Chapter 1: Evolution and Foundation

Question 0

Levels of biological organization

Answer 0

• Biosphere
  
  • Ecosystems
    
    • Communities
      
      • Population
        
        • Organisms
          
          • Organ systems/Organs
            
            • Tissues
              
              • Cells
                
                • Organelles
                  
                  • Molecules
                    
                    • Atoms

Question 1

Characteristics of living things

Answer 1

Regulation 
Evolution
Development
Reproduction
Order
Stimuli Response 
Energy processing 

Composed of cells

Question 2

Emergent Properties

Answer 2

At each step up in the hierarchy new properties emerge that are not present at the lower level
E.g. Sodium + Chloride= Salt

Question 3

3 Domains and Kingdoms

Answer 3

1. Domain Bacteria- prokaryotic
2. Domain Archaea- prokaryotic
3. Domain Eukarya- eukaryotic
   • Eukarya Kingdoms
   
   • Animalia
   • Plantae
   • Fungi
   • Protists

Question 4

Classifying Life

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Evolution is the…

Organisms living on Earth are … … Of common ancestors?

Answer 5

Core theme of unity and diversity of life

Modified descendants

Question 6

Darwin proposed..

Answer 6

Natural selection

Question 7

Inductive

Answer 7

Inductive is when you take from specific instances and create general principles. Example would be collecting and analyzing observations.

Question 8

Deductive

Answer 8

Deductive is when you take from general principles and get specific results. “If…then” logic.

Question 9

A theory is:

Answer 9

• Broader in scope than a hypothesis
• General, can lead to new hypothes
• Withstood many tests over time

Question 10

Hypothesis is a…

Answer 10

tentative explanation for an observation

• must be testable
• must be falsifiable