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| They are made up of at least one cell |
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| characteristics of living things are UNIQUE to organisms? In other words, a characteristic that ONLY living things have that a non-living thing would not |
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| The word “karyon”, the root word for the terms prokaryote and eukaryote is a Greek word meaning |
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| TRUE or FALSE: Organisms made up of prokaryotic cell types are found in __________ Domain(s). |
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| When Dr. Anderson was your age, the common way to classify organisms was a system where species were placed into one of 5 Kingdoms: Animal, Plant, Fungi, Protist, and Monera. Using what you know about organism diversity, what was the cell type of the species in the Kingdom Monera? |
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| They are all made up of eukaryotic cells |
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| What characteristic(s) do all animals, plants, funguses, and protists share? |
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| Which of the following types of organisms are not composed of eukaryotic cells? |
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| If you are looking at a microbe through a microscope and notice that it is a single-celled organism that contains a nucleus and other organelles, you would classify it in the Domain __________. |
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| TRUE or FALSE: All the species of organisms within the Domain Bacteria cause disease. |
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| a community consists of all living organisms in the area, whereas an ecosystem consists of all living and nonliving aspects of an area |
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| Our species of organism (Homo sapiens) can be placed within the Kingdom __________. |
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| "An athlete who uses dietary supplements will perform better than one who doesn't." This statement would be an example of which of the following? |
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| Which process used to solve problems in science involves the accumulation of facts through observation until the evidence leads to a general statement about nature? |
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| Is it morally ok to support euthanasia (“mercy” killing of terminally ill patients)? |
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| Which of the following questions could not be tested through the process of science? |
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| a frequently observed but poorly understood phenomenon in which people tend to respond favorably to any treatment |
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| Neither the researchers nor the participants know who is receiving the drug or placebo |
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| Before experimental drugs can go to market, they must undergo many rigorous drug trials to ensure their medical benefits are effective and safe. Which of the following correctly describes a double-blind test often used in these studies? |
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| A _____ can seem to reveal a link between to phenomena when one really does not exist |
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| An explanation for a natural event that is supported by many sources of data and evidence and is very unlikely to be shown as false |
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| You are studying the effects of an artificial sweetener on mice. Four groups of mice consume different amounts of sweetener in their food: 0 grams, 2 grams, 4 grams, 8 grams. Which of these four conditions represent the control group? |
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| contains the most species of living things? |
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| If you were raising frying chickens, how much meat could you produce given a metric ton (1000 kg) of feed? |
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| Which of these options would be the most efficient human food source in terms of resource use? |
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| All energy that is passed through living systems on the planet Earth originally came from: |
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| Which is known as unrestricted growth at a constant rate? |
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| What of the following is a producer? |
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| Return inorganic matter from organic matter |
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| Within the soil, bacteria function to ____________. |
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| TRUE or FALSE: Humans can be either primary, secondary or tertiary consumers. |
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| The earth is a closed system except for _____. |
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