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Chapter 1 (Vocab) Flashcards

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Biology

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The scientific study of life

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Biospehere

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All life on earth + places where life exists

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Ecosystem

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All living things in a particular area

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Communities

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Organisms inhabiting a system

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Populations

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All individuals of a species living within a specified area

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Organisms

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Individual living things

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Organs

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Body part made up of tissues

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Tissues

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Group of cells that perform specialized function

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Organelles

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Functional components within cells

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Molecules

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Chemical structure made of 2 or more atoms

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Reductionism

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Approach that reduces complex systems into simpler componant

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Emergent properties

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New properties that arise from arrangement + interactions of parts of a system

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Systems Biology

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Approach that models behavior of whole system based on study of interactions between a part of a system

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DNA

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Nucleic acid molecule

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Genes

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Hereditary info./ sequence of DNA

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Gene Expression

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Process of using info. from a gene to create a gene product

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Genome

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Genetic material of an organism/virus

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Genomics

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Study of sets of genes, specie interactions, genome comparison

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Proteomics

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Study of proteins + their properties

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Proteome

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Set of proteins in a cell/tissue/organism

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Bioinformatics

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Use of computers to make biological info. into data

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Feedback Regulation

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Regulation of a process by its output or end prduct

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Evolution

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Process of biological change

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Inductive Reasoning

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Type of logic which generalizations are based on large number of specific observation (there is evidence for that reasoning)

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Deductive Reasoning

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Logic where specific results are predicted from a general premises (There is little evidence for reason)

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Controlled Experiment

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Experiment made to compare and experimental group with a control group

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Model Organism

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Particular species chosen for research

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Scientific Inquiry

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Problem-solving

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Experiemntal Design

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Planning an experiment to test a hypothesis

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Nucleotides

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  • Made of Phosphate, Ribose, Nitrogen Base that make up A, T, C, or G.
  • DNA is made up of 2 chains of nucleotide
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Genes

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Long segments of DNA that contain full coding of nucleotide

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Chromosomes

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Thread that contains all thousands of genes

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Genome

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Sum of all chromosomes in an organism
* Complete set of DNA of an organism

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Descent with Modification

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Species change, give rise to new species, and share common ancestor

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