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Biology

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The study of life

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In Life’s Hierarchy of organization…

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New properties emerge at each level

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With addiction of each new level, Novel properties emerge called

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Emergent properties

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Atoms

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The fundamental building blocks of all substances

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Molecules

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Clusters of atoms

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Organelles

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Membrane - Bound structures with specific funtions1

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Cells

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Smallest unit of life. Living entities distinguished from their environment by a membrane

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Lower tier, What makes a cell?

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Atoms, Molecules, Organelles, and Cells

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The middle tier

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Tissues, Organs and Organisms

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Tissues

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Made of groups of similar cells organized in a particular pattern

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Organs

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Structural unit of interacting organs that keep the body functioning

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The Upper tier

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Population, Community, Eco system and Biosphere

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Population

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All the individuals within a specific area

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Comminuty

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The array of organisms living in a particular eco system

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Biospshere

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All the Environments on Earth that support life

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Ecosystem

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All the organisms living in a particular area

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Photosynthetic organisms provide food and are called

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Producers. Ex: Plants

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Organisms that eat plants or animals are called

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Consumers Ex: Humans, Bears

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Nutrients

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Are recycled between producers and consumers

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Energy

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Is not recycled, through the organisms, and back out to the environment

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Homeostasis

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The process that any living things use to actively maintain fairly stables conditions necessary for survival.
Chance and respond to their environment

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Bacteria

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Single cells, No nucleus
Most ancient lineage

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Archaea

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Single cells, No nucleus
Evolutionarily closer to Eukaryotes than Bacteria

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Eukarya

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Eukarya Cells (with Nucleus)
Single cells and multi - celled species of protists, plants fungi and animals

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Inductive reasoning

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A form of logical thinking that uses related observation to arrive at a general conclusion , based of evidence.
To observe, explore and discover

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Deductive reasoning

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A form of logical thinking that uses general principle or law to forecast specific results. :hypothesis based science

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Scientific theory

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Hypothesis that has not been disproven after many years of rigorous testing

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Law of Nature

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Generalizations that describes a consistent natural phenomenon for which there is complete scientific explanation

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Sampling Error

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Difference between results obtained from a subset, and results from the whole

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