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Biological Principles
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Biology
9th Grade
01/14/2009

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The stable internal balance maintained by livings things is called
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homeostasis
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A/an __________ is a prediction that can be tested
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hypothesis
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a sunflower is an example of
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multicellular autotroph
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reproduction results in either duplication of the parent or in
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duplication with variation
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what is the smallest unit of life that is capable of carrying out all life processes?
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cell
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normally how many variables should an experiment have?
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1
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as a resolution of a microscope gets better the image gets
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more detailed
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charged particles that move around the nucleus of an atom are called
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neutrons
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in an ionic bond what happens?
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two atoms of opposite charge are held together by electrical attraction
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an attachment between atoms that results from the atoms sharing one or more pairs of electrons is
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a covalent bond
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the amount of enery needed to start a chemical reaction is..
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the activation energy
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a substance that can neutralize small amounts of acids or bases is a /an
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buffer
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a bod that forms between hydrogen and another atoms is called an
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hydrogen bond
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a compound microscope uses _____ lens/lenses for magnification
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2
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the measure of the amount of space an obkect takes up is
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volume
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a ________ is a subatomic particle with a postive charge
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proton
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si basic unit of mass is the
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gram
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the formula for finding the volume of an object is
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lxwxh
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si basic unit of length is
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meter
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if a dog barks at a squirrel the dog barking is the
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responce
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several tissues working together to perform a specific job are called
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organs
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measurements taken during an experiment are called
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quanitive data
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the PH scale ranges from 0 ->
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ten characteristics of living things
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must respond to stimuli
must grow
must develop
can reproduce
must have homeostasis
needs energy
made of cells
contains dna
organized into hierarchy
can adapt
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difference between autotrophs and heterotrophs
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autotrophs get energy from non organisms
hetero troph gets energey from organsims living or dead
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define biology
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study of all living things
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why do scientists use the si system of measurement
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easier to read, easier to share details and easy to compare then converting everything
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if a substance has a PH of 4 is is acidic or basic
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acidic
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eight life processes
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nutrition
reproduction
growth
development
respiration
extretion
synthesis
metabolism
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