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| What are common characteristics of living things |
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Properties of life
order, energy processing, regulation, growth and development, reproduction, response to environment, evolutionary adaptation |
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-Archaea and bacteria
-few internal membranes
-no membrane-bound nucleus |
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-Protists, Fungi, Animals, Plants
-extensive internal membranes
-membrane-bound nucleus |
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| change of one form of energy to another |
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| sum of chemical reactions in an organism |
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| other feeder, taking in organic molecules produced by other organisms |
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| using the energy of the sun to produce organic molecules |
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| deoxyribonucleic acid (the molecules of heredity) |
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| nuclear division retaining the original chromosome |
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| nuclear division reducing the chromosome number, leading to sperm or eggs |
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| change in characteristics |
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| The steady state physiological condition of the body (living things maintain homeostasis=a relatively stable internal condition) |
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Darwins Theory of evolution
1. descent with modification |
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| current species arose from a succession of ancestors |
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Darwin's Theory of evolution
2. Natural Selection |
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| individuals with traits that provides an advantage in the current environment are more likely to survive and reproduce. |
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| characteristic that promotes surival and reproduction |
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| objective notations of phenomenon |
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| Hypothesis (this is a Bio21 definition) |
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-Two measurable variables
-Precise relationship between them
(relationship=prediction) |
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| How do Biologists study living things? |
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| Testing hypotheses in a controlled experiment. |
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| sample treated to test for effect of the factor being studied |
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| sample treated like experimental in all ways EXCEPT for factor being studied |
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| test designed to determine the effect of one factor while keeping all other factors constant |
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-experiments can be designed to test predications from the hypothesis
-experimental results must be repeatable |
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| -allows scientists to eliminate alternative hypotheses |
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| hypothesis supported by repeated testing |
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theory that has been supported over a long period of time
-cell principle
-principle of evolution
-principle of emergent properties |
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