Chapter 1 & 2 – Flashcards
Flashcard maker : Malcolm Bright
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Definition
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cell
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basic part of all living things
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kingdom
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one of five groups large into which scientists classify all organisms
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protist
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a one-celled organism
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animal
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many celled organism
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plant
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many celled organism that stays on ground
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fungi
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fungi is fungus. is a plantlike living thing that does not contain chlorophyll
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moneran
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a one-celled organism that does not have a nucleus
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cell membrane
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a structure that surrounds and protects the cell
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nucleus
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the control center of the cell
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cytoplasm
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the jellylike material that surrounds and protects the cell
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cell wall
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a stiff structure outside the cell membrane of some cells
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chloroplasts
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chlorophyll
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green substance found in plants that is used for making food for the plant
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vacuole
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liquid filled sac in a protist
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chromosomes
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threadlike structure in the nucleus of the cell that carry information about the characteristics of all living things
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protoplasm
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all the substance within the cell including the nucleus
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ameba
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one celled animallike protist that has false feet
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psudepods
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false feet of an ameba
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paramecium
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one-celled animallike protist
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cilia
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tiny hairlike structures on a paramecium
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euglena
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animal like protist that moves with flagellum
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flagellum
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whip like structure attached to the mouth region
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mushrooms
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fungi that can be a parasite or scavenger
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spore
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single cell that can grow into a new organism
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yeast
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single celled organisms that is used to make bread
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mildew
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fungi that live in damp places LIKE A SHOWER
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bacteria
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ex of a moneran
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virus
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a thing that seems to be alive but is not made of cells
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nuclear membran
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surrounds and protects the nucleus
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diatom
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ex. of plantlike protist
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diffusion
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in which food, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and wastes products move in and out of cells
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respiration
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in living things in which oxygen combines with food, releasing energy from the food
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mitosis
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cell division, process in which one cell divides forming two new cells
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problem
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a question or problem you can test
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research
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background info about a scientific problem
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hypothesis
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educated guess based on research
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procedure
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steps you will follow to test a problem
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materials
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list of things you will need in the experiment
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experiment
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the actual testing of the problem
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data
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info gathered during experiment
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observation
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any changes notices during experiment
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conclusion
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statements about the result of experiment
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theory
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final factual statement about the results
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vertebrate
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animal with backbone
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invertebrates
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animal without backbone
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pore
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small hole or opening in a sponge
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sponge
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organism that has pores
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spicules
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needlelike parts of a sponge
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stinging cell animal
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animal that has tentacles for catching prey
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stinging cell
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cell that contains a poisonous thread
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tentacles
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an arm like part around the mouth of a stinging cell animal
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flatworm
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a type of worm that has 1 body opening
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roundworm
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type of worm that is a parasite and it has 2 body openings
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segmented worm
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type of worm that is divided into segments
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mollusk
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invertebrate with a soft body
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mantle
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a fleshy covering that protects the organs of mollusks
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body mass
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where all eternal organs are located
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univalve
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one shelled mollusk
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bivalve
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two shelled mollusk
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cephalopod
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mollusk with no shell or eternal shell
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foot
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where animals move
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arthropod
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an animal with jointed legs, segmented body, and hard outer covering
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exoskeleton
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the hard outer covering of arthropods
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molt
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to shed the outer body covering
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scavenger
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an authropod that feeds of of dead and decaying things
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parasite
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authropod that lives in living things and harms that living thing which it feeds
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crustacean
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arthropod with two body sections
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insect
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authropod with 3 body segments
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head
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where mouth and most of the sense organs are located
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antenna
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sense organs are used
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thorax
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where legs are located
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abdomen
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where other organs are located
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arachnid
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arthropod with no antennas
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chilopod
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authropod with more than 3 segments
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diplopod
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authropod with more than 3 segments
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setae
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hairlike structures
