Lecture 1

Question 1

List 5 broad categories that life can be grouped by

Answer 1

Organization, Information, Energy and Matter, Interactions, evolution

Question 2

What is the approach where you examine components one at a time?

Answer 2

Reductionism

Question 3

What describes characteristics that are the result of multiple components working together

Answer 3

Emergent properties

Question 4

What examines the interactions between multiple components to understand these emergent properties?

Answer 4

Systems Biology

Question 5

Biological research can be broken down into what 2 broad topics?

Answer 5

Function and Stucture

Question 6

____ Relates to the way something is and its components

Answer 6

Structure

Question 7

____ Describes interactions with other components and energy exchange

Answer 7

Function

Question 8

Structurally simpler cells that lack membrane bound organelles _______

Answer 8

Prokaryotic

Question 9

Often larger more complex cells with membrane bound structures that may include multicellular organisms ______

Answer 9

Eukaryotic

Question 10

The 4 Nucleotides of DNA

Answer 10

Adenine - Thymine , Guanine - Cytosine

Question 11

DNA is organized on _____

Answer 11

Chromosomes

Question 12

______ Found on chromosome and are specific sequences that code for proteins

Answer 12

Genes

Question 13

_____ comprise important structural elements, as well as the primary cellular machinery of the body

Answer 13

Proteins

Question 14

_____ Are Made up of complex combinations of amino acids, which are themselves coded by 3 letter sequences on DNA on a gene

Answer 14

Proteins

Question 15

_____ Describes which genes, and their associated proteins, are being read and manufactured at a given time

Answer 15

Gene expression

Question 16

The entire collection of genes in an organism is known as the ______

Answer 16

Genome

Question 17

Energy use and transfer is performed through a variety of chemical reactions collectively referred to as ______

Answer 17

Meatbolism

Question 18

Metabolic reactions are responsible for everything from DNA replication, to the generation of _____

Answer 18

ATP

Question 19

_____ Is used to drive metabolic process from cellular signaling, to chemical synthesis

Answer 19

Adenosine Triphosphate

Question 20

______ defined as a change in heritable characteristics over time

Answer 20

Evolution

Question 21

_____ A search for information relating to some natural phenomenon

Answer 21

Inquiry

Question 22

What is the singular of data

Answer 22

Dataum

Question 23

Data my be recorded as specific numerical values, known as ______

Answer 23

Quantitative Data

Question 24

Those data not practically reduced to numerical values are recorded as _____

Answer 24

Qualitative

Question 25

_____ May manifest as any value, and so are theoretically infinite in their outcome

Answer 25

Continuous Data

Question 26

______ are those that fall into some predefined numerical category

Answer 26

Discrete Data

Question 27

______ draws broad conclusions from specific observations

Answer 27

Inductive Reasoning
1. Theory 2. Hypothesis 3. Observation 4. Confirmation

Question 28

_______ Makes specific predictions from these generalizations

Answer 28

Deductive Reasoning
1. Information 2. Pattern 3. Tentative Hypothesis 4. Theory

Question 29

Explanation that is testable is known as _____

Answer 29

Hypothesis

Question 30

_____ is a broad, well-established principle supported by a variety of hypotheses

Answer 30

Scientific Theory