Life Science Flashcards

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living things have physical entities and biological processes such as….

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homestasis, cell division, celluar respiration and photosynthesis

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cell theory made up what three components?

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all living things are composed of cells
the cell is the smallest unit of life
all cells come from pre-existing cells

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3
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what is a prokaryote

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unicelluar organism that lacks a nucleus, mitochandria, or any other membrane bound organelle

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what two domains are prokaryotes divided into?

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archaea and bacteria

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what is a eukaryote?

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multicelluar organism that contains a nuclues, mitochondria, and membrane bound organelles

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what are animal and plant cells considered? an eukaryote or prokaryote?

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eukaryote

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what is celluar respiration?

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process of taking in food in the form of carbohydrates. animals do this.

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what is photosythesis?

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using carbon dioxide, water and sunlight and turning them into carbohydrates. plants do this.

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what are the two main types of reproduction in living things?

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asexual and sexual

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what is sexual?

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involves two parents

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what is asexual?

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involves only 1 parent

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what are the four main types of asexual reproduction?

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binary fission, budding, fragmentation, and parthenogenesis

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what is binary fission/

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when a single parent cells doubles its DNA. usually occurs in bacteria

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what is budding?

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small growth breaks off the parent to continue to grow

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what is fragmentation?

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piece of organism breaks off and develops into new organism

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what are four main phases of mitosis?

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prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase

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what is the first step in mitosis? and what happens?

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prophase. nuclear membrane starts to disappear, DNA begins to coil into chromosomes making it easier to be pulled a part

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what is the second step in mitosis? and what happens?

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metaphase. chromosomes line up in the middle. spindle fibers attach to the chromosomes in the middle

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what is the third step in mitosis? and what happens?

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anaphase. spindle fibers begin to pull chromosomes a part. The halves of the chromosomes pull toward opposite sides

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what is the last step in mitosis? and what happens?

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telophase. the cell splits into two identical cells. the nucleus in both cells begins to appear and surround the DNA

21
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what does meiosis ensure?

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that humans have the same number of chromosomes in each generation.

22
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what is trisomy?

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cells do not split chromosomes correctly

23
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where is DNA mainly located in a eukaryotic cell?

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the nucleus

24
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what do amino acids form?

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what is the process of DNA replication?
1. DNA unzips 2.free flowing nucleotides bind to the unzipped portion of the DNA 3. two identical DNA strands are the result
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what is a gene?
a basic physical and functional unit of heredity
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every person has how many copies of each gene?
two, one from each parent
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what are alleles?
same gene with slight differences in their sequence of DNA bases
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what is metamorphosis?
process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form
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what is complete metamorphosis?
going through stages to change into something else
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what is incomplete metamorphosis?
goes through several nymphal. they grow, but do not change into something else.
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what is evolution?
change that happens over thousands of years/
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what does adaptation mean ?
distribution of traits in the population that is matched to and can change with environmental conditions
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what does mutations mean?
changes in the DNA molecule caused by mistakes during cell division
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what's the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?
presence of a backbone
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what does open circulatory system mean?
blood is pumped into the body cavity and is not enclosed in blood vessels
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what does closed circulatory system mean?
blood is pumped by the heart and is enclosed in blood vessels
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what does producers mean in a food web?
produce their own food from sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water. bottom of the food chain
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what are consumers?
eat their food
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what are primary consumers?
they are herbivores, they eat plants
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what are secondary consumers?
they eat [rimary consumer
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what are tertiary consumers?
they eat the secondary consumers and are usually carnivores
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what are quaternanry consumers?
eat the tertiary consumers and are carnivores
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what are decomposers?
turn dead animals into soil by recylcing nutrients as food
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what is carrying capacity ?
maximum population of a particular organism that a given environment can support without detrimental effects.