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Unit 1: Biology Basics
Unit 2: Ecology concepts 1-3
Unit 2: Ecology Concepts 4-6
Unit 3: Cell Organelles
Unit 3: Cell Transport
100
The goal is to study the world around us
What is science
100
The factors including all the living parts of an ecosystem that interact with each other
What are biotic factors
100
A prey population usually decrease when a predator population does this
What is increases
100

The scientist that observed cork underneath his homemade light microscope and coined the term "cells".

Who is Robert Hooke

100
This is the movement of water particles into and out of cells
What is osmosis
200

This is subjective. It  is a guess based on what is observed

What is an inference.

200
This is one cause of an increase in population size
What is immigration
200
The animal that is hunted, killed, & eaten by another
What is the prey
200

The smallest basic unit of life.

What is a cell.

200

The output of a system that intensifies the response. Give me an example with explanation.

What is Positive Feedback Mechanism ex: human child birth

300

A substance that has an affinity for water is said to be.  ___________

What is hydrophilic

300
When you study a community, you are studying how this type of things affect each other
What are living things
300

A team of scientists visit an area of land. They report that the land is undergoing the end of ecological succession. What is the description of the area?

What is climax community.
300
This is one organelle an animal cell does not have
What is a cell wall
300

A cell uses energy to pump molecules across the membrane, against the [] gradient, through a protein channel.

What is a molecular pump

400

The most diverse in shape, their form dictates function. There are four levels to their structures giving them great variety.

What is a protein.

400
A plant growing towards the light is an example of this characteristic of life
What is responds to its environment
400

Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide and methane. How do greenhouse gases act to increase air temperatures near the Earth's surface?

What is they trap heat that is coming from the surface.

400

A scientist is studying a cell from an unidentified organism. What feature of the cell provides the strongest evidence that the organism is a prokaryote, and not a eukaryote?

What is the cell lacks a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.

400

Uses energy and vesicles to move particles into the cell.

What is Endocytosis

500
Branch of science that studies living things and their parts and actions
What is life science
500

A hurricane blows across a Caribbean island. The storm flattens trees, and it drowns or washes away a large number of plants and animals. As a result of the storm, the carrying capacity of the island is temporarily reduced for many of the island species. What limiting factor is the storm categorized as?

What is density-independent limiting factor.

500
Any condition that keeps the size of a population from increasing
What is a limiting factor
500
This is the main control center of a cell
What is the nucleus
500

Water concentration levels are higher inside the cell, than in the environment. In order to meet homeostasis, what solution must this cell be placed in?

What is a hypertonic solution.