New Science Book

Question 1

Organisms

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Living things

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Cell

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A small building block

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Unicellular

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Organisms with one cell

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Multicellular

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An organism with multiple cells

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Metabolism

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The combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials

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Stimulus

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A change in an organism’s surroundings that causes the organism to react

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Response

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An action or change in behavior

Question 8

Development

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

Question 9

Asexual reproduction

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Involves only one parent and produces offspring identical to the parent

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Sexual reproduction

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Involves two parents and combines their genetic material to produce a new organism that differs from both parents

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Spontaneous generation

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The mistaken idea that living things can arise from nonliving things

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Controlled experiment

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A scientist carries out a series of tests that are identical in every aspect except for one factor

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Autotrophs

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Obtains energy by

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Classification

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The process of grouping things based on their similarities

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Taxonomy

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The scientific study of how organisms are classified is called

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Binomial nomenclature

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Each organism a unique two part specific name.

Question 17

Genus

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The first word in an organism’s scientific name

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Species

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A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and make offspring that can also mate and reproduce.

Question 19

Protests

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Eukaryotes that cannot be classified as animals, plants, or fungi.

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Protozoans

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Animal like protests that are unicellular

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Fungus

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Eukaryotes that have cell walls, are heterotrophs that feed by absorbing their food, and use spores to reproduce

Question 22

Hyphae

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The branching thread like tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi

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Fruiting bodies

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A structure where fungi produce spores.

Question 24

Chlorophyll

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A green pigment found in chloroplasts of plants, algae, and some bacteria

Question 25

Photosynthesis

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A plant uses carbon dioxide gas and water to make food and oxygen.

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Tissues

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groups of similar cells that preform a specific function i an organism

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Chloroplasts

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The structures in which food is made

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Vacuole

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A large storage sac

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Cuticle

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Water proof layer

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Sporophyte

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When the plant produces spores

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Gametophyte

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The plant produces two types of sex cells

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Annuals

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Flowering plants that complete a life cycle within one growing season

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Biennials

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The annuals except with two

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Perennials

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Plants that live for more than two years

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Tropism

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A plant's growth response towards or away from the stimulus

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Hormone

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A chemical effect how the plant grows and develops

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Auxin

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One important hormone

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Photoperiodism

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A plant's response to seasonal changes in the length of night and day

Question 39

Critical night length

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The number of hours of darkness that determines if the plant will flower

Question 40

Short day plant

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Short day plants flower when the nights are longer than a critical

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Long day plants

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Long day plants flowers when nights are shorter than a critical length

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Day neutral plants

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Day neutral plants have a flowering cycle that is not sensitive to periods of light and dark

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Homeostasis

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Keeping internal body conditions stable

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Adaptations

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Structures, and behaviors that allow animals to preform their functions

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Vertebrates

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Animals w back bone

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Invertebrates

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Animals without a back bone

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Tissue

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Paper 4 nose blowing

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Organ

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A piano but 10x better

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Radial symmetry

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Idk

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Bilateral symmetry

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Idk

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Cnidaria

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Idk

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Mollusk

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Clam

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Arthropod

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Idk

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Exoskeleton

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Outside skeleton

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Echinodern

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Idk

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Endoskeleten

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Inside skeleton

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Chordate

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A chord that ate

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Notochord

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A note of a chord

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Vertebra

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A vertebrate

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Ectotherm

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Outside heat

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Endothermic

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Inside heat

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Neurons

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Nerve cells

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Nerve impulse

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Neuron message

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Dendrite

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Branchlike structure that picks up impulses

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Axon

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Long structure leading away from the cell body

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Nerve

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A bundle of nerve fibers

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Sensory neuron

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Picks up a stimulus

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Interneuron

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Carries a nerve impulse

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Motor neuron

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Sends impulse

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Synapse

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Neuron transfers impulses to this

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Central nervous system

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A nervous system

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Peripheral nervous system

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A nervous system

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Brain

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Brain

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Spinal chord

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Spinal chord

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Cerebrum

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Question 76

Cerebellum

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Brain stem

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A brain stem

Question 78

Somatic nervous system

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A nervous system

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Autonomic nervous system

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A nervous system

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Reflex

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Reflex

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Concussion

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Concussion

Question 82

Cornea

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The clear tissue that covers the front of the eye

Question 83

Pupil

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The opening through which light enters the eye

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Iris

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A circular structure that surrounds the pupil and regulates how much light enters the eye

Question 85

Lens

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A circular structure that focuses light

Question 86

Retina

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Lines the back of the eye and contains light sensitive cells

Question 87

Nearsightedness

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See nearby objects clearly but into focus of the retina

Question 88

Farsightedness

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See distant objects clearly but not nearby objects

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Eardrum

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A membrane that vibrates when sound waves strike it

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Cochlea

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A snail shaped tube lined with sound receptor cells

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Semicircular canal

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A semicircle that is a canal

Question 92

Taste buds

Answer 92

Things that you taste with