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Lessons 1.1-1.2 Quiz Flashcards

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1
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Biology

A

The study of all forms of life

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2
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Biosphere

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includes all living things and all places they are found in

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3
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Every part of the biosphere is ________

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Connected

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4
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Give examples of environments

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Land, saltwater, freshwater, the atmosphere

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Biodiversity

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Variety of life

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6
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Where is the most variety of wildlife?

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At the equator

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Species

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One particular type of living thing

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8
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Members of species can ________ to ________

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Interbreed; reproduce

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9
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All organisms _______ ______ _______________.

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Share key characteristics

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10
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Mummification

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Preserving bodies

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11
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Humans ________ & ________ living things around them

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Observed; studied

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12
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______ _______ drawing included relationships between ________ + ________

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Da Vinci; anatomy; geometry

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13
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Development of ________, ________, and ________ enables scientific knowledge

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Technology, tools, and equipment

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Improved _______ leads to new ___________

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Technology; discoveries

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15
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Organism

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Any living thing made of cells

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Name three key characteristics all organisms have:

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They need energy for metabolism, responses to their environments, DNA that pass onto offspring

17
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System

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Organized group of interacting parts

18
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Cell system

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Chemicals and processes

19
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Ecosystem

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Living and nonliving things that interact

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Cell is the ____________

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Basic form of all life

21
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Organisms must have cells. They can be _________ or _______

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Unicellular or multicellular

22
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Why do organisms need energy

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They need energy to carry out life processes

23
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Metabolism

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Helical processes to build up or breakdown materials

24
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Why do organisms need to respond to their environment

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This is how they survive and they can react to their environment

25
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What does it mean to reproduce

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This means to produce offspring

26
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What does DNA stand for

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Deoxyribonucleic acid

27
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Structure determines ___________

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Function

28
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_______ with different _____ perform different functions

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Proteins; functions

29
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Homeostasis

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the maintenance of constant internal conditions

30
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Negative feedback tells the bodies’ systems to _______________

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Return a condition to its normal set point

31
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Evolution

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The change of living things over time

32
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Adaptations

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beneficial, inherited traits that pass onto generations

33
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Evolution accounts for both _______ + ________ ___ ______

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Diversity; unity of life

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