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| List the eight characteristics of living thing. |
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Have DNA
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Grow & develope
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Change over time (evolution)
- Maintain a stable internal enviroment
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Use of energy
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Response to stimuli
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Reproduce
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Made of 1 or more cells
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| What is defined as the study of the living world? |
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| Maintaining a stable internal environment |
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| Heritable characteristics that increases an organism's ability to survive & reproduce in an environment |
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| Growing by cells dividing &/or enlarging |
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| As cells of a multicellular organism become more & more specialized for 1 activity they become more or less dependent on other types of cells in an organism. |
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| What are the 3 components of the cell theory? |
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- Cells are the basic unit of life
- All living things have 1 or more cells
- Cells come from from other cells
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Which is not living?
- Flower
- Corn
- Rocks
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| Describe a Simple Microscope |
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Magnifying glass has 1 lens
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| Describe a Compound Microscope |
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| Describe a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) |
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Allows you to look at the surface of an object
(gives you a 3-D image) |
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| Describe a Transmission Electron Microscope |
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| Huge magnification, but object must be very thin to allow electrons to pass through it |
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- Cell
- (Group of cells) --> Tissue
- (Group of tissues) --> Organ
- (Group of organs)--> Organ System
- (Group of systems) --> Organism
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| A group of single cells living near eachother |
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