chap 1 (1.1-1.5)

Question 1

fundamental building block of all matter

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atom

Question 2

systematic study of life

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biology

Question 3

all regions of earth where organisms live

Answer 3

biosphere

Question 4

smallest unit of life

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cell

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all populations of all species in a given area

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community

Question 6

a community interacting with its environment

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ecosystem

Question 7

a characteristic of a system that does not appear in any of a systems component parts

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emergency property

Question 8

an association of two or more atoms

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molecule

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everything in the universe except what humans have manufactured

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nature

Question 10

individual that consists of one or more cells

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organisms

Question 11

group of individual of the same species that live in a given area

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population

Question 12

organism that gets energy and carbon by feeding on tissues, waste, or remains of other organisms

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consumer

Question 13

multi-step process by which the first cell of a new individual becomes a multicelled adult

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development

Question 14

deoxyribonucleic acid molecule that carries hereditary information about traits

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DNA

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the capacity to do work

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energy

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increases in the number, size, and volume of cells in multicelled species

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growth

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set of processes by which an organism keeps its internal conditions within tolerable ranges

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homeostasis

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transmission of DNA from parents to offspring

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inheritance

Question 19

substance that an organism needs for growth and survival but cannot make for itself

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nutrient

Question 20

organism that makes its own food using energy and simple raw materials from the environment

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producer

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molecule or structure that responds to a specific form of stimulation

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receptor

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process by which parents produce offspring

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reproduction

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multicelled consumer that develops through a series of embryonic stages and moves about during part or all of the life cycle

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animal

Question 24

a member of the prokaryotic domain archaea

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archaean

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a member of the prokaryotic domain bacteria

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bacterium

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mental process of judging information before accepting it

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critical thinking

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organism whose cells characteristically have a nucleus

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eukaryote

Question 28

type of eukaryotic consumers that obtains nutrients by digesting and absorption outside the body

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fungus

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a group of species that share a unique set of traits

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genus

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a multicelled typically photosynthesis producer

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plant

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single-celled organism in which the DNA is not contained in a nucleus

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prokaryote

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diverse group of simple eukaryotes

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protist

Question 33

systematic study of nature

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science

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a type of organism

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species

Question 35

testable explanation of a natural phenomenon

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hypothesis

Question 36

generalization that describes a consistent natural phenomenon for which there is incomplete scientific explanation

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law of nature

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system similar to an object or event that cannot itself be tested directly

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model

Question 38

a statement based on a hypothesis, about a condition that should exist if the hypothesis is not wrong

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prediction

Question 39

hypothesis that has not been disproven after many years of rigorous testing end is useful for making predictions about other phenomena

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scientific theory

Question 40

a grouo of objects or individuals that is identical to an experimental group except for one variable

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control group

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a test designed to support or falsify a prediction

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experiment

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a group of objects or individuals that display or are exposed to a variable under investigation

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experimental group

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a characteristic or event that differs among individuals

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variable

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bacteria and archea are

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prokaryotes because their dna is not contained in a nucleus

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protists, fungi, plants, animals are

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eukaryotes because their dna is in a nucleus

Question 46

double-membrained sac that encloses a cell's DNA

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nucleus

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an eighteenth-century naturalists

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carolus linnaeus

Question 48

said that the earth orbits the sun (europe) | and he created a model of the solar system

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nicolaus copernicus

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found evidence of the said theory that the earth orbits the sun. he was asked by the church to take back what he said

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galileo galilei

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unique type of organism

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species

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a system/science of naming and classifying species

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taxonomy

Question 52

a group of species that share a unique set of features

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genus (genera)

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group of organisms that share a unique set of traits

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taxom