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NURSING SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAM 2025
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Scientific Method
A series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating
a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.
To ask and answer scientific questions
By making observation & performing experiments
solute
A substance that is dissolved in a solution.
solvent
The substance in which the solute dissolves
React with metals to release hydrogen gas
React with carbonates to release carbon dioxide gas
bases
Accept hydrogen atoms.
scientific method steps
1. Ask a question
2. Do background research
3. Construct a hypothesis
4. Test your hypothesis by doing an experiment
5. Analyze your data and draw a conclusion based on facts.
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6. Communicate your results
Adaptation
the modification of an organism, or one or more of its parts, that makes it more fit
for existence under the conditions of its environment.
acids
release hydrogen ions in water solutions.
sour like lemons or limes
burn to the touch
turn litmus paper red
homeostasis
A tendency toward a stable state between different, but interdependent elements or
groups of elements of an organism, population or group.
metabolism
Network of chemical reactions by which living cells grow and sustain themselves.
anabolism
Uses energy stored in the form of adenosine triphosphate (atp) to build larger
molecules from smaller molecules.
catabolic
Reactions degrade larger molecules in order to produce atp and raw materials for
anabolic reactions.
Life is best defined in terms of the functions performed by all living things
To sustain life, all living organisms must be able to competently carry out
biochemical & biophysical activities
Nutrition, nourishments, or aliment is the supply of materials or food required by
organism and cells to stay alive.
Processes included with nutrition
ingestion - not always an oral process .
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digestion - chemical changes take place in the body.
assimilation - changing certain nutrients into the protoplasm of cells.
conveyance or transport - absorption of materials by living organisms, active
transport.
diffusion
flow of molecules from areas of higher or lower concentrations
circulation
movement of fluid and other materials throughout the organism
respiration
is a complex process
consists of breathing and cellular respiration
excretion
process of removing waste products
synthesis
biochemical process
regulation
consists of all processes that control, coordinate or adjust to numerous activities of
the organism.
allows for adaptation to the internal or external environment.
growth
- coordinated, orderly growth in cells, resulting in growth of organisms.
reproduction
reproduction of new being by parent organism or organisms
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highly complex process
* without reproduction the species or organism becomes extinct
types of reproduction
1. asexual - requiring a single parent
2. sexual - requiring two parents.
protoplasm
living matter composed of protoplasm.
- found only in living matter
includes: proteins carbohydrates, lipids, water, and nucleic acid.
growth
living matter is separated from nonliving matter by its distinctive method of
growth.
every living things converts food into more living matter .
cellular organization
living matter is usually divided into small units known as cells.
cells
smallest unit of life.
cells vary in size, shape, and function.
cell respiration
life cannot be maintain without the release of energy.
oxygen is required for food breakdown the term respiration is used to describe it.
overproduction of offspring
NURSING SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAM 2025
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Scientific Method
A series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating
a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.
To ask and answer scientific questions
By making observation & performing experiments
solute
A substance that is dissolved in a solution.
solvent
The substance in which the solute dissolves
React with metals to release hydrogen gas
React with carbonates to release carbon dioxide gas
bases
Accept hydrogen atoms.
scientific method steps
1. Ask a question
2. Do background research
3. Construct a hypothesis
4. Test your hypothesis by doing an experiment
5. Analyze your data and draw a conclusion based on facts.
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6. Communicate your results
Adaptation
the modification of an organism, or one or more of its parts, that makes it more fit
for existence under the conditions of its environment.
acids
release hydrogen ions in water solutions.
sour like lemons or limes
burn to the touch
turn litmus paper red
homeostasis
A tendency toward a stable state between different, but interdependent elements or
groups of elements of an organism, population or group.
metabolism
Network of chemical reactions by which living cells grow and sustain themselves.
anabolism
Uses energy stored in the form of adenosine triphosphate (atp) to build larger
molecules from smaller molecules.
catabolic
Reactions degrade larger molecules in order to produce atp and raw materials for
anabolic reactions.
Life is best defined in terms of the functions performed by all living things
To sustain life, all living organisms must be able to competently carry out
biochemical & biophysical activities
Nutrition, nourishments, or aliment is the supply of materials or food required by
organism and cells to stay alive.
Processes included with nutrition
ingestion - not always an oral process .
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digestion - chemical changes take place in the body.
assimilation - changing certain nutrients into the protoplasm of cells.
conveyance or transport - absorption of materials by living organisms, active
transport.
diffusion
flow of molecules from areas of higher or lower concentrations
circulation
movement of fluid and other materials throughout the organism
respiration
is a complex process
consists of breathing and cellular respiration
excretion
process of removing waste products
synthesis
biochemical process
regulation
consists of all processes that control, coordinate or adjust to numerous activities of
the organism.
allows for adaptation to the internal or external environment.
growth
- coordinated, orderly growth in cells, resulting in growth of organisms.
reproduction
reproduction of new being by parent organism or organisms
, 4
highly complex process
* without reproduction the species or organism becomes extinct
types of reproduction
1. asexual - requiring a single parent
2. sexual - requiring two parents.
protoplasm
living matter composed of protoplasm.
- found only in living matter
includes: proteins carbohydrates, lipids, water, and nucleic acid.
growth
living matter is separated from nonliving matter by its distinctive method of
growth.
every living things converts food into more living matter .
cellular organization
living matter is usually divided into small units known as cells.
cells
smallest unit of life.
cells vary in size, shape, and function.
cell respiration
life cannot be maintain without the release of energy.
oxygen is required for food breakdown the term respiration is used to describe it.
overproduction of offspring
