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1
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What is a living thing?

A

An entity that performs all of the life functions

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2
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How many life functions are there?

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8

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3
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What does nutrition deal with?

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The study of food and its effect on the body

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4
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What is the intake of food and supplements in the body utilized with?

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Maintaining health, growth, and energy

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What nutrients does the body need

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Carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals

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6
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What are the two kinds of nutrition?

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Autotrophic and heterotrophic nutrition

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7
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What is autotrophic nutrition

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Where a living thing makes it’s own food

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8
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What is heterotrophic nutrition?

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Where a living thing must ingest its food

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9
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What is transportation?

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The absorption and circulation of materials within an organism

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10
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What is absorbtion?

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The movement of materials across the cell membrane

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11
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What is circulation?

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The movement of materials within a cell or between parts of an organism

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12
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What is respiration?

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The breakdown of nutrients to release energy

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13
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What does anaerobic respiration lack?

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Oxygen

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14
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What is excretion?

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The process of which metabolic wastes are removed from the body

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15
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What does metabolic waste include?

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Excess salts, carbon dioxide, and urea produced by cell activities

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16
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Synthesis

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To put together or build

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17
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What is the process by which smaller simple substances are chemically combines to form large complex substances?

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Synthesis

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18
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What is photosynthesis?

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The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water

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19
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What is protein synthesis?

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The creation of proteins by cells that use DNA, RNA, and various enzymes

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20
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What is regulation?

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The process where a living thing controls and coordinates its various activities in animals

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21
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What are two examples of regulation?

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  • The nervous system uses nerve cells
  • Endocrine system uses hormones
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22
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What is growth?

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The process by which living things increase in size or cell number

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23
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What life function provides the materials needed for growth?

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Nutrition

24
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What life function provides the energy needed for growth?

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Respiration

25
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What is reproduction?

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The process by which organisms make more of their own kind

26
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What is asexual reproduction?

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Reproduction involving one parent (identical offspring)

27
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What is sexual reproduction?

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Reproduction involving two parents (unidentical offspring)

28
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3R GENTS

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  • Respiration
  • Reproduction
  • Regulation
  • Growth
  • Excretion
  • Nutrition
  • Transport
  • Synthesis
29
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What is metabolism?

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The total of all life functions required to live

30
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What is homeostasis?

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The process by which an organisms metabolic activities are in a state of balance

Ex - body temp; blood sugar levels

31
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Cells

A

Smallest unit capable of carrying out life’s functions

32
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High organization

A

Unique structures to complex body systems

33
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Respond to the environment

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Actions/behaviors organisms do as a result of a change in surroundings

34
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Energy

A

Necessary for growth and maintenance

35
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Reproduction

A

Production of offspring for future generations

36
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Growth and development

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Change in size or shape over time

37
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Evolution

A

Change over time

38
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Observation

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Things or events that are made using any of the senses or tools

39
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Inferences

A

Conclusions or deductions based on observations

40
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Quantitative Observation

A

Information collected via numbers or measurement

41
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Qualitative Observation

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Information collected via senses

42
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Facts

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Information based on experiments or careful observations

43
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Inquiry

A
  • asking questions
  • finding, interpreting, and processing information from different sources
  • determine the reliability of the source and if the information is relevant
44
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Experiment

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A series of trials or tests

45
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Variable

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What is being tested

46
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Dependent variable

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What is being tested

47
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Experimental variable

A

Factor being tested

48
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Independent variable

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What is manipulated

49
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Control

A

A comparison that generates valid information (unaltered)

50
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Controlled experiment

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All variables regulated so results are due only to the independent variable being tested

51
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Is a control group necessary?

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Yes

52
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Data

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(Evidence) the result of trials or tests

53
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Forms of data

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Diagrams, tables, charts, and graphs

54
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Where is the dependent variable plotted?

A

Y-axis

55
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Where is the independent variable plotted?

A

X-axis

56
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Should the units of measure be included in the labels?

A

Yes

57
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When should a key be included?

A

If there is more than one line

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