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Biology
Ans: The study of life and living organisms
The cell has to replicate its DNA
Ans: What must happen for mitosis to take place?
exoskeleton
Ans: Arthropods have a(n) ________ that has allowed them to
inhabit almost every environment on Earth
(HERDROAR)
Homeostasis
Energy Production
Reproduction
Development and Growth
Response to stimuli
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Order
Adaptation
Regulation
Ans: Characteristics of life
Sun
Ans: What is the energy source for life on Earth?
Energy
Ans: -This comes from the sun
-Next it is stored in photosynthesis in plants in the form of
carbohydrates
-Then the process of cellular respiration converts it into stored
in carbohydrates to ATP
Matter
Ans: Anything that has mass and occupies space
Atom
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Ans: A basic unit of matter that consists of a dense central
nucleus surrounded by a cloud of negatively charged electrons
Atom
Ans: smallest part of an element that has all characteristics of
that element
Molecule
Ans: The smallest part of a compound that has all
characteristics of that element
Elements
Ans: One of 92 pure substances that compose matter
Key elements (in living organisms)
Ans: • 92 pure elements occur naturally
• Carbon
• Hydrogen
• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Sulfur
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• Phosphorus
• Sodium
• Calcium
• Sulfur
• Chlorine
• Potassium
• Magnesium
Compounds
Ans: -pure substance made from two or more elements
Atomic number
Ans: equal to the number of protons an element contains
Protein
Ans: • (made of 20 amino acids) Most abundant organic
molecules and has the most uses of all macromolecules in living
systems
o They are made up of a different arrangements of the same 20
amino acids
o They are an extremely diverse group of biological molecules
composed of the monomers called amino acids
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