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if two atoms have different numbers of neutrons in thier nuclei then they are different?
Isoptopes
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chemical reactions involve exchanges of what?
ELECTRONS
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Ionic bonds occur when electrons are shared or exchanged?
exchanged
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a covalent bond occurs when electrons are shared, or exchanged
shared
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a solution with a ph of 14 is?
basic
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the universal solvent in which all biochemical reactions take place is where
water
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are hydrocarbons biological compounds? Why or why not?
no because they are toxic
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name two types of living cells and state the criteria for separation
prokaryote & eukaryote
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the stable internal environment which must be maintained by all living cells is called
homostasis
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scientific term for diseases
pathogen
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malaria is vectored by what animal
mosquitos
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zoology specializes in the study of what
animals
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botany specializes in the study of what
plants
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animal phylum ___________ has the greatest number of species in the animal kingdom
arthropods
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beetles and flies are what?
insects
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all arthropods are VERTEBRATES or INVERTEBRATES
Invertebrates
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All tetrapods are VERTEBRATES or INVERTEBRATES
Vertebrates
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the animal phylum referred to as parazoa is
sponges (poriefra)
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a circulatory system in which the fluid is NOT ALWAYS contained within the blood vessels is said to be
open
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a circulatory system in which the fluid is ALWAYS contained within the blood vessels is said to be
closed
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vertebrates have have an OPENED or CLOSED circulatory sytem
closed
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cephalopods come from Pyhylum ______?
molluska
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with respect to obtaining energy all animals are______
heterotrophs
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all true animals are organized at this level or higher
tissue
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the combination of alleles, situated on corresponding chromosomes, that determines a specific trait of an individual
genotype
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any observable characteristic or trait of an organism:
phenotype
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an individual having identical alleles for a trait
homozygous
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an individual having different alleles for a trait
heterozygous
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Carolus Linnaeus is famous for what contribution to science
binomial nomilcature
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a phylogeny is a scientific reference to a series of what?
linegeas
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biologists classify all organisms according to what relationships
evolutionary
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how are the wings of birds and those of insects related to one another
analogus
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the minimum amount of energy required to start achemical reaction is the ______ energy
activation
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The monosaccharide that is blood sugar in vertebrates is____. the disarccharide that constitutes table sugar is____
blood glucose
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order display of pair chromosomes
karoytype
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series of enzyme mediated reaction within a living cell
metabolic pathways
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feedback which STABILIZES a system is called ______ feedback
negative
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feedback that DESTABILIZES a system is called_____ feedback
positive
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the only vertebrates that chew their food are?
mammals
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animals that only eat meat
example: cats, dogs, etc
obligate carnivore
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animal who eats both meat and veggies
omnivore
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animal who eats only plants vegetarian
herbivvore
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all fungi (with respect to obtaining energey) are?
heterotrophs
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the largest order of placenta mammals contains
rodents
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monotremes differ from other mammals in what respect?
they are oviperous (lays eggs)
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marsupials differ from placental mammals in what respect
external pouch
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mammals such as canines and felines are from the mammalian order containing
carnivores
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which groups of vertebrates have skeletons of cartilage
sharks, lampreys, hagfish
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the first tetrapods were?
amphibians
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which vertebrates have four-chambered hearts
birds and mammals
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which vertebrates have two-chamber hearts
fish
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which vertebrates have three-chambered hearts
reptiles & amphibians
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what reptiles have circulatory systems very similar to birds and mammals
crocodiles
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hagfishes and lampreys are classes as _______ fishes
jawless (agnathans)
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vertebrates that keep warm from environment
ectotherms
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vertebrates that are warmblooded keep themselves warm
endotherm
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name three classes of true land animals
reptiles, birds, mammals
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the first vertebrates were fishes of what type
jawless
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rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, and copperheads are called pit vipers because of what adaption
heat sensory organs
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mammalian order cetacea contains what animals
whales, dolphins, etc
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the only animals that provide milk for its offspring are
mammals
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a hybrid animals that is result of cross between a mare and jackass is called?
mule
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the first geologic time period of the paleozoic era was the?
Cambrian
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the last geologic time period of the paleozoic era was the
Permian
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name three adaptions that birds have to faciliate flight
light bones, feathers, adaptive respiratory system
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birds are in class what?
Aves
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which vertebrates have gills and are aquatic or marine throughout life cycle
fishes
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the name "amphibian" literally means?
two lives
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all vertebrates are from which phylum
cordata
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the first amniotes were the
reptiles
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the very largest marine animals such as the blue whale and whale shark feed on what?
plankton
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the fossil records show that the first tetrapods appeared during the _______ time period
devonian
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are birds more closely related to crocodiles or mammals?
crocodiles
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food fishes such as salmon and tuna are from what group of fishes
grey fin
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all plants that produce flowers are
angiosperms
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mosses are classifies as
non vascular
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pines and firs are?
gymnosperms
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pores of the leaf
stomata
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what is the function of vascular plant tissue called xylem?
distributes water and dissolves minerals
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what is the function of the vascular plant tissue called phloem?
distributes metabolites
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what is a plant cuticle
a thick waxy covering produced by epidermal cells to cover and protect
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