Quiz 1 Flashcards

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1
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Process of learning about the natural world that tests ideas using evidence gathered from nature

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Science

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Natural science concerned with the study of of life and living organisms

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Biology

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3
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Some reasons for studying biology

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  • everyday experience
  • medicine
  • needs of a growing population
  • decreasing biodiversity
  • biotech
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4
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Structure of living things

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Anatomy

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5
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The study of bacteria

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Bacteriology

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Chemical processes in living things

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Biochemistry

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7
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Plant life

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Botany

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8
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Cells function, structure and chemistry

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Cytology

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9
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Skin

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Dermatology

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10
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Interrelationships between the environment and organisms

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Ecology

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Epidemics, widespread diseases

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Epidemology

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12
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Insects

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Entomology

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13
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Animal behavior

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Ethology

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14
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Genes and heredity (the process by which genetic info is passed from parents to offspring)

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Genetics

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15
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Reptiles and amphibians

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Herpetology

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Fish

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Ichthology

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17
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Sea creatures and their environment

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Marine biology/ oceanography

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18
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Mammals

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Mammalogy

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19
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Microscopic organisms

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Microbiology

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20
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Fungi

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Mycology

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21
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Diet and health

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Nutrition

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22
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Birds

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Ornithology

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23
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Prehistoric life

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Paleontology

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24
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Diseases caused by organisms (bacteria, fungi, parasites, protist, viruses)

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Pathology

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25
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Animal droppings (feces)

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Scatology

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26
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How organisms function and carry out physical and chemical processes

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Physiology

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27
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Groupings of living things

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Taxonomy

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28
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Viruses and virus like agents

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Virology

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29
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The animal kingdom

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Zoology

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30
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Basic unit of matter

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Atom

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31
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Groups of atoms; form chemical compounds

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Molecules

32
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Smallest functional unit of life

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Cell

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Groups of cells

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Tissue

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Groups of tissues

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Organs

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Groups of organs

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Organ system

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Individual living things

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Organism

37
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Groups of the same type of organism in an area

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Population

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Populations that live together in an area

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Community

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Community and its non living surroundings

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Biome/ecosystem

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All the ecosystems

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Biosphere

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Characteristics of science

It’s planned

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Sytematized

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Characteristics of science

The goal is to expose facts in the purest way

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Objetive

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Characteristics of science

All actions and observations follow methods and rules

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Controlled

44
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Characteristics of science

Findings should be able to be reproduced

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Verifiable

45
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Characteristics of science

Scientific investigations must be able to be questioned and rectified

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Provisional

46
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Organized process that scientists use to solve investigation problems

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Scientific method

47
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Act of collecting info. and data to form questions

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Observation

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Probable answer to the question

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Hypothesis

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Conditions under which an experiment is given and that can change

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Variable

50
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Condition that will be measured or investigated

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Dependent variable

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Condition that will be changed or manipulated in the experiment

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Independent variable

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Conditions that will be held constant

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Controlled variable

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Information describing odor, shape, color, or other physical characteristics

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Qualitative data

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Answers the question of “how”?; measurable quantities and units

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Quantitative data

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Whether the hypothesis is true or false, justified by data.

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Conclusion

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Hypothesis supported by many experiments

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Theory

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Theory already proven

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Law

58
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Degree of error of a measuring device (smallest unit)

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Uncertainty

59
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Beliefs that sound scientific but aren’t

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Pseudoscience

60
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All living things are made of

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Cells

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Single celled organisms like bacteria

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Unicellular

62
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Contain form hundreds to trillions of cells

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Multicellular

63
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In the cork of a tree, the cells are

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Dead

64
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Production of offspring for the continuation of the species

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Reproduction

65
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Group of similar looking organisms that interbreed and produce fertile offspring

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Species

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Reproduction that requires two cells

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Sexual

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A single organism can reproduce

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Asexual

68
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Increase of the amount of living material and formation of structures

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Growth

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All organisms
A) grow
B) develop

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Grow

70
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All the changes that take place in a lifetime

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Development

71
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Ability to make things change

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Energy

72
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Organisms that get their energy form food

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Heterotrophs

73
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Use energy from the sun (photosynthesis)are

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Autotrophs

74
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External environmental factors which cause responses in organisms

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Stimuli

75
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Water, nutrients and minerals, hormones and temperatures inside the body

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Internal environment

76
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Regulation of an organism’s internal environment to maintain conditions conditions suitable for life, despite changes in the external environment

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Homoestasis