Biology (R) - C1 How Living Things Are Alike.
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- The basic unit of life; smallest thing that can be called "alive".
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What is a Cell?
p. 16 - An instrument scientists use to magnify small things or make them appear larger.
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What is a Microscope?
p 16. - A special device of scientists that uses beams of tiny particles instead of light to improve magnification while reducing blurriness of images.
- What is an Electron Microscope? p. 16
- Tiny structures within cells that perform special function in the cell.
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What is an Organelle?
p. 17. - A mixture in which the particles are evenly mixed.
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What is a Solution?
p. 20 - A sugar or starch, which living things use for energy.
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What is a Carbohydrate?
p. 21 - Groups of cells that are similar & act together to do a certain job.
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What are Tissues?
p. 17 - A group of different tissues that work together to perform a certain job.
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What is an Organ?
p. 18. - Chemicals that store large amounts of energy in the body.
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What are Fats?
p. 21. - Chemicals used by living things to build & repair body parts & regulate body activities.
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What are Proteins?
p. 22. - Chemicals found in foods that are needed by living things in small amounts.
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What are Minerals?
p. 22. - Chemicals found in foods needed in small amounts by living things for growth & tissue repair of body
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What are Vitamins?
p. 22. - Chemicals found in foods that are needed by living things.
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What are Nutrients?
p. 22. - The process by which living things release energy from food.
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What is Respiration?
.p. 23. - The process by which living things break down their food.
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What is Digestion?
p. 23. - The process by which living things get rid of body wastes.
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What is Excretion?
p. 23. - The changes that occur as a living thing (organism) grows.
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What is Development?
p. 24. - The process by which living things produce offspring.
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What is Reproduction?
p. 24.