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Organismal/Environmental Biology
Ch. 1, 3, 9, 21. Test #1
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
09/14/2010

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Biology
Definition
The Study of Living things and their functions, Bios - Life, Ology - Study of
Term
Levels of organization
Definition
A certain amount of size and complexity of body structures, along
with the inter-relationships between them and various non-body
structures
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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Definition
In 1600, he examined plants under a microscope and found repeated units in which he labled "cells". Father of Cells
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Big Bang 4.6 bya
Definition
4.6 Billion Years ago the Earth Occurred
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Fungi
Definition
A Plant-like matter that acts as a parasite living on dead or living organic matter. Can be Unicelluar or Multicelluar.

Mushrooms live off dead leave matter.

Fungi Contains no chlorophyll.
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Protein
Definition
Long chain Polymer of Amino Acids with 20 different side chains.

Coiled into macromolecules within enzymes.
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Photosynthesis
Definition
The use of light, usually by green plants, to make sugar like molecules for themselves.
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Heterotroph
Definition
A source of energy out side of the body that can be broken down for energy. For instance when a human gets hungry it goes looking for a plant to eat, when it eats the plant it gets sugars from a source out side of his/her body.
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Levels of Classification
Definition
Taxon in order to classify an organism.

King Phillip Can Only Find Green Socks.

K.P.C.O.F.G.S

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Organism
Family
Genus
Species
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Unicellular
Definition
Single Celled organism.

Protists
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Charles Darwin
Definition
Came up with the Theory of Natural Selection in which every animal will find it's nitch in order to adapt to their environment.

Did the majority of his research on easter island watching specific birds and their traits on different parts of the island.
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Species
Definition
Two oragnisms, Male and female that can successfully reproduce.
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Prokaryote
Definition
Single Cell with no nucleus.
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Eukaryote
Definition
Eu means kernel or "core in latin.

Domain of species that consists of chloroplast-containing photosynthetic protist
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Inductive Logic
Definition
The possibility of being false although the premise seems true.
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Anaerobic
Definition
The break down of glucose without the use of oxygen.
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Polymers
Definition
Complex molecules consisting of covalent chemical bonds.
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Strata
Definition
Epithelial cells contained in the epidermis which are dead.
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Alfred Wagener
Definition
Came up with the theory of continental drift in which continents move through fault lines.
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Mass Extinctions
Definition
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Biota
Definition
Total Collection of organisms
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Gondwana
Definition
Southern super continent over 200 mya
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Devonian
Definition
A period during the Paleozoic Era in 416 to 359 mya.

When Fish first grew legs in order to walk on land.
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Cretacous
Definition
During the Jurassic era 70 mya
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Monera
Definition
A kingdom consisting of bacteria and other single celled organisms (prokaryotes).
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Scientific Method
Definition
The process of observation, speculation, educated guess (hypothesis), Prediction of experimentation, Conduction of experiment.
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Lipids
Definition
Fat, Hydrocarbons that are not water soluble.
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Nucleic Acids
Definition
DNA and RNA, responsible for deciphering protein function within the body.
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Chemosynthesis
Definition
The act of converting carbon into organic matter using inorganic methods rather than sun light.

Opposite of photosynthesis.
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Characteristics of Living Organisms
Definition
1) One or more cell
2) Genetic Information
3) Allowance of Successful Reproduction
4) Genetically related and have evolved
5) Can Adapt to their environment and use their environment to provide energy.
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Multicelluar
Definition
Made of many complex cells, whole species.
Term
Evolution
Definition
Once we were all the same organism and according to our environment we adapted to better our chances of survival.

We have not necessarily evolved from monkeys although we were split in different environments and made different adaptations.
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Adaptation
Definition
Successfully merging with ones environment in order to better the chances of reproductive success.
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Archaea
Definition
One of three domains consisting of single cells.
Term
Deductive Logic
Definition
Used in decision making process. Using specific reasoning to do certain things canceling out irrelevant methods.
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Miller and Urey
Definition
Experimented Early earth simulation using h20 (water), methane (CH4), ammonia (NH3), and Hydrogen H2.
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Fossil Record
Definition
Drying of sedimentary rocks into strata.
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Nicholaus Steno
Definition
Came up with the idea that by looking at rock's strata we can determine the age of the rock.

Top layer of strata is the youngest and bottom layer is the oldest.
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Plate Tectonics
Definition
Located within the earth that move the continents.
Term
First Life
Definition
3.8 bya
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flora
Definition
Plants
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Eukaryote
Definition
Multicelluar, contains nucleus
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Cell theory
Definition
At dinner with wine, Schledien and Shwann indicated that.

1) Cells are the basic structural and physio units of all living organisms.
2) Cells are the foundation in order for organisms to build into more complex entities.
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Robert Hooke
Definition
Coined the term "cells" during his plant under a microscope examination.

Found repeated units called "cells"
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Prostita
Definition
A Kingdom that is eukayrotic because it holds a nucleolus yet it is still single celled.

Contains Ameobia, a single celled eukayote.
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Carbohydrates
Definition
Carbon-Water molecules that both contain 6 of each.

Responsible for glucose production.
Term
DNA
Definition
A Nucleic Acid contained in all living organisms.

Double Helix chain consiting of nucleotides, forms an order of amino acids in order to be read for protein function.
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Autotrophs
Definition
Organisms that are self-nourishing.

Plants are autotrophs.
Term
Endosymbiotic
Definition
Meaning living within.

Smaller organism lives inside the bigger one.
Term
Schledin and Schwann
Definition
Came up with cell theory at the dinner table with wine.

1) All living organisms consist of cells.
2) Cells are the building block of complex organisms.
Term
Natural Selection
Definition
Coined by Darwin,

Means "survial of the fittest". Only the spiecies the most successful environmental adaptations will survive.
Term
Genome
Definition
Finished book of genes in an organism. The complete package of genes.
Term
Oraganelle
Definition
Meaning "little Organ", Carries out duties within a cell.
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Bacteria
Definition
Microbe, Single celled organism, Prokayotes
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Monomere
Definition
Atom or small molecule
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Fossils
Definition
Rock formations of sedentary strata
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Geologic Time
Definition
Provides a scale of time.
Term
Eukayoric 1.5 bya
Definition
When photosynthesis became possible 2.7 bya it allowed cells to convert oxygen for living function opening a large scale of evolution.
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fauna
Definition
Animal Life
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Cambrian Explosion
Definition
When massive diversification of life took place, ancestors of animals today were formed during this time.
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Jurassic
Definition
Land was 2 continents.

Species were predominately reptile, flowering plants occured, and mammals occured.
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