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CSET Multiple Subject: Life Science

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1. Advantages and disadvantages of sexual reproduction?
Passing of traits from parents to their offspring
Advantage - greater diversity among offspring Disadvantage - must find a mate to be able to reproduce
Sexually
Number of organelles

2. What are the different types of reproduction in plants?
gets energy directly from the sun ex. green plants - grass - trees
Prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telephase
Sexual and asexual
The right atrium receives blood from the rest of the body - The blood moves into the right ventricle - The right ventricle pumps the blood to the lungs - In the lungs - the blood is filled with oxygen and carbon dioxide leaves the the blood and is ex

3. What is gamete?
An explanation that has undergone many tests; many different kinds of evidence dupport a scientific theory; no evidence can contradict - or disagree with - the explanation
Deoxyribonucleic acid; this is where the genetic code of an organism is stored
A sex cell - such as sperm or egg
A habitat that provides food - water and a method of maintaining homeostasis and reproducing

4. What is metabolism?
Transport hemoglobin - oxygen - food supply
Cerebrum - cerebellum - brain stem
Way of using energy
Largest part of the brain; controls the way we think - learn - remember - and feel. Controls muscles that let you move body parts - interprets messages from the sense organs. It's divided into two halves; left controls activities on the right side of

5. Disadvantage to asexual reproduction
Complete metamorphosis - it's an amphbian (double life) Stage 1: egg hatches Stage 2: tadpole (looks like a fish) has a tail and no legs; breathes through gills (aquatic) Stage 3: grows legs - loses its gills and tails; starts breathing through nost
Chemical plants use to absorb solar energy - it's stored in chloroplasts
Selectively permeable - lets things in and out
Offspring are exact copies of the parent; lacks diversity - respond to changes in the environment; if a change kills one of the offspring - it will probably kill them all

6. What is the nucleus?
A gene that is hidden by a dominant gene
Powerhouses of the cell
Lies beneath the cerebrum and controls balance; helps muscles work together
Brain of the cell - DNA blueprint

7. What determines the types of organisms an ecosystem can support?
The gene that shows up
In plants - the process of storing energy through photosynthesis and later releasing it through respiration
A gene that is hidden by a dominant gene
Water; the most important factor in determining the distribution of plant life

8. What is a dominant gene?
Oldest organism; asexual
Complete metamorphosis - it's an amphbian (double life) Stage 1: egg hatches Stage 2: tadpole (looks like a fish) has a tail and no legs; breathes through gills (aquatic) Stage 3: grows legs - loses its gills and tails; starts breathing through nost
Different shapes and sizes of their beaks; eating insects vs eating seeds
The gene that shows up

9. What are arteries?
Explains how evolution occurs - the process by which organisms best suited to the environment survive - reproduce - and pass their genes to the next generation - ex. snakes that have a specialized upper tooth to cut their way out of their shell; thus
breaks down dead organisms ex. fungi - bacteria - creates fertilizer for the producer
A blood vessel that takes carries blood away from the heart
Not photo doesn't need light; asexual

10. What are animal cells comprised of?
removes water from undigested material - returning the water to the body
Absorbs the nutrients
Number of organelles
Complete metamorphosis - changes in form during development in which earlier stages do not look like the adult. Stage 1: butterfly egg hatches into a caterpillar Stage 2: caterpillar feeds on leaves - molting several times as it grows Stage 3: when a

11. Krebb Cycle
In plants - the process of storing energy through photosynthesis and later releasing it through respiration
The process that results in sex cells. Each sex cell contains one - half the number of chromosomes in the parent cell
Prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telephase
Eats the primary producer ex. snake

12. What is chlorophyll? and where is it stored?

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13. What makes up the nervous system?
Nucleus - mitrochondria - ribosomes - cytoplasm - cell membrane
Outside the cell membrane and hold structure
Way of using energy
Brain - spinal cord - and other nerves

14. What are the factors affecting plant growth?
Vacuole - chloroplast - cell wall
Deoxyribonucleic acid; this is where the genetic code of an organism is stored
The dividing of a cell's nucleus. The process that results in two cells identical to the parent cell
Gravity - a plant seed is planted in the soil (total darkness) but because of geotropism (response to gravity) the stem goes upwards and the roots downward Light - phototropism (responding to light) Stress - an external factor (frost - stepped on

15. Life cycle of a butterfly
How we adapt to our environment
Complete metamorphosis - changes in form during development in which earlier stages do not look like the adult. Stage 1: butterfly egg hatches into a caterpillar Stage 2: caterpillar feeds on leaves - molting several times as it grows Stage 3: when a
A blood vessel that carries blood to the heart
Both members benefit (mutual benefit)

16. How do mammals reproduce?
Transport hemoglobin - oxygen - food supply
Lies beneath the cerebrum and controls balance; helps muscles work together
The gene that shows up
Sexually

17. brain stem
Body temperature (internal or external)
Lies under the cerebellum; connects the brain and spinal cord. Controls the automatic activities of the body (heart rate - gland secretions - digestion - resptration - and circulation
Number of organelles
1) Transporting water and nutrients 2) Light energy from the sun 3) Carbon dioxide from the air 4) Back to the transport system 5) From plant food to your table

18. What are the stages of cell division?
Lower part of the large intestines where feces is stored
Prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telephase
Organisms tend to produce more offspring than can survive. ex. fish lay thousands of eggs - but only a few live to be adult fish. Individuals in a population have slight variations. ex. fish in a population differ slightly in color - length - fin siz
The movement of water through a cell membrane; osmosis causes salt to move across a permeable membrane from an area of greater salinity to an area of lesser salinity

19. What supports Darwin's theory of evolution?
Vacuole - chloroplast - cell wall
Lies under the cerebellum; connects the brain and spinal cord. Controls the automatic activities of the body (heart rate - gland secretions - digestion - resptration - and circulation
Fossil records - embryos of some kinds of organisms go through similar stages of development - vestigal structures (a body part that appears to be useless to an organism) ex. snakes and whales have the remnants of leg bones and pelvic bones. Homologu
A blood vessel that carries blood to the heart

20. What is adaptation?
How we adapt to our environment
Cerebrum - cerebellum - brain stem
An organism's combination of genes for a trait
Not photo doesn't need light; asexual

21. What is descent with modification?
Cerebrum - cerebellum - brain stem
Cell starts to split
The theory that more recent species of organisms are changed descendants of earlier species; present organisms are related to past organisms; basically says that evolution occurs in nature
Fossil records - embryos of some kinds of organisms go through similar stages of development - vestigal structures (a body part that appears to be useless to an organism) ex. snakes and whales have the remnants of leg bones and pelvic bones. Homologu

22. System of classification?
A blood vessel that takes carries blood away from the heart
King Philip came over for good soup - Kingdom - Phylum - class - order - family - genus - species
Eats the producer ex. rabbit
An explanation that has undergone many tests; many different kinds of evidence dupport a scientific theory; no evidence can contradict - or disagree with - the explanation

23. What is the cell wall?
Everything in the membrane
Outside the cell membrane and hold structure
Body temperature (internal or external)
In plants - the process of storing energy through photosynthesis and later releasing it through respiration

24. Large intestines
Selectively permeable - lets things in and out
Bone marrow
removes water from undigested material - returning the water to the body
Transport hemoglobin - oxygen - food supply

25. What is the circulatory system responsible for?
Pumping blood to all the tissues of the body
A blood vessel that takes carries blood away from the heart
The theory that more recent species of organisms are changed descendants of earlier species; present organisms are related to past organisms; basically says that evolution occurs in nature
Outside the cell membrane and hold structure

26. Finches
Vacuole - chloroplast - cell wall
Pumping blood to all the tissues of the body
Body temperature (internal or external)
Different shapes and sizes of their beaks; eating insects vs eating seeds

27. What is mutualism?
Both members benefit (mutual benefit)
Breaking down and absorbing food
Complete metamorphosis - changes in form during development in which earlier stages do not look like the adult. Stage 1: butterfly egg hatches into a caterpillar Stage 2: caterpillar feeds on leaves - molting several times as it grows Stage 3: when a
Eats the producer ex. rabbit

28. Decomposer
Cerebrum - cerebellum - brain stem
How we adapt to our environment
breaks down dead organisms ex. fungi - bacteria - creates fertilizer for the producer
Outside the cell membrane and hold structure

29. Esophages
Long tube that connects the mouth and the stomach
Eats the producer ex. rabbit
A gene that is hidden by a dominant gene
Powerhouses of the cell

30. What happens in prophase?
breaks down dead organisms ex. fungi - bacteria - creates fertilizer for the producer
The cell duplicates
Lower part of the large intestines where feces is stored
Both members benefit (mutual benefit)

31. Duck - billed platypus and the spiny anteater
Offspring are exact copies of the parent; lacks diversity - respond to changes in the environment; if a change kills one of the offspring - it will probably kill them all
What an organism looks like as a result of its genes
Only mammals that lay eggs
Deoxyribonucleic acid; this is where the genetic code of an organism is stored

32. Life cycle of a frog

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33. What is commensalism?
They use the chemical chlorophyl to absorb solar energy - then store this energy using a chemical reaction that creates carbohydrates
Genetic material lines up spindile starts to grow
One member benifits - the other is unaffected ex. fish on whales - the fish are eating scraps that the whale leaves behind and is getting the benifit of transportation
Only mammals that lay eggs

34. cerebellum
A testable explanation of a question or problem
Lies beneath the cerebrum and controls balance; helps muscles work together
They use the chemical chlorophyl to absorb solar energy - then store this energy using a chemical reaction that creates carbohydrates
Everything in the membrane

35. What do organisms need?
A habitat that provides food - water and a method of maintaining homeostasis and reproducing
The movement of water through a cell membrane; osmosis causes salt to move across a permeable membrane from an area of greater salinity to an area of lesser salinity
One member benifits and one is harmed ex. tape worm living in an animal's intestines - the animal is harmed - but the tape worm benifit because it gets food in the intestines
The right atrium receives blood from the rest of the body - The blood moves into the right ventricle - The right ventricle pumps the blood to the lungs - In the lungs - the blood is filled with oxygen and carbon dioxide leaves the the blood and is ex

36. What is a scientific theory?
They use the chemical chlorophyl to absorb solar energy - then store this energy using a chemical reaction that creates carbohydrates
An explanation that has undergone many tests; many different kinds of evidence dupport a scientific theory; no evidence can contradict - or disagree with - the explanation
The gene that shows up
Number of organelles

37. What are the ribosomes?
Brain of the cell - DNA blueprint
RNA translate creating proteins
Organisms tend to produce more offspring than can survive. ex. fish lay thousands of eggs - but only a few live to be adult fish. Individuals in a population have slight variations. ex. fish in a population differ slightly in color - length - fin siz
A model used to represent crosses between organisms

38. What is mitrochondria?
Powerhouses of the cell
Only mammals that lay eggs
Different shapes and sizes of their beaks; eating insects vs eating seeds
Selectively permeable - lets things in and out

39. What is mitosis?

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40. What is predation?
Brain of the cell - DNA blueprint
A non symbiotic relationship in which a predator hunts prey
A gene that is hidden by a dominant gene
Sexual and asexual

41. Small intestines
Absorbs the nutrients
While cross breeding with pea plants - discovered that traits in organisms are due to paired factors; now called genes
In plants - the process of storing energy through photosynthesis and later releasing it through respiration
Outside the cell membrane and hold structure

42. Secondary consumer
The cell duplicates
Eats the primary producer ex. snake
Passing of traits from parents to their offspring
Cell starts to split

43. Primary consumer
A habitat that provides food - water and a method of maintaining homeostasis and reproducing
Eats the producer ex. rabbit
Breaking down and absorbing food
One member benifits and one is harmed ex. tape worm living in an animal's intestines - the animal is harmed - but the tape worm benifit because it gets food in the intestines

44. What is homeostasis?
What an organism looks like as a result of its genes
Body temperature (internal or external)
removes water from undigested material - returning the water to the body
The cell duplicates

45. Gregor Mendel
Body temperature (internal or external)
Brain - spinal cord - and other nerves
What an organism looks like as a result of its genes
While cross breeding with pea plants - discovered that traits in organisms are due to paired factors; now called genes

46. What is a hypothesis?
Sexual and asexual
Chemical plants use to absorb solar energy - it's stored in chloroplasts
Complete metamorphosis - it's an amphbian (double life) Stage 1: egg hatches Stage 2: tadpole (looks like a fish) has a tail and no legs; breathes through gills (aquatic) Stage 3: grows legs - loses its gills and tails; starts breathing through nost
A testable explanation of a question or problem

47. What are the two ways of reproduction?
Cerebrum - cerebellum - brain stem
Not photo doesn't need light; asexual
Largest part of the brain; controls the way we think - learn - remember - and feel. Controls muscles that let you move body parts - interprets messages from the sense organs. It's divided into two halves; left controls activities on the right side of
Asexual and sexual

48. What is a punnett square?
In plants - the process of storing energy through photosynthesis and later releasing it through respiration
Gravity - a plant seed is planted in the soil (total darkness) but because of geotropism (response to gravity) the stem goes upwards and the roots downward Light - phototropism (responding to light) Stress - an external factor (frost - stepped on
A model used to represent crosses between organisms
The theory that more recent species of organisms are changed descendants of earlier species; present organisms are related to past organisms; basically says that evolution occurs in nature

49. What are the three parts of the brain?
Pumping blood to all the tissues of the body
Cerebrum - cerebellum - brain stem
Passing of traits from parents to their offspring
Nucleus - mitrochondria - ribosomes - cytoplasm - cell membrane

50. Advantages to asexual reproduction

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