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| Ex: close up of sunflower illustrates the highly ordered structure of life |
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| the ability to mutate or gain heritable traits that increase the success of survival within a population. |
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| Response to the environment |
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| Ex: the Venus' flytrap closes its trap when it senses the disturbance of an insect |
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| Ex: Large ears of jackrabbit regulate blood flow and control body tempeture based on its surronding condition |
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| converting energy along the food chain promotes action and movement of all bodily and worldly actions. |
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| organisms ability to create offspring and pass down heritable traits that ensure the continuity of a species. |
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| heritable information controls the growth and development of organisms. |
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| consists of all enviroments on earth that are inhabited by life |
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| consists of all the living things in a particular area |
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| the entire array of organisms inhabiting a particular area |
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| consists of all the individuals of a species living within the bounds of a specified area. |
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| #6 organs and organ systems |
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A)a body part consisting of two or more tissues.
B)different organs placed together to perform a certain task |
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A) tissue has a cellular structure.
B) each kind of tissue is a group of similar cells |
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| life's fundamental unit of structure and function |
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| chloroplasts are examples of organelles. Functional components that make up a cell |
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| A chemical structure consisting of two or more small atoms |
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| Solar(light E.)->Primary Producer(chemical E.)-> Primary Consumer(Heat E.)-> Secondary consumer.... |
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| *provides the heritable blueprints |
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| *are the tools that actually build and mantain a cell |
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| studies the organism and cell as a whole. |
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| positive feedback and negative feedback |
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Positive-in which an end product speeds up the its production.
Negative- opposite |
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| classifies species into groups that are then combined into even broader groups. |
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| tentative answer to a question |
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| Descent with modification |
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| an acumulation of inherited characteristics that enhance organisms' ability to survive and reproduce in specific environments. |
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| Created the first latter of organisms based on their complexity |
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| beleived that organims in the past are extinct. Led to the theory of catastrophism |
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| Theory of graduatism: geology of earth cast amount of time things have changed |
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Uniformitarianism: Things will continue to change.
Nothing is perfect |
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| Theory of disuse and use (Partially False)-what parents do, they pass on to offspring. |
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| humans have modified other species by breeding and selecting certain traits |
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| change based on different habitat needs. |
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| ancestral organs that do not serve a significant purpose in their present day descendants |
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| homologous structures such as mammalian forelimbs |
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| the mixing of nutrients and oxygen in spring and fall |
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| specific questions about an organisms actions |
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| general questions and always have to do w/ evolution |
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Nature: behavior is genetic
Nurture: behavior is learned |
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learning within a certain time period.
Ex: baby duck |
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| behavior that is developmentally fixed |
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| undirected movement (innate) |
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| directed movement (innate) |
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get used to it
Ex: repeated clapping |
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| using landmarks to identify where to go |
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| Complicated, think of squirrels knowing where all their nuts are |
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Classical:given reward or punishment
Operant: trial and error |
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-/- interaction
Ex: Finches |
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linked to competition.
Sympatric seciation- overlap
allopatric - no overlapping |
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