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What is the result of a scientific experiment   Strong correlation between independent variable and dependent variable  
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Results of the control group tell you about the variable   High morality in control group  
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Taking a prescription medicine models what step in the scientific method   testing a hypothesis  
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What activities are stimulated by the germ theory   Precautious disease- causing pathogens can spread from an infected indivisual to an uninfected indivisual  
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What is the cell plasma membrane   Separated from the outside environment by a flexible  
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What is evidence for the common ancestor of life   • Hypothesis supported by the observation that all cells in all living organisms use DNA to direct their structure function and behavior  
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What are autotrophs   These organisms make their own energy /producers of own energy source  
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These organisms obtain their energy from other organisms   Heterotroph/ consumers  
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What created by the interactions of 2 or more populations   Community level or organization  
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What is the advantage of multicellularity   Cells-> tissues→ organs→ individual  
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What is an organ   Composed of two or more tissues  
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What is the biosphere   Includes all life forms and the spaces where they live  
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What cannot be tested by scientific method   Questions about topics other than the natural world  
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What results support the hypothesis p kills fish   A predicted increase in pizzeria populations coincided with a fish die of  
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What is used to contrast evolutionary tree   Based on a set of shared characteristics believed to have arisen in a common ancestor share some features with their ancestors  
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Animal and fungi belong to this domain   Eukaraya  
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What are prokaryotes   Lacks a nucleus that encloses the cell’s DNA  
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What are prokaryote cell with lipid laden membrane   Archae cells  
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What is the result of adaptations that allow them to live in any environment   Reason bacteria and Achaea, are considered the most successful inhabitants of the planet  
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What is salt   Halophiles are archaic hat love this compound  
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What is extreme hot found in hot geysers   Archaens survive the temperature in the water  
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What are cells of bacteria   Cells have the following shapes rod sphere or corkscrew  
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What are functions of bacteria   Can provide the nitrate necessary for plant nutrition and can be used to clean up oil spills  
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What are viruses   Constructed from a protein wrapped around DNA or RNA  
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How bacteria reproduce   Binary fission  
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how bacteria communicate form slime   Quorum sensing  
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Most ancient eukaryotes are what?   Fossils of red algae  
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What is sexual reproduction   Eukaryotes reproduction method which gives greater genetic variability between parents and offspring  
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What describes a multicellular functionality / what is the organization of multicellularity   Each specialized cell uses genes that are not expressed in other cells.  
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What belongs to the kingdom   Protista is the taxon that contains organisms that resemble animal or plants or fungi  
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Mosses were the first plants to do this   Colonize land  
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Carbon dioxide, water, and light energy are necessary for this plant process   What is photosynthesis  
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Kingdom first to conquer land   What are Plants  
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Plants that do not posses roots   What are moss  
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What is Lignin   Chief constituent of wood, that binds to cellulose fibers and hardens and strengthens the cell walls of plants to allow them to extend upward  
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These kingdoms share the ability to photosynthesize   Plants, bacteria  
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These two plant groups provide their embryos with stored food that can support growth before photosynthesis begins   Angiosperms and gymnosperms  
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What is arrival of the pollen grain on the female reproductive part of the plant   Pollination of carpel  
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What plants rely on nocturnal bats for pollination   These flowers open at night and are closed during the day  
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Underground mycelium is larger than this part of mushroom   the above ground fruiting body  
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Photoautotroph to chemoheterotrophic   An animal that can go from photoautotroph to chemoheterotrophic is mycotrophic  
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What is xylem   plant tissue specialized for transporting water and dissolved nutrients  
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What structure maintain tissue integrity and multicellularity in animals   Most animals produce a fiber-rich extracellular matrix to which their cells can attach  
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What is the Developmental sequence after fertilization   Zygote to blastula to gastrula.  
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What are deuterostome   Derive the anus from the blastopore.  
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What system develops from the endoderm layer   Digestive system—endoderm  
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What is cephalization   Body plan with anterior location of feeding and sensory structures.  
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What is the nervous system communication with the muscular system   Some parasites actively sense potential hosts or mates and move toward them.  
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This animal has circulatory system and digestive system but lacks a respiratory system   the earthworm  
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what do Mollusk contribute this to marine ecosystems   They contribute diversity  
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What is a Cephalopod   Mollusk whose predatory lifestyle probably contributed to extraordinary intellectual development  
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Centipede—myriapods   Authropod matched with its class  
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Carbohydrate found in arthropod exoskeleton   Chitin  
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Reason vertebrates form a lineage that began with a common ancestor   Humans, birds, and frogs are all vertebrates  
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Mammals do this so they have very successful reproductions   The mammary gland for nourishing their young and the placenta is for supporting the growth of the embryo  
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The amniotic egg reduces dependency to this environment   Dependent on the aquatic environment reptiles were the first  
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Structure that initially insulated this dinosaur   feathers  
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Developing scientific understanding of a natural phenomenon typically begins by   Making an observation  
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The basic unit of life is the   cell  
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Living cells are separated from the outside environment by a flexible   Membrane  
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DNA is one of the features common to all known forms of life   It is the blueprint that guides growth,, development, behavior, reproduction of all organisms  
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Which organism might harvest energy from iron   Bacterium  
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At the base of the evolutionary tree of all life is the   Universal ancestor  
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Evolutionary trees are based on   A set of shared characteristics  
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With the exception of the __ the following kingdoms are placed within the domain eukaryote   Bacteria  
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Which of the following would contain the most closely related group of phyla   Kingdom  
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The most restrictive category in the Linnaean classification system is   Species  
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The most ancient eukaryotic fossils are similar to red algae, a type of __ abundant today   Protist  
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Biologists hypothesize several advantages for the larger cell size typically observed in eukaryotes including   Storage food, larger selection of potential prey, improved defensive system  
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Although exceptions exist, reproduction in most eukaryotes involves   Two indivisuals combing DNA during the formation of a new organism  
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The dependence on sexual reproduction in the more complex eukaryotes suggest a greater number of benefits than asexual reproduction one example is the   Greater gentic variability between parents and offspring  
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Protest may superficially resemble organisms in the other kingdoms one exception is the kingdom whose members do not resemble protist in any way   Bacteria  
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Most animals reproduce sexually fertilization begins a developmental sequence that progresses from   Zygote to blastula to gastrula  
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Whith the exception of the sponges all animals develop embryologically in one of two ways chordates and echinoderms as deuterostones   Derives the anus from the blastopore  
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