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Module 1 Flashcards

1
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Variable that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment

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Independent variable

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2
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Variable being tested and measured in a scientific experiment

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Dependent

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3
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A kind of scientific method with general principle that are recognized as truths and proceeds to the formation of a particular conclusion

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Deductive

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4
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This kind of scientific method starts with a particular idea or principle and proceeds to the formation of a general conclusion

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Inductive

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5
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The general visible structures of animals as revealed by dissection

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Gross Anatomy

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6
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The study of animal as a whole

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Animal morphology

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7
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The study of microstructure of tissues

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Animal histology

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8
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The study of the origin and differentiation of animal life

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Evolution

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9
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The study of the living process and functions of parts of the animal body.

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Animal physiology

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10
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The study of fossil animals and their distribution in time

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Paleontology

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11
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The study of animal behavior

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Ethology

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12
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The study of the development and growth of the new individual within the egg or within the mother.

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Animal embryology

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13
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The study of distribution of animals according to space and region.

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Zoogeography

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14
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The study of the laws of heredity and variation

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Genetics

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15
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The study of animal classification

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Taxonomy

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16
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The study of the relationships of the animals to their environment

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Ecology

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17
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The study of protozoans

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Protozoology

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18
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The study of fishes

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Ichthyology

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19
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The study of birds

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Ornithology

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20
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Study of mollusks

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Malacology

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21
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The study of man

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Anthropology

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22
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The study of reptiles and amphibians

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Herpetology

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23
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The study of parasites

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Parasitology

24
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The study of shells

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Conchology

25
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The study of hormone action

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Endocrinology

26
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The study of muscles

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Myology

27
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Study of cells

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Cytology

28
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Study of tissues

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Histology

29
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State of existence characterized by the total of bodily activities or function of an organism

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Life

30
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Groups of atoms; smallest unit of most chemical compound

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Molecules

31
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Smallest functional unit of life

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Cells

32
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An aggregation of similar cells or types of cells, together with any associated intercellular materials, adapted to perform one or more specific functions.

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Tissue

33
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A differentiated structure part of a system of the body; composed of tissues and cells; exercises specific functions

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Organs

34
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A consistent and complex whole composed of interrelated and interdependent parts

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Organ system

35
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Any living individual, whether plant or animal, considered as a whole

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Organism

36
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A group of the same kind of species in a particular area

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Population

37
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A group of two or more species’s populations living in a specific area

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Community

38
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The fundamental unit in ecology, compromising the living organisms and the nonliving elements that interact in a defined region

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Ecosystem

39
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The part of the earth that contains living organisms or ecosystem

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Biosphere

40
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Arrangement of distinct but mutually dependent parts

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Organization

41
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The sum of all chemical and physical changes occuring in the body of an individual

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Metabolism

42
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The building up in the body of complex chemical compound from simpler forms

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Anabolism

43
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The breaking down in the body of complex chemical compound into simpler forms

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Catabolism

44
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The increase in the size or number of living being or any of it’s parts occuring in the process of development

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Growth

45
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The ability of the organism produces offspring of the same kind

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Reproduction

46
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The act or process of natural progression in physical and psychological maturation from embryonic state to a complex adult stage.

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Development

47
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React to the changes in the body

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Irritability (response to stimuli/environment)

48
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Maintains stable internal condition

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Homeostasis

49
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An advantageous change of an organism (structure, function, behavior( to enhance the ability to survive in the environment

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Adaptation

50
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A continuing process of change from one state, condition. This change occurs through time

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Evolution

51
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Change in position of location

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Movement

52
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Changes of structure to specialized one

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Differentiation

53
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Harmonious function of interrelated structures

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Coordination

54
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Control of the rate of process

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Regulation

55
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Mechanical, chemical, enzymatic process to convert complex food substance

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Digestion

56
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Process of eliminating waste product

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Excretion

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