Intro To Bio

Question 0

How many described (scientifically named) organisms on the planet?

Answer 0

2 million

Question 1

How many different kinds of living organisms on the planet?

Answer 1

10-100 million

Question 2

Most well described groups of living organisms?

Answer 2

Birds & Mammals

Big colorful easy to find

Question 3

Least well described living organisms?

Answer 3

Fungi, worms, bacteria, spiders, fish, deep sea creatures

Question 4

Classification

Answer 4

Making sense of millions of different living things

Question 5

Classification breaks things into logical groups based on

Answer 5

Size, color, shape
DNA
Behavior & habitat

Question 6

Taxonomy

Answer 6

Classification by evolutionary relationships

Question 7

3 domains of all living things

Answer 7

Bacteria

Archaea

Eukaryota

Question 8

Eukaryota

Answer 8

Plants
Animals
Fungi
Protista

Question 9

Characteristics that occur only when the parts are put together in a particular way

Answer 9

Emergent properties

Question 10

Understanding complex systems by breaking them into their parts and understand how each part works

Answer 10

Reductionism

Question 11

Building models to learn how each part of a system functions together

Answer 11

Systems biology

Question 12

Descriptive study

Answer 12

• Record data about variables in existing, natural systems
• Looks for relationships among variables
• “Real world”
• CORRELATION

Question 13

Experimental study

Answer 13

• manipulate existing systems so all variables are constant except one
• determine effect of variable
• laboratory
• CAUSE&EFFECT

Question 14

How two variables change together in a related way

Answer 14

Correlation

Question 15

One variable causes other to change

Answer 15

Cause -& effect