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| To provide natural explanations for things that occur in the natural world, and use those explanations to find patterns and answers to natural phenomena. |
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| The process of making observations, inferences/questions, hypothesis, test experiment, compile and publish data. |
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| Something that has been proven and is generally accepted as fact. While in common culture we usually interpret it as a hunch. |
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| When the interest of one's own personal gain interferes with the data they are going to publish. (Kind of like conflict of interest) |
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| They may change due to new data coming up and contradicting our previous ideas. |
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| The study of natural phenomena explained through natural explanations |
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| 1) Cellular 2) obtain and use energy 3) grow and develop 4) reproduce 5) respond to environment 6) adapt to environment |
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| a scientific explanation for a set of observations that can be tested |
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| an experiment in which only one variable is changed |
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| a variable that is not effected by other variables |
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| a variable that depends on another |
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| Central themes of biology |
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| Cellular basis of life; information and heredity; matter and energy; growth, development, and reproduction; homeostasis; evolution; structure and function; unity and diversity of life; independence in nature; science as a way of knowing |
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| one group in a experimental set that is not exposed to any variables while the others are |
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| information gathered from an experiment |
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| a good model for experimentation because they display all the characteristics of life but are abundant and require little matenance |
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| Bromothymol Blue: Indicator chemical that is sensitive to PH |
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| the process of naming a species in a two part latin form |
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| a group of similar species |
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| Italicized, first word (Genus) capitalized, second word (species) not. |
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| organizing living things into biologically related groups |
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| groups created through systematics |
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| Scientific name vs. common name |
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| An animal only has one Scientific name, but can have many common names. |
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| the next larger rank from order |
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| organisms that are different but still share important similar characteristics |
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| all multicellular animals |
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| the first part of a scientific name that relates animals to eachother |
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| difficult to pin down due to species changing a lot |
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| has changed over the years due to us being able to compare DNA between species to get more specific biological relationships |
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| Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya |
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| Archaebacteria: hot/harsh conditions, unicellular. Eubacteria: also complex and unicellular, but chemical make up is different; most common bacteria. Protista: anything that's not a Archaea, bacteria, plant, fungi, or animal; most are unicellular. Fungi: Most are multicellular, cannot make their own food. Plantae: Multicellular, complex;second largest kingdom. Animalia: largest kingdom, with 1 millions members; complex, heterotrophs. |
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