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1
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What is the function of the bladder?

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To 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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To 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 erection at all times

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False

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6
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The rectum and the 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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9
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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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10
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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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11
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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

Digestion

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15
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The nervous system is in charge of

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Movement

Thoughts

Emotions

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16
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When there is an stimulus, the endocrine system responds through

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Chemical signals

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17
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When there is a stimulus, the nervous system uses

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Electricity and chemicals

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18
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Transports oxygen, nutrients, wastes; helps regulate body temperature; collects fluid lost from blood vessels and returns it to circulatory system

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Circulatory

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Breaks down and absorbs nutrients, salts, and water; eliminates some wastes

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Digestive

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Influences, growth, development, metabolism; helps maintain homeostasis

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Endocrine

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21
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Eliminates waste products; helps maintain homeostasis

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Excretory

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22
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Protects against disease; stores and generates white blood cells

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Immune

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23
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Act as a barrier against infection, injury, UV radiation; helps regulate body temperature

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Integumentary

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Produces voluntary and involuntary movements; helps to circulate blood and move food through digestive system

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Muscular

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Regulates body’s response to changes in internal and external environment; processes information

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Nervous

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26
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Produces reproductive cells; in females, provides environment for embryo

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Reproductive

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27
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Brings in O2 for cells; expels CO2 and water vapor

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Respiratory

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28
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Supports and protects vital organs; allows movement; stores minerals, serve as the site for red blood cell production

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Skeletal

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29
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Longest organ

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Skin

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30
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Process in which an organism maintains balance with its environment

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Homeostasis

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31
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Basic unit of life

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Cell

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32
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A collection of alls with a specific purpose

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Tissues

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33
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A group of tissues with a specific purpose

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Organ

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34
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A group of organs with a specific purpose

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Organ system

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35
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A group of organ systems with a specific purpose

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Organism

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36
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Non vascular and seedless

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Short plants that live around free standing water

37
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Non vascular with seeds

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Short plants that reproduce via pollination

38
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Vascular and seedless

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Tall plants that live around free standing water

39
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Vascular with seeds

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Tall plants that reproduce via pollination

40
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What science studies plants?

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Botany

41
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What science studies drugs and its effects in the organisms?

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Pharmacology

42
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How do gymnosperms reproduce?

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Via pollination

43
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What’s the difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms?

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Gymnosperms reproduce with cones while angiosperms have fruits

44
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Viruses are made of

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Dna

45
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Viruses infect

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Humans

46
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Viroids are made of

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RNA

47
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Viroids infectes

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Plants

48
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Prions are made of

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Proteins

49
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Prions infects

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Brain/ animal

50
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Both plants and plantlike protists have

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Photosynthesis

51
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Only plantlike protists have

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No roots or leaves

52
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Both animal and animal like protists are

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Heterotrophs

53
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Only animal like protists are

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Unicellular

54
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Both fungi vs funguslike protists are

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Decomposers

55
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Only funguslike protists

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They move

56
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What marine ecosystem is found only in warm waters?

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Coral reefs

57
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What marine ecosystem is found only in cold waters?

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Kelp forests

58
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What are the 4 zones into which oceans are divided?

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Intertidal zone, neritic zone, bathyal zone, and abyssal zone

59
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What are the 3 zones into which lakes are divided?

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Littoral zone, limnetic zone, ane benthic zone

60
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Particulates that can irritate your respiratory system or lungs

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Air pollution

61
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The increase in global temperatures

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Global warming

62
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Major cause of the extinction of species

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Loss of habitat

63
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Maximum number of organisms that an ecosystem can hold

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Carrying capacity

64
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It includes any form of precipitation with acidic components

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Acid rain

65
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Process by which radiation from planet’s atmosphere warms the planet’s surface

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Greenhouse effect

66
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Those whose existance in an ecosystem lets there be life

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Keystone species

67
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Those whose protection also help other species to continue living

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Umbrella species

68
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His contribution was a classification system that goes from kingdom to species

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Linnaeus

69
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His observations suggested that species shred common ancestors rather than arising separately

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Buffon

70
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His findings suggest that more complex forms developed from less complex forms

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E Darwin

71
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He suggested that environmental change leads to use or disuse of a structure

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Lamarck

72
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Linnaean system of classification uses latin

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True

73
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In the linnaean system of classification the two word names include the genus and species of the organism

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True

74
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Both of the words in the two word names are written in capital

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False

75
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Domain of kingdom bacteria

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Bacteria

76
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Domain of kingdom archaea

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Archaea

77
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Domain of kingdom protista, plantae, fungi, animalia

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Eukarya

78
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The part of Earth where life exists is called

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Biosphere

79
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All water on Earth is part of the

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Hydrosphere

80
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All geological formations on Earth are part of the

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Geosphere

81
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All living things on Earth are part of the

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Biota

82
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Ir contains most of the genetic information

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Nucleus

83
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It works as the powerhouse of the cell

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Mitochondria

84
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It gives the cell its shape and aids in reproduction

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Cytoskeleton

85
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It packages proteins (among other things)

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Golgi apparatus

86
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What are the four characteristics of all living things?

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They respond to their environment,

they are made up of cells,

they grow and reproduce

and they need energy

87
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What is the basic unit of life?

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The cell

88
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What does biology study?

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Life

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