Chapter 1 - Bio Today Flashcards
What is data?
Items of information on which scientific inquiry is based.
What’s characteristics make up a living organism?
- order
- regulation
- growth
- development
- energy utilization
- response to the environment
- reproduction
- Evolution
What is an atom?
The smallest form of substance.
Molecules make up of two or more______.
Atoms.
What make up the biosphere? (In order)
- ecosystem
- community
- population
- organism
- organ
- organ system
- tissue
- cell
- organelle
- molecule
- atom
What are the 3 domains of life ?
Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya
What are the 3 kingdoms?
Plantae, Fungi, Animalia, and Protists
What is the Definition of Hypothesis
A tentative answer to some question.
What is a theory?
A broad, general hypothesis that have been supported by MANY experiments.
Do humans evolve from monkeys? Why or why not?
No. Because of natural selection.
What is the definition of evolution?
A change in allele frequencies within a population over time.
What do all common species share?
A common ancestor.
More branches = more related
Can organisms still evolve without natural selection?
No.
True or false. Evolution does not and can not create but only acts on the present.
True.
What is the PRODUCT of natural selection?
Adaptation; the accumulation of variations in a population over time.
