Chapter 1: themes of bio Flashcards

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Eukaryotic cell

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Contains membrane bound organelles

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Prokaryotic cells

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Lack a nucleus and other membrane bound organelles

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DNA

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Chromosomes that contain genetic material

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Genes

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Units of inheritance

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5 themes associated with life

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  1. Organization
  2. Information
  3. Energy and matter
  4. Interactions
  5. Evolution
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Lowest level of organization that can perform all activities required for life

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The cell

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Gene expression

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The process of converting information from gene to cellular product

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Taxonomy

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Branch of biology that names and classifies species into groups based on comparisons of structure, functions, and other features

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Are domain are archaea eukaryotic or prokaryotic

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Prokaryotes

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Founder of Theory of Natural Selection

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Charles Darwin

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Consumers

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Organisms that feed on producers

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Proteomics

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Study of sets of proteins and their properties

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Genome

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The entire “library” of genetic information that an organism inherits

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