Power Points 1-3 Flashcards

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1
Q

Biology is the study of what?

A

LIFE

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2
Q

____ is the smallest unit of life.

A

The cell

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3
Q

An organism with one cell is called ______

A

Single Celled

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4
Q

An organism with many cells is called _______

A

Multi-Celled

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5
Q

Energy flows _____ way(s)

A

One

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6
Q

______ is the capacity to do work.

A

Energy

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7
Q

Energy flow is not 100% efficient. Some of it is lost as _______.

A

Heat Energy

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8
Q

_______ is a state in which internal conditions are maintained within tolerable limits.

A

Homeostasis

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9
Q

DNA carries ____ instructions.

A

hereditary

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10
Q

_____ is the acquisition of traits through the transmission of DNA.

A

Inheritance

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11
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What do we call the variation of species on earth?

A

Biodiversity

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12
Q

___ are organisms with membrane bound organelles.

A

Eukaryotes

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13
Q

Protists are _____, and _______

A

Eukaryotes ; Single-Celled

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14
Q

Fungi are ______ and are _____ in the food chain.

A

Eukaryotes ; Decomposers

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15
Q

Plants are _____ eukaryotes, that are ______ for other animals.

A

Photosynthetic ; food

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16
Q

Animals are ______ eukaryotes, that act as ______ in the food chain.

A

multi-celled ; consumers

17
Q

Bacteria and Archaea are ___ organisms and are also _____.

A

single-celled ; prokaryote

18
Q

_____ is a system of naming and classifying species.

A

Taxonomy

19
Q

Who developed Taxonomy?

A

Carolus Linnaeus

20
Q

____ are used to classify organisms.

A

Traits

21
Q

The biological species approach was developed by whom?

A

Ernst Mayr

22
Q

Judging information before accepting it is called what?

A

Critical Thinking

23
Q

_____ occurs when conclusions inferred from the subset differ from results from the whole population.

A

Sampling Errors