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Define unicellular and give an example
What is a living thing that consists of a single cell. Bacteria and protists.
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Define growth and give an example
What is a change in size. Getting taller
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Define: stimulus
What is anything that cause a reaction. A signal to which an organism responds.
100
Define evolution
What is change in a species over a great amount of time.
100

What is biology?

What is the study of life

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Define multicellular and give an example.
What is an organism with more than one cell. Human, dog, cat, fish, frog, etc
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Where does an organism get their traits?
What is from their parents
200
Define metabolism
What is the combination of chemical reactions by which an organism builds up or breaks down material
200
Give an example of an adaptation
What is desert plants, desert animals, fur on polar animals, coloring of animals....
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List the 3 properties of water. (Extra 10 points per property answer for definition and  biological relevance)

cohesion, adhesion, high specific heat, high heat of evaporation (water can take a lot of heat without its temperature rising much. Relevance: huge part in the climate, because it means that oceans take a long time to warm up)., lower density in solid form than liquid form, high level of surface tension, capillary action

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Define reproduction
What is the process by which organisms produce new organisms.
300
Define development and give an example
What is a change in physical or physiological appearance. Caterpillar-butterfly, puberty, larvae-fly
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Define autotroph and heterotroph and give an example of each
Autotroph: An organism that makes it's own food (Plant, algae, certain bacteria) Heterotroph: An organism that eats to obtain energy (human, dog, cat, bird, certain bacteria)
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Define homeostasis
What is the processes by which an organism maintains a relatively stable internal environment.
300

Explain the difference between an observation and an inference

An observation is the gathering of information using the 5 senses. An inference is a logical interpretation based on prior knowledge

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Define budding
What is a type of asexual reproduction where the offspring "buds" or grows off the parent, then detaches becoming a new organism.
400
Do single-celled organism grow and develop?
No, they grow in size, but do not develop
400

What are the 2 types of stimuli and give an example of each.

What is internal (body temperature, water balance, blood sugar) and external (light, temperature, sound, gravity, pressure)

400
How does a species evolve?
What is mutations. Random changes in the DNA of a species.
400

Superintendent of Boston Public Schools who passed away in 1931/

Who is Jeremiah E. Burke, the person who the school was named after?

500

Is reproduction essential to the survival of the species or the individual and why?

The survival of the species. A species as a whole must be able to reproduce, but each individual organism does not need to reproduce to survive.

500

Explain how the offspring of asexual reproduction and the offspring of sexual reproduction differ and why.

Offspring of asexual reproduction are clones (genetically identical) to their parents. Offspring of sexual reproduction differ from their parents because they have a combination of genetic material from both.

500

Identify and explain the 2 ways that autotrophs use to obtain energy. 

What is Photosynthesis: Using sunlight energy to make food*

Chemosynthesis: Using chemical energy to make food

500

Define thermoregulation and explain the processes your body goes through to maintain it.

What is the regulation of body temperature. When our temperature is too high we sweat to cool down. When our temperature is too low we shiver to warm up.

500

The year the Jeremiah E. Burke High school become coeducational school

What is 1972?