GB LF Flashcards
SCIENTIFIC METHOD:
THE ACTION OR PROCESS OF EXAMINING SOMETHING
Example: Phenomena or Problem
OBSERVATION
SCIENTIFIC METHOD:
A possible explanation of a specific phenomenon.
Under this:
- A claim about what you can expect to see in nature if a theory or hypothesis is correct.
- A testable explanation of a broad range of phenomena
HYPOTHESIS
- PREDICTION
- THEORY
SCIENTIFIC METHOD:
An attempt to produce actual observations that match predicted or expected observations.
EXPERIMENT or DATA GATHERING
SCIENTIFIC METHOD:
A statement whether a theory or hypothesis should be accepted, rejected or modified based on tests derived from prediction of it.
CONCLUSION
What is the first and last steps of SCIENTIFIC METHOD:
1.
2.
OBSERVATION
PUBLICATION
PROPERTIES OF LIFE:
Basic unit of life.
Cell
States that organism are made of the basic unit of life (cell) which come from pre-existing cells via cell division.
Cell Theory
DOES NOT:
- Metabolize
- Respond to stimuli
- Consist of cell
VIRUSES
- Consists of cells
- Able to metabolize
- Respond to stimuli
Organism
MULTIPLY AND EVOLVE
VIRUS AND ORGANISMS
VIRUS MULTIPLIES WHERE?
CELL
ORGANISMS MULTIPLY HOW?
INDEPENDENTLY
DIFFERENT LEVEL OF ORGANIZATIONS:
The smallest non living unit.
ATOM
TWO OR MORE ATOMS OF THE SAME OR DIFFERENT ELEMENTS BONDED TOGETHER
MOLECULE
3 OR MORE CHAINS OF THE SAME MOLECULES
BIOMOLECULES
SACS OR OTHER COMPARTMENTS THAT SEPARATES ACTIVITIES INSIDE THE CELL
ORGANELLE
SMALLEST LIVING UNIT
- MAYBE UNICELLULAR OR MULTICELLULAR
Cells
GROUP OF CELLS WITH SAME SPECIALIZED FUNCTIONS
TISSUES
STRUCTURAL UNITS IN WHICH TISSUES COMBINED IN SPECIFIC AMOUNTS AND PATTERNS ALLOWING THEM TO PERFORM A COMMON TASK.
ORGAN
TWO OR MORE ORGANS INTERACTING CHEMICALLY, PHYSICALLY OR BOTH.
ORGAN SYSTEM
AN INDIVIDUAL COMPOSED OF SPECIALIZED, INTERDEPENDENT CELLS ARRAYED IN TISSUES, ORGANS AND OFTEN ORGAN SYSTEM.
MULTICELLULAR ORGANISM
GROUP IF INDIVIDUALS BELONGING TO THE SAME SPECIES OCCUPYING A GIVEN AREA AT THE SAME TIME
POPULATION
THE POPULATION OF ALL SPECIES OCCUPYING THE SAME AREA.
COMMUNITY
A COMMUNITY AND ITS PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
ECOSYSTEM