment, conclusion

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2
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Planned way to test a hypothesis and find out the answer to the problem statement

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Experiment

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3
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Something in an experiment that changes

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Variable

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4
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Visible or provable fact

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Observation

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5
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When you think of animals as humans

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Anthropomorphism

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6
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Who are animal rights activists number one target

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Farm animal ag

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7
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Characteristics of the cells

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Smallest unit of living system, holds the blueprints of how an animal is put together, viral to all life functions, can reproduce, can change the physical form of an animal

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8
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Viruses can be as small as ____

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20 nanometers

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9
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Organelle that is responsible for holding all the genetic info of blueprints

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Nucleus

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10
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Help build proteins; organelle but doesn’t have a membrane

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Ribosomes

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11
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Sort and package proteins from the ER

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Golgi apparatus

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12
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Site of ATP production from respiration and where food molecules are broken down to release energy

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Mitochondria

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13
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Media for transporting intercellular substances, contains storage vacuoles and vesicles to store nutrients and waste, contains enzymes needed for metabolic reactions

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Cytoplasm

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14
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Determine the hereditary characteristics of animals; transmitted to the offspring from parents

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Genes

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15
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Contains 2 different genes for the same trait

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Heterozygous

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16
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Contains 2 identical genes for the same trait

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Homozygous

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17
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Location of a gene on the chromosome

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Allele

18
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Genetic classification of a gene

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Genotype

19
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The gene that is overshadowed by a dominant gene

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Recessive

20
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Recessive genes attached to the x and Y chromosomes

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Sex-linked

21
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Dramatically different from what is expected genetically

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Mutation

22
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Matting purebreds with grade animals

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Upgrading

23
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Both genes express themselves

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Incomplete dominance

24
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Consists of a body, cervix, and 2 horns

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Uterus

25
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Blister-like mass on the ovary containing a developing ovum; produces and stores estrogen

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Follicle

26
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Attached to the endometrial lining of the uterus by tons of tiny villi; transfers blood, oxygen, and nutrition to the unborn baby

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Placenta

27
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Seals to prevent bacteria from entering reproductive tract

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Cervix

28
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External opening of the reproductive and urinary systems

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Vulva

29
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Two shell membranes are added here to the yolk and white in poultry

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Isthmus

30
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Site of fertilization

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Fallopian tubes

31
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Receives the sperm during mating

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Vagina

32
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Secrete the hormone estrogen; produces eggs or ova in females

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Ovaries

33
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The sensory and erectile organ of the female; located just inside the vulva

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Clitoris

34
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Long, coiled tube that is connected to each testicle, sperm cells are stored here while they mature

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Epididymis

35
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Both testicles do not descend from body cavity

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Ridgling

36
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The tube that carries urine from the bladder

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Urethra

37
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Heat regulating sac that holds the testes

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Scrotum

38
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One testicle does not descend from the body cavity

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Cryptorchid

39
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Divides the two sacs of the scrotum

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Septum

40
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Produces a fluid that moves down the urethra ahead of the seminal fluid and cleans and neutralizes the urethra

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Semen

41
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Deposits the semen with in the female reproductive tract

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Penis