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Lesson 1: What is BIology Flashcards

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1
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The Study of Life

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Biology

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2
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Greek Word: “Bios”

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Life

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Greek Word: “Logos”

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Study

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Science of Classification

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Taxonomy

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What are the 3 Domains?

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Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya

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Two broadest level in taxonomy

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Domain and Kingdom

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It arise from interactions among the parts of an organism

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Emergent Properties

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They make their own food, using energy from nonliving environment

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Producer

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They eat and consume living or dead organism

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Consumer

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They recycle nutrients to the nonliving environment

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Decomposer

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It is the internal state of constancy in changing environmental conditions

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Homeostasis

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Yields virtually identical copies of a parent

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Asexual Reproduction

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Generates diversity from the DNA of two different parents

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Sexual Reproduction

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Way of using evidence to evaluate ideas about the natural world

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Scientific Method

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Intelligent guess, testable explanation which is done through observations, questions, and reasons

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Hypothesis

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It follows from scientific hypothesis

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Prediction

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It ensures that published studies meeth high standards for quality

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Peer Review

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Test of individuals assigned to each treatment

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Experimentation

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It is where environmental conditions select for organisms with inherited traits that increase the chance of survival and reproduction

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Natural Selection

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It explains how common ancestry unites all species, producing diverse organisms with many similarities

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Evolution

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Test of a hypothesis carried out in controlled conditions

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Experiment

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The number of individuals assigned to each treatment

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Sample Size

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Changeable elements in an experiment

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Variables

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Factor that the investigator manipulates

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Independent Variable

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What the investigator measures to determine the outcome of the experiment

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Dependent Variable

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Held constant for all subjects including control group

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Standardized Variable

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Often a set of subjects receiving no treatment or a placebo

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Control Group

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More widely accepted and broader in scope than a hypothesis

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Theory

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The practical application of scientific knowledge

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Technology

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