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Exam 1 Lecture 2 Flashcards

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Reducing something into its parts is called __________.

A

Reductionism

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What is Reductionism

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To break something down into its parts and understand how those parts work individually.

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What are the two philosophical approaches to science?

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Reductionism and Systems Biology

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Putting the pieces of a part together and seeing how they work as a system is called __________.

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Systems Biology

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What is Systems Biology?

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Putting the pieces of a part together and seeing how they work as a system.

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__________ are a way to organize concepts.

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Models

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A body of interconnected concepts that are supported by experimental evidence and scientific reasoning is __________.

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Scientific Theory

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A Scientific Theory is (more/less) complex than a hypothesis.

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More

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__________ are the basic units of life.

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Cells

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All organisms today descended from a simple creature __________ billion years ago.

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3.5

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What is the main fundamental characteristic of evolution that has been preserved?

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DNA

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There are __________ types of chromosomes in humans.

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23

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12
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Continuity of life depends on copying of DNA into __________.

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Daughter Cells

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A gene is found on a __________.

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Chromosome

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There are __________ chromosomes in each human cell, half from each parent.

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46

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A gene sequence creates a __________.

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Genome

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In cells, information is passed on through the __________, __________ and __________.

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Through Generations by DNA, between Cells and between the Environment.

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The shape of something affects it’s __________.

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Function

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What are the three domains of life?

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Bacteria, archaea and eukarya.

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Single-Celled organisms are called __________.

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Prokaryotes

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Multicellular Organisms are called __________.

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Eukaryotes

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Organisms with (lower/higher) fitness are more likely to pass on their genes to the next generation.

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Higher

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__________ have membrane-bound organelles.

A

Eukaryotes

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The suffix -karyote means __________.

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Nucleus

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__________ don’t have a true nucleus, but they have a single circular DNA.

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Prokaryotes

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What are the four types of Eukarya?

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Plants
Fungi
Animals
Protists

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Non equilibrium State means we are maintaining our complexity, which requires __________.

A

Energy

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