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| What are the five traits of an organism? |
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| Evolution (in population), Replication, Energy, Information, Cells |
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| It is an explanation for a GENERAL phenomena |
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| What is the Smallest organism? |
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| Organized compartment, bound by plasma membrane. |
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| What are the two things that scientific theories do? |
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1. Describes pattern in world
2. Identifies cause (creator) of pattern |
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Organisms are made of cells.
Cells are created from pre-existing cells. |
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| Explanation for SPECIFIC questions/occurances. |
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| What did the Pasteur experiment do? |
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Tested spontaneous theory.
Tested all-cells-from-cells theory. |
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| When doing a comparison experiment, what is the most important step. |
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| One difference between subjects |
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| What is the fact in the Cell Theory? |
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| What is Natural Selection? Explain |
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| the way a population changes because of heritable traits. |
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| When does evolution occur? |
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| When a population changes. |
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| What is fitness? How is it increased? |
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| Ability to reproduce. Adaptation increases fitness, makes organism better suited to environment. |
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| What are the two conditions for Natural Selection to occur? |
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1. Variation in traits in a population.
2. Some individuals have better versions of traits. |
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