College Biology 101 Chp 1
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The process of genotypic variation that has transformed life on Earth from its earliest beginnings to the diversity of organisms living today.
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Evolution
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the scientific study of life
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Biology
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Order, Evolutionary adaption, Response to environment, Regulation, Energy processing, Growth and Development, Reproduction
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Properties Of Life
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ordered structure that characterizes life
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Order
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how it adapts evolving over many generations
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Evolutionary adaption
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response to environmental stimulus
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Response to environment
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maintain temperature
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Regulation
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use of energy, chemical stored in food
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Energy processing
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inherited information carried in genes control growth/devel
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Growth and Development
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reproduce their own kind
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Reproduction
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are due to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases.
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Emergent Properties
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approach that attempts to model the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems based on a study of the interaction s among system's parts.
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Systems of Biology
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Biosphere, Ecosystems, Organs and Organ systems, Communities, Populations, Organisms, Organelles, Tissues, Cells, Molecules
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Levels of Biological Organzation
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A broad term that refers to changes in the earth's climate mostly as a result of changes in temperature and precipitation.
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Global Climate Change
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The flow of energy from an ecosystem to an organism and from one organism to another.
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Energy Flow
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what a structure does is defined by it shape and location
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Form Fits Function
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Subdivided by internal membranes into various membrane-enclosed organelles
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Eukaryotic Cell
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The DNA is not separated from the rest of the cell by enclosure in a membrane-bound nucleus
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Prokaryotic Cell
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deoxyribonucleic acid, the material that contains the information that determines inherited characteristics. (Substance of Genes.)
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DNA
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The basic unit of heredity; genes carry all the characteristics that will transfer from parent to child
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Genes
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information in a gene directs the production of a cellular product
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Gene Expression
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"Library" of genetic instructions that an organism inherits
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Genome
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studying whole sets of genes of species as well as comparing genomes between species
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Genomics
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use of computational tools to store, oraganize, and analyze huge volume of data that result form high-throughput methods.
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Bioinformatics
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a form of cell regulation in which accumulation of an end product of a process slows that process
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Negative Feedback
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a form of cell regulation in which an end product speeds up its production
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Postive Feedback
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Domain (largest) Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Speciesm (smallest) "Dear King Peter Came Over For Good Soup"
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Classify Life (Taxonomic Stages)
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Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
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Three Domains Of Life
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most diverse and widespread prokaryotes and are now classified into multiple kingdoms. (rod-shape) (bacteria cell)
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Bacteria
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Prokaryotes that live in Earth's extreme enviornments such as salty lakes and boiling hot springs. (round structure)
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Archaea
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in a modern taxonomic system, a domain made up of all eukaryotes; kingdoms Protista ( mostly unicellular), Fungi, Plantae (plants, multicellular), and Animalia (multicellular)...
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Eukarya
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all the parts of the planet that are inhabited by living things; sum of all Earth's ecosystems, the part of earth where life exists
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Biosphere
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All the living and non-living things that interect in an area.
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Ecosystems
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organs are body parts consisting of two or more tissues; create teams that cooperate in a specific function (organ system)
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Organs and Organ systems
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different populations that live together in a defined area (ecosystem)
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Communities
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all individuals living within the bounds of a specific area
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Populations
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individual living things
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Organisms
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small structures in the cytoplasm that do special jobs (various functional componets in a cell.
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Organelles
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group of cells that work together performing specialized functions
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Tissues
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the building blocks of all living things (basic unit)
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Cells
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groups of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds
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Molecules
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process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest
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Natural Selection
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a search for information and explanation, often focusing on specific questions.
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Inquiry
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an approach to understand the natural world
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Science
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recorded obseravtions
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Data
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tentative answer toa wellframed question-an explanation on a trial.
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Hypothesis
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conclusions based on a large number of specific observations
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Inductive Reasoning
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Making specific conclusions based on a large number of general observations.
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Deductive reasoning
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An idea that cannot be proven but is supported by a large amount of evidence.
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Theory
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an experiment designed to compare an experimental group with a control group
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Controlled Experiment
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generally applies scientific knowledge for some specific purpose
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Technology
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a species that is easy to grow in the lab and lends itself particularly well to the questions being investigasted.
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Model organism
