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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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1
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What is biology?

A

The study of lfe

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2
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What are populations?

A

Individuals of a single species in a specific area

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3
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What are communities?

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An array of organisms inhabiting a particular ecosystem

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4
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What is the abiotic?

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Refers to non-living things

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5
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What is a biosphere?

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Consist of all enviroments on the Earth that are inhabited by life.

Includes: land,water,atmosphere

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6
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What are two major processes in a ecosystem?

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Cycling of Nutrients (exchange of matter)

The Flow of Energy (exchange of energy)

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7
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What are cells?

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The most basic unit of life and preforms all required activities for life.

Enclosed by membrane

DNA as gentic info

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What are the characteristics of Prokaryotic cells?

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Simple, smaller, does not membrane, enclosed organelles

Domain: Bacteria and Archaea

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What are charateristics of Eukaryotic cells?

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More complex, larger, and has membrane bound organelles

Domain: Eukarya

(Plants, animals, fungi, and all other life)

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What is DNA?

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Substance of genes and controls the development and maintenance of organism

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What are Genes?

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Units of inheritance that transmit information from parents to offspring

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What is gene expression?

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Process of converting information from gene to cellular product

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13
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What is evolution?

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Process of change that has trasnformed life on Earth

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What is Taxonomy?

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Branch of biology that names and classifies species into groups of increasing breadth.

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What are the order of classification?

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Domain

Kingdom

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

Species

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What are the three domains of life?

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Domain Bacteria

Domain Archaea

Domain Eukarya

17
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What are the steps in the scientific method?

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Obeservation

Question

Hypothesis

Prediction

Experiment

Analyze

Communicate

18
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What are the two types of Data?

A

Qualitative- Descriptions

Quantitative- recorded numbers

19
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What is inductive reasoning?

A

Drawing conclusions through the logical process of induction

20
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What is deductive reasoning?

A

Uses general premises to make specific predictions

21
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What is the difference between the control and experimental groups?

A

Hopefully the variable of interest

22
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What is a theory in science?

A

General and can lead to new testable hyupotheses

Supported by a large body of evidence

23
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What is the goal of science vs technology?

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Goal of science: Understand natural phenomena

Goal of technology: apply knowledge for specific purpose

Discoveries vs Inventions

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