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| Seven Characteristics Of All Living Things |
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- Cellular organization (organic)
- Reproduce using DNA
- Respond to stimuli
- Growth and development
- Energy utilization
- Homeostasis; constant internal condition
- Evolve as a population |
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| Cellular Level in hierarchy of living things. |
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Atoms, molecules, organelles, cells
Cells are the basic units of life. |
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| Hierarchical Organization of Living Things |
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Cellular Level
Organismal Level
Populational Level |
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| Possible explanation for an observation |
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| Things that a hypothesis must do |
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- Must be tested to determine its validity
- Is often tested in many different ways
- Allows for predictions to be made
- Hypothesis can be changed and refined with new data |
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- Test the hypothesis
- Must be carefully designed to test only one variable at a time
- Consists of a test experiment and a control experiment |
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- Body of interconnected concepts
- Is supported by much experimental evidence and reasoning
- Expresses ideas of which we are most certain. |
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- British naturalist
- Spent 30 years of observation and study before before publishing "On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection"
- Contributed the idea of natural selection, a mechanism involved in evolution. He was not the first to discuss the idea. |
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| Unifying Themes in Biology |
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Cell theory
- All organisms are composed of 1 or more cells
- Cells are life's basic units
Molecular Basis of inheritance
- Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
- There are 4 nucleotides in DNA, very important
- Genes are discrete unis of genetic information that code for a protein. |
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| Unifying Themes in Biology |
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Cell theory
- All organisms are composed of 1 or more cells
- Cells are life's basic units
Molecular Basis of inheritance
- Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
- There are 4 nucleotides in DNA, very important
- Genes are discrete unis of genetic information that code for a protein. |
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| Structure and Function Relationship |
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| Structure is what it is made out of, while function is what it does. Structure can suggest function |
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| Terms Used To Group Together Living Things |
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Cell type (prokarayotic vs. eukaryotic)
Cell number (unicellular vs. multicellular)
Mode of nutrition (often ingest, absorb, or photosynthesis) |
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| The Three Domains Of Living Things |
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Bacteria - single-celled prokarayote
Archea - single-celled prokarayotes that live in harsh enviroments
Eukarya - single-celled or multi-celled eukarayote |
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| Three Groups of Subatomic Particles |
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