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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a scientific theory? | is an explanation on how things or events based on scientific knowledge |
| what is a scientific law? | a statement about how things work in nature that seems to be true all the time |
| what are the steps od the scientific method? | state the problem, gather information, form a hypotheiesis, conduct an expirement, analze data, conclusion |
| what is variable? | something in an expirement that can change |
| what is a constant? | something in an expirement that stays the same |
| state the cell theory? | all organisms are made up of one or more cells the cell is the basic unit of organization in organisms all cells come from cells |
| who delveloped the cell theory? | robert hooke, matthias scheidlers, rudolf vicrow |
| what is a vaccine? | prevents diseases |
| what is respiration? | chemical reacations that occur that breakdown food molecules into simpler substances and releases their stored energy |
| what photosynthesis? | plants and many other producers can covert light energy into another kind of energy |
| what is a dichotomous key? | a detailed list of identifying characteristics that inculde scientific names |
| what is a eukaryotic cell? | cell membrane with bonds structures |
| what is a prokaryotic cell? | cell membrane without bond structures |
| how do materials get into and out of a cell? | through atice and passive transport. |
| what is active transport? | when an input of energy is required to move materials through a cell membrane |
| what is passive transport? | the movement of substances through the cell membrane without the input of energy. |
| what is endocytosis? | the cell process that takes in a substance by surrounding it with the cell membrane |
| what is excytosis? | contents of a vesicle can be released by a cell |
| what is seletively permeable? | only certen things can pass |
| what is fermintation? | when cells do not have enough oxygen for respiration, they use this process |
| what is a molecule? | a group of atoms held together by energy of chemical bonds |
| what makes up a chromosome? | a threadlike line or strand of dna and associated proteins in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells that carries genes. |
| how many chromosomes does a body cell have? | 46 |
| how many chromosomes does a sex cell have? | 23 |
| what is an example of asexual reproduction | strawberries and a potato |
| what is the purpose of mitosis? | it forms 2 body cells |
| what is the purpose of meiosis? | it forms 4 sex cells |
| what is a chyme? | food is arranged in the stomach into a thin watery liquid |
| what is perstalsis | waves of muscle contractions |
| what are some respatory diseases | chronic bronchitis and emphysema |
| what is dialysis | if both of a person kidneys failed and had to go onto machine |
| what is excretory system | any system that gets rid of waste |