 | Term | Definition |
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movement |
Margiescards |
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adaptation |
mArgiescards |
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respiration |
maRgiescards |
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growth |
marGiescards |
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ingestion |
margIescards |
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excretion |
margiEscards |
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secretion |
margieScards |
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circulation |
margiesCards |
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absorption |
margiescArds |
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reproduction |
margiescaRds |
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digestion |
margiescarDs |
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sensation |
margiescardS |
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and living things, their structures and functions, their systems and processes, in relationship to each other and the environment |
SHS def of bio: Biology is the study of life... |
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light microscope |
light passes through specimen -> specimen must be thin |
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electron microscope |
dead specimens only; 3-D view w/ scanning -> transmission electron microscope = 2D image, but lots of mag |
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is in place |
scanning lens |
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is all the way up |
stage |
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the stage |
center |
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the eyepiece |
orient |
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cord over eyepiece in a neat coil |
loosely drape |
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capture the essence |
scientific illustration |
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> |
atomic weight/mass is > or < atomic #? |
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rounded AM |
protons + neutrons = |
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covalent bond |
sharing of electrons |
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cation |
positively charged |
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anion |
negatively charged |
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ionic bond |
force of electrical attraction between two positively charged ions |
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oxidation |
chem process during which a substance loses electrons |
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reduction |
chem process during which a substance gains electrons |
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protons |
there are the same number of _____ as electrons in an atom. |
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2n^2 |
formula for determining # of electrons in levels |
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organic chem |
branches of biochem: includes carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids |
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inorganic chem |
branches of biochem: includes h2o, salts, minerals, vitamins |
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monosaccharides |
glucose, deoxyribose, ribose |
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disaccharides |
lactose, maltose, sucrose |
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polysaccharides |
cellulose, starch, glycogen, chiton |
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lipids |
made of fats, waxes, and oils |
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dehydration synthesis |
the removal of water from a chem substance |
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saturated |
fats that are filled to bursting w/ Hs |
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unsaturated |
double bonds between Cs prevent the max number of Hs |
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amino acids |
proteins consist of |
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structural |
protein found in muscle; long |
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functional |
globular proteins |
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amino group |
group on the far left side of an amino acid -> H-N-H |
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radical group |
group in the middle of an AA -> varies |
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carboxyl group |
group on the far right side of an amino acid -> OH-C=O |
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ecology |
study of relationships between living things |
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study of relationships between living things |
ecology |
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ecosystem |
made of communities & populations -> biotic & abiotic |
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parasitism |
there is a winner & loser (tapeworms!) |
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mutualism |
both gain an advatage (legumes & nitrifying bacteria) |
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commensalism |
neutral organism & winner (remora) |
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fixed |
not usable forms of something |
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nitrification |
from fixed nitrogen (N2) to usable N |
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denitrification |
from usable N (nitrate, nitrite, ammonium) to fixed N |
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exponential growth |
unrealistic growth of a population -> ^ |
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logistic growth |
first exp, then w/ a carrying capacity |
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predator-prey |
one pop falls one generation after the first |
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niche |
the place an organism holds in an ecosystem |
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ecological niche |
totality of adaptations, use of resources, & lifestyle to which it is fitted |
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fundamental niche |
potential ecological niche |
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realized niche |
lifestyle that an organism actually pursues and all resources that it actually uses |
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precambrian |
first major era |
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paleozoic |
second major era |
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mesozoic |
third major era... |
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cenozoic |
current major era |
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mass extinction |
every era ends with a |
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succession |
gradual successive changes that occur in organisms |
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primary succession |
out of virginal land the creation of a new environment (rep. by R) |
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secondary succession |
in a series of steps after primary & continuing (rep. by K) |
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pioneer species |
need little to no soil; short life spans, small, reproduce quickly, create soil -> lichen, fungi, detrivores, liverworts, moss, ferns |
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mortality, neonatality, immigration, emigration |
populations are affected by: (4 rates) |
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Robert Hooke |
looked @ cork -> cells! |
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von Leuwenhoek |
creepy-crawlies |
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Schwann |
observed that animals are made of cells |
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Schleiden |
plants are made of cells |
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Virchow |
mitosis |
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brown |
found nucleus w/ dyes |
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organisms are made of cells, cells are the basic unit of structure and function for all living things, and cells come from other cells |
modern cell theory |
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microtubules |
made of tubulin -> girders of cells; organelles move along them; NJ transit hahaha |
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microfilaments |
actin; supports oozing outer membrane |
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intermediate fibers |
more complex version of microfilaments; kerotin |
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prokaryotic |
no nucleus |
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eukaryotic |
nucleus! |
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RER |
synthesizes proteins |
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SER |
detox & makes membrane |
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endomembrane system |
nucleus to the bloop... woohoo |
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