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1
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The study of life and living things

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Biology

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Scientists who study biology

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Biologists

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A living thing

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Organism

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The series of changes that an organism can go through

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Life cycle

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What are the other 2 names of biology?

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Life science and natural science

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___ is said to be the first biologist. He developed the first organized study of the natural world.

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Aristotle

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The branches of biology are aka ___

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Disciplines

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What are the 10 branches of biology?

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Anatomy, botany, ecology, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, taxonomy, toxicology, and zoology

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The study of the bodily structure of organisms

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Anatomy

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The study of plants

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Botany

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The study of the relationships between various organisms

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Ecology

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The study of tiny organisms

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Microbiology

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The study of the causes and effects of diseases

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Pathology

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14
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The study of the uses and effects of drugs

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Pharmacology

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The study of the functions of living organisms and their parts

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Physiology

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16
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The study of the classification of organisms

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Taxonomy

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17
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The study of the nature and effects of poisons

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Toxicology

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18
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The study of animals

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Zoology

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a tool that provides an enlarged image of an object

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microscope

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what are the 2 most general types of microscopes?

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compound & electron

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uses visible light as a source of illumination and has multiple lenses (usually 2) that can magnify specimens up to 1,500 times their actual size

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compound microscope

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uses electron beams as a source of illumination and electron lenses to help magnify specimens up to 100,000 times their actual size

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electron microscope

23
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what type of microscope is usually used in a school lab?

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compound (light) microscope

24
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how many lenses do compound (light) microscopes have?

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2

24
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what are the 2 lenses of a compound (light) microscope?

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The ocular lens and the objective lens

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what is the purpose of the ocular lens?

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It’s the lens that you look through to observe specimen

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what is the purpose of the objective lenses?

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is closer to the slide than and can change magnification

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a thin piece of glass used to hold a specimen

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slide

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what is the main thing that makes electron microscopes different than compound light microscopes?

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they use electrons rather than light to show specimen

29
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a sample that is studied

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specimen

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what are the 2 main types of electron microscopes?

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transmission electron and scanning electron

31
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the transmission of energy in the form of waves through an object

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radiation

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x-rays are a type of ___

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radiation

33
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x-rays are another type of ___ tools used in biology

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imaging

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when a human, or animal, under goes an x-ray, the image taken of their body reveals the structures that ___ the most ___

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absorbed, radiation

35
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in most x-rays, the bones appear clearer and more vibrant than other structures because they ___ the ___ ___

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absorbed, most radiation

36
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magnetic resonance imaging scans are aka what?

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MRIs

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MRIs use a ___ and ___ waves to produce detailed images of internal ___ and ___ that might ___ show up in an x-ray

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magnet, radio, organs, muscle, not

38
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name the stage of the human life cycle

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infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and reproduction

39
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what is the purpose of having different disciplines biology?

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to study different aspects of life

40
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what is the function of tools for scientists?

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to help discover and research

41
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what is the purpose of a microscope?

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to inspect what the naked eye cannot see

42
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how can you magnify a specimen using a compound microscope?

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switch the objective lenses

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