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what branch of biology names and classifies organisms

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define homeostasis

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what is the smallest unit of life

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define evolution

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what is the most general level of classification in taxonomy

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list the 7 characteristics of living things

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how do prokaryotic cells differ from eukaryotic cells

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give an example of growth and development in a living thing

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define theory

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list the steps of scientific method

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what process do you use to make a hypothosis

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what process do you use to test a hypothosis

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define the dependent and independent variables

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how might a scientific theory change over time

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the group that receives the experimental treatment is:

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the group that does not receive the experimental treatment is:

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what are the types of symbiotic relationships

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define carrying capactiy

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what is the term for the transfer of energy in a food web

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define population density and dispersion

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what is a limiting resource

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how does carbon pass through living systems

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what functional group tends to make a molecule water soluble

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define a triglyceride

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what is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats

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what is a nucleotide

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define polysaccharide

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what is a hydrolysis reaction

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define phospholipid and explain their function in the human body

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what is a dehydration synthesis reaction

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what conditions will change the shape and function of enzymes

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define disaccharide

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define monosacchairde

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in what form do animals store glucose

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define active site

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name one carbohydrate, fat, and protein

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give an example of each of the 4 macromolecules

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in what form do plants store glucose

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all organic compounds contain what element

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what type of molecule is composed of a 1:2:1 ratio of C to H to O

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what is the monomer of protein

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what makes amino acid different from one another

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define substrate

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define denature

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define activation energy

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define specificity

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charactaristics of a eukaryotic cell

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characteristics of a prokaryotic cell

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what regulates what enters and leaves a cell

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who coined the term cell

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what is cell theory

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what is the golgi apparatus

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where is ATP produced

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what is the endoplasmic reticulum

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what is the water and nutrient storage space in a plant cell

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define and list properties of the plasma (cell) membrane

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where does photosynthesis occur in a plant cell

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define diffusion

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define osmosis

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define active and passive transport

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define cytosol/cytoplasm

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what are pinocytosis and phagocytosis

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define granum

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what is the stroma

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what is the overall equation for photosythesis

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how are CAM plants different than C3 plants

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during which stage of photosyntehsis do plants release oxygen

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what molecule serbes as an electron carrier during the light reacitons

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where do light reactiosn occur

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where does the calvin cycle occur

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where in a cell chlorophyll found

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the process that converts synlight into chemical energy is the:

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what is the 5-Carbon compound involved in the calvin cycle

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what types of plants fix CO2 into 4-carbon compounds

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the energy used in the calvbin cycle for the production of carbohydrates molecules come from:

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in the overall equation for photosynthesis, six molecules of carbon dioxide result in six molecules of:

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list the reactants and products of the calvin cycle

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list the reactants and products of the light reactions

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