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Science unit 1 test 10/19/16 Flashcards

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1
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What is an organism?

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Any living things

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What are the 6 characteristics of all living things?

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cellular organization, use energy, respond to their surroundings, grow and develop, and reproduce and contains similar chemicals

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3
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What is a cell?

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The basic unit of structure and function

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What is a unicellular organism?

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A single-celled organism

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What chemicals are all living things made up of?

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carbohydrates, proteins and lipids and nucleic acids

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6
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What is metabolism?

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The process in which an organism builds up or breaks down material

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7
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What is a stimulus?

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A change in an organisms environment that causes it to react

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What is a response?

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An action or a change in behavior

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9
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What is development?

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the process of change that occurs during an organism’s life, producing a more complex organism

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10
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What is growth?

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The process of becoming larger

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What is the difference between growth and development?

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Development is the process of change and growth is the process of becoming larger

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12
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What is asexual reproduction?

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One parent that produces offspring that are identical to the parent

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13
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What is sexual reproduction?

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Two parents combing their genetic material to produce a new organism that differs from both parents

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14
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What is spontaneous generation?

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The theory that living things can arise from non-living things

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15
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What is a controlled experiment?

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An experiment where only one variable is changed

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What are autotrophs?

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Organisms that make their own foods

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What are heterotrophs?

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Organisms that cannot make their own food

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18
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What is homeostasis?

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The maintenance of stable internal conditions

19
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What is classification?

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The process of grouping things based on their similarities

20
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What is taxonomy?

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The scientific study of how organisms are classified

21
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What is binomial nomenclature?

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Grouping organisms based on their observable features and giving them a 2 part name, the first being the genus and the second being the specific epithet

22
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What is a genus?

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Classification grouping that contains similar, closely related organisms

23
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What is a species?

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A unique group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce

24
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What are the orders of classification?

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Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species (does king phillip cook onion fried grape soup )

25
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What is a taxonomic key?

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A key that identifies different types of organisms

26
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Why is a taxonomic key useful?

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Because it helps identify different types of organisms

27
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What are prokaryotes?

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Unicellular organisms that lack a nucleus

28
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What is a nucleus?

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The dense area in the cell that contains nucleic acids and DNA

29
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What are the 3 domains of life?

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Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya

30
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What is the domain bacteria?

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Unicellular organisms that can be in your body and can be either autotrophs or heterotrophs

31
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What is the domain archaea?

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Deep in the pacific ocean, live in harsh conditions that are unicellular and can be either autotrophs or heterotrophs

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What are Eukaryotes?

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Organisms whose cells contain a nucleus

33
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What are the types of Eukaryotes?

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Protists, animals, plants and fungi

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What are the types of prokaryotes?

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Archaea and Bacteria

35
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What are protists?

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Organisms in the Eukarya domain who can be either unicellular or multicellular, or autotrophs and heterotrophs (both/both)

36
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What are fungi?

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Organisms that can be unicellular or multicellular and call are heterotrophs (both/heterotrophs)

37
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What are plants?

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Multicellular autotrophs and Eukaryotes (multi/auto)

38
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What are animals?

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Multicellular heterotrophs and Eukaryotes (multi/hetero)

39
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What do living things need to survive?

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Water, food, living space, maintenance of stable internal climates

40
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Examples of animals

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humans domestic animals and

41
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Examples of fungi

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Mushrooms, yeast, mildew and mold

42
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Examples of plants

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Green plants

43
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Examples of protists

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Algae

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