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Unit 1 chapter 1
what is biology?
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
06/04/2010

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What is biology defined as?
Definition
The study of life.
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All living things do?
Definition
-response to the enviornment
-regulation
-energy process
-reproduce
-growth and development
-evolotionary adaptation
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what is reductionism?
Definition
reduction of complex systems to simpler components.
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What is emergent properties?
Definition
result from the arrangement and interaction of parts within a system.
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What is discovery science?
Definition
It describes natural structures and processes(observation and the analysis of data).
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What is data?
-qualitative
-quantitative
Definition
Data is recorded observations or items of information.
-qualitative is descriptions
-quantitative is measurements
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What must a hypothesis be?
Definition
testible
falsifiable
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Nothing in science has ever been?
Definition
proven
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What is a controlled experiment?
Definition
It compares an experimental group with a control group.
- control group nothing added
- experimental group something added
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Order of theories
Definition
hypothesis->theory->law
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What is the goal of science?
Definition
To understand natural phenomena.
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What is the goal of technology?
Definition
To apply scientific knowledge for some specific purpose.
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Science and Technology are?
Definition
interdepentdent
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What is biology marked by?
Definition
discoveries
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What is technology marked by?
Definition
Inventions
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