Introduction

Question 1

The study of life and living things

Answer 1

Biology

Question 2

Scientists who study biology

Answer 2

Biologists

Question 3

A living thing

Answer 3

Organism

Question 4

The series of changes that an organism can go through

Answer 4

Life cycle

Question 5

What are the other 2 names of biology?

Answer 5

Life science and natural science

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Aristotle

Question 7

The branches of biology are aka ___

Answer 7

Disciplines

Question 8

What are the 10 branches of biology?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

The study of the bodily structure of organisms

Answer 9

Anatomy

Question 10

The study of plants

Answer 10

Botany

Question 11

The study of the relationships between various organisms

Answer 11

Ecology

Question 12

The study of tiny organisms

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Microbiology

Question 13

The study of the causes and effects of diseases

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Pathology

Question 14

The study of the uses and effects of drugs

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Pharmacology

Question 15

The study of the functions of living organisms and their parts

Answer 15

Physiology

Question 16

The study of the classification of organisms

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Taxonomy

Question 17

The study of the nature and effects of poisons

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Toxicology

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The study of animals

Answer 18

Zoology

Question 19

a tool that provides an enlarged image of an object

Answer 19

microscope

Question 20

what are the 2 most general types of microscopes?

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compound & electron

Question 21

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

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

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compound (light) microscope

Question 24

how many lenses do compound (light) microscopes have?

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2

Question 24

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

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The ocular lens and the objective lens

Question 25

what is the purpose of the ocular lens?

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

Question 26

what is the purpose of the objective lenses?

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is closer to the slide than and can change magnification

Question 27

a thin piece of glass used to hold a specimen

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slide

Question 28

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

Answer 28

they use electrons rather than light to show specimen

Question 29

a sample that is studied

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specimen

Question 30

what are the 2 main types of electron microscopes?

Answer 30

transmission electron and scanning electron

Question 31

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

Answer 31

radiation

Question 32

x-rays are a type of ___

Answer 32

radiation

Question 33

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

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imaging

Question 34

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

Answer 34

absorbed, radiation

Question 35

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

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absorbed, most radiation

Question 36

magnetic resonance imaging scans are aka what?

Answer 36

MRIs

Question 37

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

Question 38

name the stage of the human life cycle

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infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and reproduction

Question 39

what is the purpose of having different disciplines biology?

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to study different aspects of life

Question 40

what is the function of tools for scientists?

Answer 40

to help discover and research

Question 41

what is the purpose of a microscope?

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to inspect what the naked eye cannot see

Question 42

how can you magnify a specimen using a compound microscope?

Answer 42

switch the objective lenses