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First Quarter Test Flashcards

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Biology

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the study of living organisms

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Scientific Method

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A method of procedure that has characterized natural science

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Hypothesis

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a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation

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Data

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facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis

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theory

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a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something

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biosphere

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the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth

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ecology

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the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings

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species

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a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding

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population

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all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country

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ecosystem

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a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

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biotic factor

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a living organism that shapes its environment

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abiotic factor

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a nonliving part of an environment that shapes its environment

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climate

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the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long

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weather

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the state of an atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

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greenhouse effect

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the trapping of the sun’s warmth in a planet’s lower atmosphere, due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet’s surface

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autotroph

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an organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide

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heterotroph

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an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances

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food chain

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a series or organisms each depend on the next as a source of food

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food web

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a system of interlocking food chains

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population density

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a measurement of population per unit area

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population distribution

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the way in which people are spread across a given area

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immigration

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the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

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emigration

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the act of leaving one’s own country to settle permanently in another

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limiting factor

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a variable of a system that causes a noticeable change in output or another measure of a type of system

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demography

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the study of statistics as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease

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habitat

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the natural home

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resource

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a stock or supply of money

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keystone species

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the species on which species in an ecosystem largely depend

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symbiosis

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interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association

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commensalism

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an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither nor harm

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mutualism

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the doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being

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parasitism

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relationship between two species of plants or animals in which one benefits at

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atom

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the basic unit of a chemical element

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nucleas

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the central and most important part of an object, movement, or group

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electron

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a stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity

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element

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a part or aspect of something abstract

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compound

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a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements

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molecule

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a group of atoms bonded together

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ionic bond

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a type of chemical bonding that involves the electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions

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covalent bond

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a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms

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cohesion

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the action or fact of forming a united hole

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adhesion

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the action or process of adhering to a surface or object

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chemical reaction

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a process that involves rearrangement of the molecular or ionic structure of a substance

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reactant

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a substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction

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product

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a substance that is present at the end of a chemical reaction

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catalyst

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a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself undergoing any permanent chemical change

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enzyme

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a substance produced by a living organism that acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction

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substrate

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the surface or material on or from which an organism lives, grows, or obtains its nourishment

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