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What is the function of the bladder?

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To retain urine

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Where are sperm cells made?

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Testis

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What is the main function of the ovaries?

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To produce ova

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What structure is the one responsible of starting sexual changes in a person’s body?

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Pituitary gland

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Boys are in control of erection at all times

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False

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The rectum and the bladder are part of the reproductive system

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False

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7
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Semen includes sperm cells always

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False

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Adolescence starts with the maturity of the gonads

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True

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It’s normal for hair to grow on the skin in front of the pubic bone

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True

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Chamber in the heart that receives oxygenated blood from the lungs

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Left atrium

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Part of the lungs that is in charge of gas exchange

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Alveoli

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12
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Only vein in the body that carries oxygenated blood

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Pulmonary vein

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13
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Organ that works only as a pump in humans

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Heart

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14
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The endocrine system is in charge of

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Growth

Development

Digestion

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15
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The nervous system is in charge of

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Movement

Thoughts

Emotions

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16
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When there is an stimulus, the endocrine system responds through

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Chemical signals

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When there is a stimulus, the nervous system uses

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Electricity and chemicals

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Transports oxygen, nutrients, wastes; helps regulate body temperature; collects fluid lost from blood vessels and returns it to circulatory system

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Circulatory

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Breaks down and absorbs nutrients, salts, and water; eliminates some wastes

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Digestive

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Influences, growth, development, metabolism; helps maintain homeostasis

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Endocrine

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21
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Eliminates waste products; helps maintain homeostasis

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Excretory

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22
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Protects against disease; stores and generates white blood cells

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Immune

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Act as a barrier against infection, injury, UV radiation; helps regulate body temperature

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Integumentary

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Produces voluntary and involuntary movements; helps to circulate blood and move food through digestive system

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Muscular

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Regulates body's response to changes in internal and external environment; processes information
Nervous
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Produces reproductive cells; in females, provides environment for embryo
Reproductive
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Brings in O2 for cells; expels CO2 and water vapor
Respiratory
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Supports and protects vital organs; allows movement; stores minerals, serve as the site for red blood cell production
Skeletal
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Longest organ
Skin
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Process in which an organism maintains balance with its environment
Homeostasis
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Basic unit of life
Cell
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A collection of alls with a specific purpose
Tissues
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A group of tissues with a specific purpose
Organ
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A group of organs with a specific purpose
Organ system
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A group of organ systems with a specific purpose
Organism
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Non vascular and seedless
Short plants that live around free standing water
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Non vascular with seeds
Short plants that reproduce via pollination
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Vascular and seedless
Tall plants that live around free standing water
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Vascular with seeds
Tall plants that reproduce via pollination
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What science studies plants?
Botany
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What science studies drugs and its effects in the organisms?
Pharmacology
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How do gymnosperms reproduce?
Via pollination
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What's the difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms?
Gymnosperms reproduce with cones while angiosperms have fruits
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Viruses are made of
Dna
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Viruses infect
Humans
46
Viroids are made of
RNA
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Viroids infectes
Plants
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Prions are made of
Proteins
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Prions infects
Brain/ animal
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Both plants and plantlike protists have
Photosynthesis
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Only plantlike protists have
No roots or leaves
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Both animal and animal like protists are
Heterotrophs
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Only animal like protists are
Unicellular
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Both fungi vs funguslike protists are
Decomposers
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Only funguslike protists
They move
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What marine ecosystem is found only in warm waters?
Coral reefs
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What marine ecosystem is found only in cold waters?
Kelp forests
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What are the 4 zones into which oceans are divided?
Intertidal zone, neritic zone, bathyal zone, and abyssal zone
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What are the 3 zones into which lakes are divided?
Littoral zone, limnetic zone, ane benthic zone
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Particulates that can irritate your respiratory system or lungs
Air pollution
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The increase in global temperatures
Global warming
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Major cause of the extinction of species
Loss of habitat
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Maximum number of organisms that an ecosystem can hold
Carrying capacity
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It includes any form of precipitation with acidic components
Acid rain
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Process by which radiation from planet's atmosphere warms the planet's surface
Greenhouse effect
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Those whose existance in an ecosystem lets there be life
Keystone species
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Those whose protection also help other species to continue living
Umbrella species
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His contribution was a classification system that goes from kingdom to species
Linnaeus
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His observations suggested that species shred common ancestors rather than arising separately
Buffon
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His findings suggest that more complex forms developed from less complex forms
E Darwin
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He suggested that environmental change leads to use or disuse of a structure
Lamarck
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Linnaean system of classification uses latin
True
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In the linnaean system of classification the two word names include the genus and species of the organism
True
74
Both of the words in the two word names are written in capital
False
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Domain of kingdom bacteria
Bacteria
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Domain of kingdom archaea
Archaea
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Domain of kingdom protista, plantae, fungi, animalia
Eukarya
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The part of Earth where life exists is called
Biosphere
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All water on Earth is part of the
Hydrosphere
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All geological formations on Earth are part of the
Geosphere
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All living things on Earth are part of the
Biota
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Ir contains most of the genetic information
Nucleus
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It works as the powerhouse of the cell
Mitochondria
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It gives the cell its shape and aids in reproduction
Cytoskeleton
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It packages proteins (among other things)
Golgi apparatus
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What are the four characteristics of all living things?
They respond to their environment, they are made up of cells, they grow and reproduce and they need energy
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What is the basic unit of life?
The cell
88
What does biology study?
Life

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