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What are the 5 steps of the scientific method?

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  1. Observation
  2. Questions
  3. Hypothesis
  4. Predictions
  5. Testing
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Hypothesis

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A statement that provides a possible explanation for an observation

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Prediction

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A prediction is a guess what might happen based on observation.

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Independent Variable

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is the variable that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment (x-axis)

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Dependent Variable

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It is the variable being tested and measured in a scientific experiment. (y-axis)

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What are the two basic types of microscopes?

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Light and electron(electromagnentic) microscopes

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Magnification of a microscope

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It makes objects larger

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Resolution of a microscope

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Is the ability to distinguish fine detail

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The contrast of a microscope

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It helps make an image easier to see because the contrast is the difference between light and dark areas

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Resolving Power

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Is the ability to distinguish two adjacent points as distinct and separate

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Light Microscopes

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Light microscopes use glass lenses and light. The highest resolution is 0.2 micrometers

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Electron Microscopes

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They use an electron beam focused by magnets to illuminate a specimen.

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Diffusion

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is the process of random movement toward a state of equilibrium

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What does diffusion do?

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  1. They have molecules from an area of higher concentration to one of lower concentration
  2. can occur in any medium (liquid, solid, gas)
  3. Doesn’t require a semipermeable membrane
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Osmosis

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The net movement of a solvent across a selective permeable membrane into a region of higher solute concentration

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What does osmosis do?

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  1. Can only occur in liquid
  2. requires a semipermeable membrane
  3. movement seeks to equalize solvent concentration (although it doesn’t achieve it)
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What are the 3 terms used to compare solute concentrations of 2 solutions separated by a membrane?

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  1. Hypertonic
  2. Isotonic
  3. Hypotonic
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Hypertonic

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The solution has a higher solute concentration than the other solution

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Isotonic

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The solution has an equal solute concentration

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Hypotonic

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The solution has lower solute concentration than other solution

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What is a selective permeable barrier?

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It blocks some substances while permits other substances to enter a cell

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What is the basic structure of a prokaryotic cell?

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  1. It has a cell membrane
  2. Lacks membrane-bound organelles
  3. Have nucleoid, where their chromosomes are organized
  4. have circular chromosomes
  5. Have ribosome
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What do all cells have?

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They all have a plasma membrane, a cytoskeleton, and ribosomes

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What do all eukaryotic cell have?

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  1. They have a nucleus
  2. They have a linear chromosome
  3. They are 10-100 times bigger than prokaryotic cells
  4. They contain membrane bound organelles that perform a certain function
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Catalysts

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Are substances that speed up reactions without being permanently altered

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Enzymes

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Are biological catalysts that are mostly protein, except RNA molecules, called ribozymes

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Substrate

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Are reactants that bind to a specific site on the enzyme

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Active Site

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A specific site on the enzyme where the reaction occurs

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Enzyme-substrate complex (ES)

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The binding of a substrate to the active site of an enzyme that are held together by H-bonding, electrical attraction, or temporary covalent bond

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Substrate concentration affects what?

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It affects the rate of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction

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What affects enzymes speed?

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  1. Warming increases rates of chemical reactions, but if the temperature is too high, non-covalent bonds can break and inactivate enzymes
  2. pH levels
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Photosynthesis

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Is the process of capturing energy from sunlight

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Light-dependent reactions

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Are enzymes that only work in light and convert light energy into chemical energy (in ATP and the reduced electron carrier NADPH)

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Light-independent reactions

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It uses the ATP and NADPH from the light-dependent reaction along with CO2 to produce carbohydrates

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Light

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Is a form of electromagnetic radiation, which travels as a wave but also behaves as particles

36
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How many ATP can be made in the Calvin cycle?

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Cellular Respiration

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Is the set of metabaolic reactions used by cells to harvest energy from food. It is a catabolic pathway and glucose is oxidized

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What is the general equation for photosynthesis?

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6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy = 6O2 + carbohydrate

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Aerobic Metabolism

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A set of chemical reactions that releases energy from life’s molecule by using O2

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Anaerobic Metabolism

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A set of chemical reactions that extract energy without O2

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How many ATPs are made during one aerobic respiration?

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How many ATPs are created during fermentation?

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Anaerobic Fermentation

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is the process of energy production in the absence of oxygen.

44
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What is Paper chromatography?

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It is a method that is used to separate the different pigments involved in photosynthesis

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What are the two groups of pigments in photosynthetic organisms?

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  1. Chlorophyll A and B pigment

2. Carotenoid pigment

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Carotenoid Pigments

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Are accessory pigments that absorbs wavelengths of light between the red and blue wavelengths, and transfer a portion of that energy to the chlorophylls

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Chlorophyll A

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Is the primary pigment of photosynthesis and absorbs orange-red and blue-violet light

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Chlorophyll B

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Is the accessory pigment of photosynthesis and is not necessary for photosynthesis to occur and absorbs blue light

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Mitosis

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ne nucleus produces two daughter nuclei, each containing the same number of chromosomes as the parent nucleus and the products are identical to each other

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Gene Flow

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Migration or mating of individuals between populations that introduces variation

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Genetic Drift

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is a mechanism of evolution in which allele frequencies of a population change over generations due to chance (sampling error). It is faster in smaller population

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Founder effect

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Occurs when new individuals that find a new place to live and colonize (special bottleneck)

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Population Bottlenecks

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occur when a random disaster occurs and a few individuals survives (passes through a narrow neck of a bottle)

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Allele Frequencies

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refers to how common an allele is in a population. It is determined by counting how many times the allele appears in the population then dividing by the total number of copies of the gene.

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Genotype Frequencies

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shows how a population’s genetic variation is distributed among its members

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shows how a population’s genetic variation is distributed among its members

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Acts to reduce variation without changing the mean value of a trait (birth weight)

57
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Directional selection

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Acts to shift the mean value of a trait toward one extreme ( Texas Longhorn cattle)

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Disruptive selection

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favors both extremes of trait values, resulting in a bimodal character distribution ( bill size in the black-bellied seedcracker of West Africa.)

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The genotype of an organism

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Is the listing of the two alleles for each trait that it possesses

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The phenotype of an organism

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Is a description of the way a trait is displayed in structure, behavior, or physiology of the organism

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