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1
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What is the function of the bladder?

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Retain urine

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2
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Where are sperm cells made?

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Testis

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3
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What is the main function of the ovaries?

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Produce ova

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What structure is the one responsible of starting sexual changes in a person’s body?

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Pituitary gland

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5
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Boys are in control of erections all the time

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False

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6
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The rectum and bladder are part of the reproductive system

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False

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7
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Semen includes sperm cells always

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False

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8
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Adolescence starts with the maturity of the gonads

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True

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It’s normal for hair to grow on the skin in front of the pubic bone

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True

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Chamber in the heart that receives oxygenated blood from the lungs

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Left atrium

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Part of the lungs that is in charge of gas exchange

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Alveoli

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12
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Only vein in the body that carries oxygenated blood

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Pulmonary vein

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13
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Organ that works only as a pump in humans

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Heart

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14
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The endocrine system is in charge of…

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Growth, development and digestion

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15
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The nervous system is in charge of…

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Movement, thoughts and emotions

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16
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Maintains balance with its environment

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Homeostasis

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17
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Is the basic unit of life

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Cell

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18
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Is a collection of alls with a specific purpose

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Tissue

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19
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A group of tissues with a specific purpose

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Organ

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20
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A group of organs with a specific purpose

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Organ system

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21
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A group of organ system with a specific purpose

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Organism

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22
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Short plants live around free standing water

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Non-vascular and seedless

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23
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Tall plants live around free standing water

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Vascular and seedless

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24
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Short plants reproduce via pollination

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Non-vascular with seeds

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25
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Tall plants reproduce via pollination

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Vascular with seeds

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26
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What science studies plants?

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Botany

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27
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What science studies drugs and its effects in the organism?

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Pharmacology

28
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How do gymnosperms reproduce?

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Via pollination

29
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What’s the difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms?

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Gymnosperms reproduce with cones white and angiosperms have fruits

30
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Virus is made of:

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DNA

31
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Virus infects:

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Humans

32
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Viroid is made of:

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RNA

33
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Viroid infects:

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Plants

34
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Prion is made of:

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Proteins

35
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Prion infects:

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Animals

36
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What marine ecosystem is found only in warm waters?

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Coral reefs

37
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What marine ecosystem is found only in cold waters?

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Kelp forests

38
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Into how many zones oceans is divided?

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4 zones

39
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What are the zones into which ocean are divided?

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Intertidal zone, neritic zone, bathyal zone and abyssal zone

40
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In how many zones lakes are divided?

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3 zones

41
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What zones lakes are divided?

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Littoral zone, limnetic zone and benthic zone

42
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Particulates that can irritate your respiratory system or lungs

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Air pollution

43
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The increase in global temperatures

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Global warming

44
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Major cause of the extinction of species

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Loss of habitat

45
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Maximum number of organisms that an ecosystem can hold

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Carrying capacity

46
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It includes any form of precipitation with acidic components

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Acid rain

47
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Process by which radiation from a planet’s atmosphere warms the planet’s surface

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Greenhouse effect

48
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Those whose existence in an ecosystem lets there be life

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Keystone species

49
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Those whose protection, also helps other species to continue living

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Umbrella species

50
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His contribution vas a classification system that goes from kingdom to species

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Linnaeus

51
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His observations suggested that species shared common ancestors rather than arising separately

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Buffon

52
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His findings suggest that more-complex forms developed from less-complex forms

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Edward Darwin

53
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He suggested that environmental change leads to use or disuse of a structure

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Lamarck

54
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This system of classification uses latin

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True

55
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The two-word names include the genus and species of the organism

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True

56
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Both of the words in the two-word names are written in capital

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False

57
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The part of earth where life exists is called..

A

Biosphere

58
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All water on earth is part of the…

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Hydrosphere

59
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All geological formations on earth are part of the..

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Geosphere

60
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All living things on earth are part of the..

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Biota

61
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It contains most of the genetic information

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Nucleus

62
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It works as the powerhouse of the cell

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Mitochondria

63
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It gives the cell its shape and aids in reproduction

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Cytoskeleton

64
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It packages proteins(among other things)

A

Golgi apparatus

65
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What does biology study?

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Life

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