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Ch. 1 Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life
Vocab and Topic Review for Ch 1 of Cambell Biology Ninth Edition
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
12/10/2011

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Emergent Properties
Definition
New properties that arise with eac step upward in the hierarchy of life, woing to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases
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Systems Biology
Definition
An approach to studying biology that aims to model the dynamic behavior of whole bilogical systems based on a study of the interactions amoung the system's parts.
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Properties of Life
Definition
  • Order
  • Evolutionary adaptation
  • Response to Environment
  • Reproduction
  • Growth and Development
  • Energy Processing
  • Regulation

 

 

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Reductionism
Definition
The approach of taking complex systems apart to study
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Levels of Organization

(10 of them, Largest to smallest)

Definition
  1. Biosphere
  2. Ecosystems
  3. Communities
  4. Populations
  5. Organisims
  6. Organs and Organ System
  7. Tissues
  8. Cells
  9. Organelles
  10. Molecules
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Inductive
Definition
Start with specific and go to bigger picture
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Deductive
Definition
Start with big picture and go down to specific detail
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Antiquity of Life
Definition

Paleozoic 245 Million Years Ago

Mesozoic 135 Million Years Ago

Cenozoic 65 Million Years Ago

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Three Domains of Life
Definition

Bacteria (Prokaryotic)

Archaea (Prokaryotic)

Eukarya (Eucaryotic)

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Bacteria
Definition
  • All Unicellular
  • ridgid cell wall
  • some photosynthetic
  • appeared 2.5 billion years ago (put out oxygen)
  • cause infection/disease
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Archaea
Definition
  • All unicellular
  • Have cell wall
  • 1st kind of organisim to exist on Earth
  • Live in extream conditions
  • Do not infect of cause disease
  • Make food with inorganic salt or photosythesis
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Eukarya
Definition
  • Protists
  • Plants (Plantae)
  • Animals
  • Fungi
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Protists
Definition
  • Unicellular Organism (sometimes simple multicellular)
  • Protozoa, algae
  • some photosynthetic, some eat others
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Plants (Plantae)
Definition
  • Mulit cellular
  • Cell wall
  • All photosynthetic
  • Autotrophs
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Animals (Animalia)
Definition
  • Multi cellular
  • No cell wall
  • Ingest food (hetertrophs)
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Fungi
Definition
  • All have cell wall
  • Unicellular or multicellular
  • food through decomposing organisims
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