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what is biology

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a way of understanding the natural world using observation and reasoning

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what are the properties of life

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composed of cells, complex and ordered, respond to their environment, grow and reproduce, obtain and use energy, maintain internal balance and can change over time

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what’s between living and nonliving

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viruses: cant reproduce on their own

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what’s the three levels of organization

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cellular, organismal, and population

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what is the order of cellular organization

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atoms , molecules, organelles, cells

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what is a cell

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the basic unit of life

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what is the order of organismal

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tissues, organs, organ systems, organism

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what is the order of population

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population, species, community, ecosystem

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what is deductive reasoning

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logic that uses a general inclusive statement to predict specific results

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what is inductive reasoning

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logic that uses related observations to arrive at a general conclusion

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what is a hypothesis

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a possible explanation for an observation

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what are good characteristics of a hypothesis

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must be tested, allows for predictions, often tested in many different ways

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what is regression

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building a relationship between two variables (control and dependent variables)

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what is a scientific theory

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a body of interconnected concepts, supported by much experimental evidence and scientific reasoning, is evaluated by peer review, and expresses ideas of which we are most certain

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what is a theory

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something that has been thoroughly tested but not enough information to be stated as a fact

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what is the core

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anything to do with biological workings; anything improving human health, or climate change
ex: chemical understandings

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what is frontier

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it is emerging science; things we may have not had access to before but we do now

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what is fringe

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we haven’t figured out what variables to study
ex: after death

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what does science must have

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testable hypothesis, repeatable observations and tests

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what does science not test

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explanations of the supernatural

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what does science rely on

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evidence, not faith

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why is the supernatural realm not included in the study of science

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science is limited to explanations of the natural world

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which of the following is an activity that would not be classified as science or technology?
a. measuring flavor and ripening speed of genetically engineered tomatoes
b. investigating the allergic effect of peanut genes inserted into tomatoes when the tomatoes are eaten by people allergic to peanuts
c. deciding whether government granting agencies should support research for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease with products from human fetal cells
d. comparing growth rates of different strains of wheat grown at different temperatures

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C

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people who characterize evolution as “just a theory” show that they
a. know the difference between a hypothesis and a theory
b. do not understand that “theory” in science is a broad, overarching concept that explains a variety of observations
c. think scientists use the term “theory” as a synonym for hypothesis
d. understand how science accumulates information about the nature of the natural world
e. understand how to develop scientific experiments

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B, C, D

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what are the three domains
bacteria, archaea, and eukarya
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what is evolution
modification of species over generations
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what did charles darwin propose
that evolution occurs by natural selection
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what was darwins observations
beak shape varies among finch species, beak of an ancestorial species had adapted over time to equip the finches to acquire different food sources
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what is natural selection
a process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals without those traits
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why is natural selection not survival of the fittest
because natural selection involved differences from the majority of the population. the environment can change at different speeds than reproduction
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what does the the phrase "individuals in a population show variation in trait" mean
you have to have pieces of different genetic information; genes leading to mutation
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what does the phrase, "variable traits must be heritable" mean
must be able to pass on to the offspring
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what does the phrase, "individuals must have unequal survival and reproductive success" mean
there is different levels of the ability to survive and reproduce
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what does the phrase, "natural selection act on individuals but evolutionary change occurs in populations" mean
the individual has to have different genes to pass genetic information to offspring; natural selection relies on only the individual
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what is natural selection
the ability to pass on traits to the next generation
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where does artificial selection occur
in crops, domestic animals, selective breeding
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what is selective breeding
humans choose which traits are selectable; we choose the traits we want to breed together
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fossil record is
how we see different organisms that show similar traits ( same time period)
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whats a vestigial structure
things we inherited but we no longer need
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what is divergent evolution
features that spread from a common ancestor ex: marsupials, pouch
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what is convergent evolution
different species, different traits but later develop similar traits ex: lemurs
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what is biogeography
how different species move from islands to continents over time
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how old is earth
4.6 billion years old
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what planet is the only planet where water can exist in three forms at once
Earth
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what are some conditions for fossils
matter around needs to be preserved, and oxygen needs to be eliminated from the situation
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when does fossilization occur
an organism is buried in sediment, calcium in the bone or other hard tissue is mineralized, and the surrounding sediment hardens to form rock
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where wont you see many fossils
in rainforests
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what are the three different anatomical pieces of evidence
homologous structures, vestigial structures, and analogous structures
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what are homologous structures
they have the same evolutionary origins but different structure and function
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what are vestigial structures
they have no apparent function in extant organisms but resemble structures of ancestors
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what are analogous structures
they have similar structures and function but different evolutionary origin
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what are examples of vestigial structures
pelvic bone in whales, human ear wiggling muscles, hip bones in boa constrictors
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what is convergence
similar traits due to common selection pressures, not because of common ancestry ex: artic fox and ptarmigan
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whats an example of analogous structures
wings
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what is biogeography
development and presence of species based on location
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what is molecular biology
DNA analysis supports evolution, closely related organisms have similar DNA, and the evolution of new functions for proteins after mutations
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what are misconceptions of evolution
evolution is just a theory, individuals evolve, evolution explains the origin of life, and organisms evolved on purpose
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what is a species
a group of organisms that can be interbreed and produce viable, fertile offspring
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what is a hybrid
a cross between two species
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what is a gene pool
a collection of all the variants of genes in a species
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what is speciation
a formation of a new species
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what is sympatric speciation
occurs in the same geographical area
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what is the mexican spotted owl an example of
incipient speciation
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what is allopatric speciation mean
different geographical areas
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when does allopatric speciation occur
when groups become isolated geographically for a long period of time, and changes in each group over time lead to groups no longer being reproductively compatible
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what is dispersal
when a few members of a species move to a new geographical area
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what is vicariance
when a natural situation arises to physically divide organisms
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what is adaptive radiation
rapid evolution of multiple species
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what is aneuploidy
two few chromosomes, error in meiosis
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what is autopolyploidy
two or more complete sets of chromosomes after division. results from error in mitosis
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what is allopolyploid
gametes from two different species combine
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what is meiosis
the process of cell division by which gametes are made
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what are the six stages of meiosis
prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis
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what happens in prophase one
chromosomes replicate to form sister chromatids, nuclear envelope disintegrates, chromosomes begin to condense, spindle fibers appear, crossing over, chiasmata
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what is chiasmata
points at which crossing over occurs on a chromosome
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what happens in prometaphase one
spindle fibers attach to the chromosomes at points along the chromosomes called centromeres
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what happens in metaphase one
homologous chromosomes align along the equator of the cell
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what happens in anaphase one
each homologous chromosome is pulled towards opposite poles of the cell and DNA becomes equally divided
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what happens in telophase one
nuclear envelope reforms and spindle fibers disappear
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what happens in cytokinesis one
cytoplasm and cell divide resulting in two cells that are technically haploid
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what occurs in metaphase 2
the chromosomes line up in a single file along the equator of the cell; they line up in whichever form they are in unlike metaphase one
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what happens in anaphase 2
sister chromatids are pulled to opposite poles of the equator
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what occurs in telophase 2
nuclear envelope reforms and spindle fibers disappear
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what occurs in cytokinesis 2
cytoplasm and cell divide producing two nonidentical haploid daughter cells
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what is a translocation
exchange of material between two chromosomes resulting in an abnormal rearrangement
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what is the Robertsonian translocation
an entire leg of a chromosome that gets transferred over
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when does an anaphase lag occur
when chromosomes are left behind die to defects in the spindle fibers or attachment to chromosome
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what does a non disjunction refer to
a chromosome failing to separate correctly, resulting in gametes with one extra or one missing chromosome
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what is aneuploidy
loss or gain of a whole chromosome
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what is monosomy
one copy of a chromosome
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what is trisomy
three copies of a chromosome
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what is mitosis
division of one cell into two identical daughter cells

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