Chapter 1 Outline

Question 1

How is this the Golden age of biology?

Answer 1

Genetic engineering and Ancestry

Question 2

How is scale a factor of life?

Answer 2

Scale is from very small to very large

Question 3

How is scope a factor of life?

Answer 3

Scope is the width and breath of biology

Question 4

What is the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic?

Answer 4

prokaryotic does not have a nucleus unlike a eukaryotic

Question 5

How many species exist?

Answer 5

known versus unknown

Question 6

How are species ordered?

Answer 6

There ordered by taking inventory and separating them into the five kingdom system.

Question 7

How is evolution the unifying theme of all biology?

Answer 7

it accounts for both the diversity and the similarities, or the unity, of life.

Question 8

What important book did Charles Darwin write?

Answer 8

It was the “Origin of Species” in 1859

Question 9

What are the two main points from Charles Darwin’s book?

Answer 9

1. Descent with modification
2. Natural selection

Question 10

What is the scientific method?

Answer 10

Observation, questions, hypothesis, experiments, conclusion