POB Exam 1 Flashcards
The characteristic of life
Organized
Require materials and energy
Reproduce and develop
Respond to stimuli
Maintain homeostasis
Adaption
The characteristic of life: organization
Atoms Molecules Cells Tissue Organs Organs systems Organism Population Communities Ecosystem Biosphere
A monkey calls to oh oh oh people call every body
The characteristic of life: requiring materials and energy
Metabolism and photosynthesis
The characteristic of life: reproduce and develops
Organisms reproduce
Genes, DNA
Mutation
Development
The characteristic of life: Respond to stimuli
Detect react to internal or external events
The characteristic of life:
Maintain homeostasis
Homeostasis-
Ability to maintain a stable internal environment
The characteristic of life:
Adaptions
Allow them to adapt and evolve to be able to live in the environment
Taxonomy
Identifying and grouping organism according to certain rules
Systematics
Study of the evolutionary relationships between organisms
Taxa categories
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
3 domains are
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukarya
Archaea
Organisms Living in extreme conditions
Eukarya are
“You”
Protista
Fungi
Plants
Animalia
Scientific names
Two part names
First word is genus
Second word is species
Scientific method in order
Observation Hypothesis Prediction and experiment Presenting and analyzing Conclusion
Scientific laws
Explain what happens
A pattern in nature
Scientific theory
Explains why and how a law exist
(Explain pattern in nature)
You use inductive reasoning when trying to explain law
Inductive reasoning
Specific to general
Deductive
General to specific
Experimental variable
Independent variable
Factor of the experiment being tested
What you change in experiment
Response variable
Dependent variable
Resulting or change that occurs due to experimental variable
Thing I try to test or message
Null hypothesis
No effect be control and experience or same
Alternative hypothesis
There is a difference be control and experience
Confounding variables
Extra variables
How to control:
Replicates - same experiment performed many times