Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Characteristic that depends on the level of organization of matter, but does not exist at lower levels of organization

Example:Communities can be described in terms of their diversity-the number and types of different populations they contain- and their stability-the degree to which the populations within the communities remain the same through time.
Life is thus an ____ of the organization of matter into cells

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Emergent Properties

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hierarchy of life

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Cell__Multicellular organism__Population__Community__Ecosystem__ Biosphere

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Individuals consisting of single cells

Example: bacteria and protozoans

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Unicellular Organisms

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Individuals consisting of interdependent cells

Example: plants and animals

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Multicellular organisms

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5
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All the individuals of a single species that live together in the same place and time

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Population

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Populations of all species that occupy the same area

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Community

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Group of biological communities interacting with their shared physical environment

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Ecosystem

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8
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All regions of Earth’s crust, waters, and atmosphere that sustain life

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Biosphere

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Large, double-stranded, helical molecule that contains the genetic material of all living organisms

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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

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A polymer assembled form repeating nucleotide monomers in which the five-carbon sugar is ribose. Cellular ___ include mRNA (which is translated to produce a polypeptide), tRNA (which brings an amino acid to the ribosome for assembly into a polypeptide during translation), and rRNA (which is a structural component of ribosomes). The genetic material of some viruses is__

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Ribonucleic acid (RNA)

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11
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Molecules that carry out most of the activities of life, including the synthesis of all other biological molecules. Consists of one or more polypeptides depending on it

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Protein

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12
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The biochemical reactions that allow a cell or organism to extract energy from its surroundings and use that energy to maintain itself, grown, and reproduce

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Metabolism

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13
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The conversion of light energy to chemical energy in the form of sugar and other organic molecules

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Photosynthesis

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The process by which energy-rich molecules are broken down to produce energy in the form of ATP

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Cellular Respiration

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15
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Smallest unit with the capacity to live and reproduce

An organized chemical system that includes many specialized molecules surrounded by a membrane

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Cell

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16
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An autotroph usually a photosynthetic organism, a member of the first trophic level

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Primary Producers

17
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An organism that consumes other organisms in a community or ecosystem

18
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A small organism, such as a bacterium or fungus, that feeds on the remains of dead organisms, breaking down complex biological molecules or structures into simpler raw material

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Decomposers

19
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A steady internal condition maintained by responses that compensate for changes in the external environment

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Homeostasis

20
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The process in which parents produce offspring

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Reproduction

21
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The transmission of DNA (genetic info) from one generation to the next

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inheritance

22
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A series of programmed changes encoded in DNA, through which a fertilized egg divides into many cells that ultimately are transformed into an adult, which is itself capable of reproduction

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development

23
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The sequential stages through which individuals develop, grow, maintain themselves, and reproduce

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life cycle

24
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The process by which some individuals in a population experience changes in their DNA and pass those modified instructions to their offspring

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Biological Evolution

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Selective breeding of organisms to ensure that certain desirable traits appear at higher frequency in successive generations
artificial selection
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The evolutionary process by which alleles that increase the likelihood of survival and the reproductive output of the individuals that carry them become more common in subsequent generation
natural selection
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A unit containing the code for a protein molecule or one of its parts or for functioning RNA molecules such as tRNA and rRNA
genes
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A spontaneous and heritable change in DNA
mutations
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Characteristic that helps an organism survive longer or reproduce more under a particular set of environmental conditions
adaptations
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The collective effort of individuals who worked to understand how living systems function
biological research
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research conducted to search for explanations about natural phenomena in order to satisfy curiosity and to advance collective knowledge of living system
basic research
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research conducted with the goal of solving specific practical problems
applied research