Lesson 1: What is BIology Flashcards
The Study of Life
Biology
Greek Word: “Bios”
Life
Greek Word: “Logos”
Study
Science of Classification
Taxonomy
What are the 3 Domains?
Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
Two broadest level in taxonomy
Domain and Kingdom
It arise from interactions among the parts of an organism
Emergent Properties
They make their own food, using energy from nonliving environment
Producer
They eat and consume living or dead organism
Consumer
They recycle nutrients to the nonliving environment
Decomposer
It is the internal state of constancy in changing environmental conditions
Homeostasis
Yields virtually identical copies of a parent
Asexual Reproduction
Generates diversity from the DNA of two different parents
Sexual Reproduction
Way of using evidence to evaluate ideas about the natural world
Scientific Method
Intelligent guess, testable explanation which is done through observations, questions, and reasons
Hypothesis
It follows from scientific hypothesis
Prediction
It ensures that published studies meeth high standards for quality
Peer Review
Test of individuals assigned to each treatment
Experimentation
It is where environmental conditions select for organisms with inherited traits that increase the chance of survival and reproduction
Natural Selection
It explains how common ancestry unites all species, producing diverse organisms with many similarities
Evolution
Test of a hypothesis carried out in controlled conditions
Experiment
The number of individuals assigned to each treatment
Sample Size
Changeable elements in an experiment
Variables
Factor that the investigator manipulates
Independent Variable
