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Why is it necassary to break down proteins properly in the digestive system?
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Proteins are:
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of fertility drugs?
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of contreceptives?
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In what ways does the body prevent viruses and harmful bacteria from entering?
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What type of chemical is released from some white blood cells to attack viruses?
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Antibodies
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Where is the temperature monitored?
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In the brain.
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How do capillaries help the body to keep cool on hot days?
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What type of organisms reproduce through meiosis?
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Humans
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What type of organisms reproduce through mitosis?
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Plants
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Information is passed __________ across synapses
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Chemically
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Explain how natural selection may cause creatures to have desirable characteristics
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What is an allele?
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Forms of a gene
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What does dominant mean?
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That only one gene is needed for a characteristic to be inherited
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What in the body does Huntington's disease affect?
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The nervous system
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How does the carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke affect the normal function of red blood cells?
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