Lecture 1 Flashcards

Pages 1-2 of Notes, August 19th

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Definition of Biology

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Scientific Study of Life

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Characteristics of Life

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Order, energy processors, growth + devlopment, respond to their enviorment, regulation, MOVE, communicate, reproduce, ATP energy, DNA, Anti-intropic

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All living things have cell structures and are _________

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Energy Processors

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Biology Organization Small to Big

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Atoms, molecules, organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

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What takes up most of the biosphere ?

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Plants

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Reductionism

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Taking something big and making it smaller to understand

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Downside to reductionism

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Dead organism in order to study

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Genome ( Genes )

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Genetic library of a cell

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Eukaryotic Celll

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Contains a nucleus and has membrane organelles

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Prokaryotic Cell

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No nucleus and no membrane bound organelles

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Emergent Properties

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Properties that become SUDDEN when interacted

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