Biology Intro | Cells Begin | Cells and Tissues | The Nerve! | The Birds and Bees |
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What is biology?
The study of life.
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Who is Robert Hooke?
He is credited with discovering the cell.
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What are four tissues?
Epithelial, muscle, connective, and nervous.
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What is ecology?
The study of organisms interactions with their environments.
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What is asexual reproduction?
New organisms arise which are genetic copies of the parental organism.
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What is homeostasis?
Maintaining an equilibrium inside the body.
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What are prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
The two different kinds of cells.
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What is ATP?
The energy carrying molecule in cells.
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What are abiotic factors?
These are the non-living factors of environments.
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What is the epididymis?
A place for immature sperm to hang out.
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What are carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen?
These 4 elements make up 95% of the human body.
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What is the phospholipid bilayer?
The cell membrane is made of this, which is composed of hydrophilic heads and hydrophobic tails.
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What is photosynthesis?
The process that plants use to make sugar
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What is 10%?
This is the amount of energy that is passed between trophic levels.
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What is the corpus luteum?
This ovarian structure develops from an egg follicle, continuing to secrete hormones such as estrogen and progesterone.
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What is the scientific method?
A logical way to approach a problem; a problem-solving method based on data.
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What are cell membrane, cytoplasm, ribosomes, or DNA?
Name 3 of the 4 structures all cells have.
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What is cellular respiration?
sugar & O2 -> CO2 & H2O & ATP is the equation for this chemical process.
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What is primary productivity?
this is what determines the amount of energy that is availible in an ecosystem, based on the producers in the ecosystem.
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What is the placenta?
A maternal tissue structure that functions only until birth, providing nutrient and waste exchange between a fetus and mother.
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What is the United.States?
This is the only country that doesn't use the metric system
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What is rough endoplasmic reticulum?
A cell organelle with ribosomes attached; location of protein synthesis.
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What is the adrenal gland?
This gland produces several hormones, including sex hormones, norepinephrine, aldosterone, and cortisol.
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What is chemosynthesis?
when a plant cant get enough sunlight, it uses this to make sugars instead.
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What is an ectopic pregnancy?
A dangerous situation whereby the fertilized egg embeds in the oviduct instead of the uterus?
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