Exam #1 Flashcards
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Evolution
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The process of change that has transformed life on earth from its earliest beginnings to the diversity of organisms living today
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Biology
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Study of life
3
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Emergent properties
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New properties that arise with each step upward in the hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts as a complexity increases
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System biology
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An approach that attempts to model the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems based on a study of the interactions among the system’s parts
5
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Eukaryotic cell
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Type of cell with a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles. (Plants, Protists, fungi, and animals)
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Prokaryotic cell
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Type of cell lacking a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles. (Bacteria and archaea)
