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1/179 Questions and Answers
Neural Development - -involves gene expression and signal transduction
(nervous system in the brain)

-Neuronal Plasticity - -modifications to nervous system after birth; activity
dependent; "use it or lose it"

-Synapses - -junction between neurons that tell the brain memories. When
broken, the memory is "lost"

-What's the first step in the process of memory formation? - -Stimulus

-What's the second step in the process of memory formation? - -Sensory
Memory

-What's the third step in the process of memory formation? - -Short-Term
Memory

-What's the fourth step in the process of memory formation? - -Long-Term
Memory

-What process is it when you retrieve memory from the long-term memory
into the short-term? - -Long-Term Potentiation (LTP)

-What happens when sensory memory and short-term memory is not
encoded? - -Forgotten

-Long-Term Potentiation (LTP) - -encoding and reencoding memories;
changes the brain (stronger synapses/memory)

-Neuron - -Nerve cell

-Emergence - -the whole is more than just the sum of its parts (ex: H2O)

-Levels of Biological Organization (largest to smallest) - -Biosphere >
Ecosystems > Communities > Populations > Organisms > Organs & Organ
Systems > Tissues > Cells > Organelles > Molecule

-BECPO(OS)TCOM - -an acronym for the levels of biological organization

-What's 1st the level of biological organization? (from largest to smallest) - -
Biosphere

, -What's 2nd the level of biological organization? (from largest to smallest) -
-Ecosystems

-What's 3rd the level of biological organization? (from largest to smallest) - -
Communities

-What's 4th the level of biological organization? (from largest to smallest) - -
Populations

-What's the 5th level of biological organization? (from largest to smallest) - -
Organisms

-What's 6th the level of biological organization? (from largest to smallest) - -
Organs/Organ Systems

-What's 7th the level of biological organization? (from largest to smallest) - -
Tissues

-What's the 8th level of biological organization? (from largest to smallest) - -
Cells

-What's the 9th level of biological organization? (from largest to smallest) - -
Organelles

-What's the 10th level of biological organization? (from largest to smallest) -
-Molecules

-Hypothesis - -testable explanation for observations based on available data

-Prediction - -what you expect to see when you test your hypothesis

-Theory - -broad explanation with significant support

-Law - -statement of what always occurs under certain circumstances

-The Scientific Method - -Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, Data
Collection, Conclusion, and Retest (if needed)

-Electrons (e-) - -a subatomic particle with a negative charge, move rapidly,
determine how element reacts

-What happens when an electron is is excited? - -Moves farther away from
the nucleus, can be used to do work

-Electron Shell - -electron's potential energy

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