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Honors biology Unit 1 study guide| Questionswith correct Answers
Adaptation - ✔✔Inherited trait that is passed on to future generations
Experiments - ✔✔Test under controlled conditions that is made to demonstrate a
known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of
something previously untried
Microscopes - ✔✔Optical instrument that uses a lens or a combo of lenses to
produce magnified image of small objects especially of objects too small to be seen by
the unaided eye
Biotechnology - ✔✔Applications of the principles of engineering and technology to
the life sciences, bioengineering
Atom - ✔✔Smallest basic unit of matter
Element - ✔✔One particular type of atom, cannot be broken down into a simpler
substances
Compound - ✔✔Substance made from 2 different types of atoms bonded together in
a CERTAIN RATIO
Proton - ✔✔Found in the nucleus and have a positive charge
, Neutron - ✔✔Found in the nucleus and have a neutral charge
Electron - ✔✔Found outside of the molecule and have a negative charge
Ion - ✔✔An atom that has lost or gained an electron
Ionic bond - ✔✔Occurs through an electric force between two oppositely charged
atoms
Covalent bond - ✔✔Forms when atoms share electrons. Strong bond
Hydrogen bond - ✔✔Attraction between a slightly positive hydrogen atom and a
slightly negative atom
Cohesion - ✔✔Attraction among molecules of same substance
Adhesion - ✔✔Attraction among molecules of a different substance
Specific heat - ✔✔Amount of heat one gram of a substance must absorb/lose to
change its temperature
Solution - ✔✔Mixture of substances that is the same throughout
Solvent - ✔✔Substance that is in the greater amount and which dissolves the other
substances
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