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Basics of Biology Flashcards

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Science

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Knowledge acquired in a systematic fashion

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Biology

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The scientific study of life

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Life

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The condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms.

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Characteristics of All Living Things

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Order
Homeostasis
Growth & Development
Energy Utilization
Response to the Environment
Reproduction
Evolution
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Order

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Complex but ordered organization

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Homeostasis

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Ability to maintain internal environment despite changes in the external environment

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Growth and Development

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An increase in size and often number of cells, coming as part of all of the changes that occur from the time the egg is fertilized until death.

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Energy Utilization

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Obtain and transform energy to carry out life functions.

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Response to the environment (stimuli)

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Functional activity triggered by external input.

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Reproduction

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The ability to produce offspring of their own kind.

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Evolution

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Change of populations over time.

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General Organizations of Life - Order

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Size

Diversity

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Size levels of life

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Biosphere - Ecosystem - Community - Population - Organism - Organ System - Organ - Tissue - Cells - Molecule - Atom

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Biosphere

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Regions of the Earth’s crust, waters, and atmosphere inhabited by living things.

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Ecosystem

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A community plus the physical environment.

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Community

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Interacting populations in a particular area

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Population

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Organisms of the same species in a particular area

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Organism

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An individual; complex individuals contain organ systems

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Organ System

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Composed of several organs working together

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Organ

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Composed of tissues functioning together for a specific task

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Cell

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The structural and functional unit of all living things

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Molecule

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Union of two or more atoms of the same or different elements

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Atom

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Smallest unit of an element composed of electrons, protons, and neutrons

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Taxonomy

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branch of biology that names and classifies species (based on similarities and differences, generally)

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Three Domains

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Bacteria
Archaea
Eukarya

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Bacteria

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Prokaryotic - lacking membrane enclosed nucleus and organelles

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Archaea

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Prokaryotic - lacking membrane enclosed nucleus and organelles

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Eukarya

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Eukaryotic - characterized by membrane-enclosed nucleus and organelles.

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Taxonomy system of naming

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Domain - Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species

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Four Kingdoms of Domain Eukarya

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Animalia - Plantae - Fungi - Protista

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