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stem 5 Flashcards

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The science that deals with structures, Functions of living things and their relationship with the environment

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Biology

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3 MAJOR DIVISIONS OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE

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  1. Microbiology
  2. Botany
  3. Zoology
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3
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Study of naming and classifying organisms

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Taxonomy

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4
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Study of structures and functions of cells

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Cytology

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5
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Study of formation and development of organisms

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Embryology

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6
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Study of structures and parts of organisms

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Anatomy

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7
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Study of functions of living organisms and their parts

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Physiology

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8
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Study of biochemical compositions and processes of living things

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Biochemistry

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9
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Study of heredity and variation

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Genetics

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10
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Study of origin and differentiation of various organisms

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Evolution

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11
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Study of relationships of organisms with each other and their environment

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Ecology

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12
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Study of biological data using computer programs

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Bioinformatics

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13
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Study of the entire genetic material of an organism

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Genomics

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14
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Study of molecules that make up the cells of living organism

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Molecular biology

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15
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Study of how genes affect a person’s response to drugs

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Pharmacogenomics

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16
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Study of the different proteins in an organism

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Proteomics

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17
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Study of artificial biological systems

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Syntactic biology

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18
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Study of computational and mathematical modeling of biological systems

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Systems biology

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19
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Human taxonomy

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  1. domain
  2. Kingdom
  3. phylum
  4. Order
  5. Family
  6. Genes
  7. Species
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20
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In a biological point of view science is a body of systematic information about living things derived from observation and experiment

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Biology as a science

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21
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Two main approaches in scientific investigation

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  1. Discovery
  2. Hypothesis
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22
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Base science relies mainly on verifiable observations and measurement

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Base science involves the use of scientific method which is used as a guide by biologists in solving problems

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Hypothesis

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The scientific method Involved several steps enmurate

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  1. Observation
  2. Hypothesis
  3. Experiment
  4. Conclusions
25
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Identifying and clearly defining a problem

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observation

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Formulating a possible logical answer to the identified problem

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Hypothesis

27
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Two kinds of scientific reasoning

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  1. Inductive Reasoning
  2. Deductive Reasoning
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Scientific reasoning from specific to general

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inductive reasoning

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use as a bottom up approach

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Inductive reasoning

30
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Allows biologists to formulate a tentative hypothesis

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Inductive reasoning

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top down approach

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Deductive reasoning

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General to specific

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Deductive reasoning

33
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Used by biologists to test existing theories or hypotheses

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Deductive reasoning

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Conducting controlled attempts to test One or more hypothesis and includes recording and analyzing results

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experiment

35
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Experimental data are analyzed to reach a conclusion

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Conclusions

36
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Propose the theory of spontaneous generation

37
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Idea that living things can arise from nonliving matter also called as spontaneous generation

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Abiogenesis

38
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The belief that life originates from preexisting life

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Biogenesis

39
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in 1668, an Italian physician did an experiment with flies and wide mouth jars containing meat

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Francisco Redi

40
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the scientific method used by Francisco Redi

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  1. Observation
  2. Hypothesis
  3. Experiment
  4. Accept, Reject, or Modify Hypothesis
41
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Need a new microscope for each specimen

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek (1647)

42
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The examiner water and visualized tiny animals Hyundai Algae and single called Protozoa also known as

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animalcules

43
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By the end of 19th century these organisms were called

44
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He shared that my hair organisms flourished in various soups that had been exposed to the air

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John Needham (1745)

45
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Claim that there was a life force present in the molecules of all inorganic matter including air and the oxygen in it

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John Needham (1745)

46
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He supported the spontaneous generation or abiogenesis

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John Needham (1745)

47
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Boiled soups for almost an hour and sealed containers by melting the slender necks closed

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Lazzaro Spollanzani’s (1765)

48
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in ______ the debate had become so heated that the Paris Academy of Sciences offered a prize for any experiments that would help resolve this conflict on how microbes arise

49
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The price from the Paris Academy of Sciences was claimed by

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Louis Pasteur

50
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He was the only one to To support that abiogenesis

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John Needham (1745)

51
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The oldest hypothesis that life came from a divine being is the most widely accepted belief

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Divine Creation

52
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Patientists believe that everything was made by a supreme being in a six day period

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Divine Creation

53
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It was believed that life came from a _____________ ________or life evolved from inanimate matter

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Spontaneous Origin

54
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This proposes that a meteor or cosmic dust may have carried to a significant amount of organic molecules which started the evolution of life

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Panspermia

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