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1
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Biology

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Scientific study of life

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2
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Properties of Life (7)

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Order 
Reproduction 
Growth and Development 
Energy Processing 
Regulation 
Response to Environment 
Evolutionary Adaptation
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Organization of the Biosphere

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Biosphere→ 
Ecosystem(living and non-living)→ 
Community(living) → 
Population(organisms of same species that can reproduce together) → 
Organism(individual living entity) → 
Organ System→ 
Organs→ 
Tissues→ 
Cells(basic unit of life) → 
Organelles→
Molecules→ 
Atoms(smallest component of life)
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Ecosystem

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Living and non-living

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Community

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Living

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Population

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Organisms of the same species that reproduce together

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Organisms

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Individual living entities

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Cells

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Basic unit of life

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Atom

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Smallest component of life

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Reductionism

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approach of reducing complex system to simpler components

How smaller parts work together to make a system

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Systems Biology

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constructs models for the dynamic behavior of a whole biological system

How parts work and effect each other
Ex: how might a drug that lower blood pressure affect the functions of your organs throughout the human body

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Negative Feedback

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As more of the product accumulates , process slows and less product is produced

Blood sugar

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Positive Feedback

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Stimulus increases production

Example: breastfeeding and childbirth

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Emergent Properties

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Arrangement and interactions between component parts (NOT UNIQUE TO LIFE)

Bicycle parts have to be put together for the bicycle to work

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15
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Understanding of biology balances…

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Reductionism and emergent properties

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Lowest level of organization that can preform all activities of life

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Cell

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17
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All cells are..

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Enclosed by a membrane

Use DNA as their genetic information

18
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Eukaryotic Cell

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Membrane enclosed organelles

Nucleus (largest organelle)

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Prokaryotic Cell

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Simple, small

NO NUCLEUS

organelles NOT enclosed

20
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Prokaryotic includes

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Bacteria and Archaea

21
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Eukaryotic includes

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Animals
Fungi
And all other forms of life

22
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Core theme of biology

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Evolution

23
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Life is distinguished by…

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It’s unity and diversity

24
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Natural Selection

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Unequal reproductive success leads to evolution of adaptions in populations

25
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Division of cells to form new cells is..

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The foundation for all reproduction,growth and repair of multicellular organism

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DNA

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Substance of genes

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Genes

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Units of inheritance that transmit information from parents to offspring

28
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Chromosomes

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Organization of human DNA

29
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DNA function

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Inherited by offspring from parent

Controls development and maintenance of organisms

30
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Nucleotides and 4 kinds

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Chemical building blocks

AGCT

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DNA provides

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Blueprint for making proteins

32
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Gene Expression

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Process of information in a gene being converted into a cellular product

33
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How does energy flow through an ecosystem

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Entering as light exiting as heat

34
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Chlorophyll molecules..

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Harness energy of sunlight and drive photosynthesis, converting water and carbon dioxide to sugar and oxygen

35
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Scientific Method

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Attempts to understand how natural phenomena work using a process of inquiry where observations are made, hypotheses are formed and tested

36
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Qualitative and Quantitative

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Qualitative — description

Quantitative —numbers, graphs, measurements

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Inductive Reasoning

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Draws conclusions through the logical process of induction

Based on many observations

38
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Deductive Reasoning

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General premises to make specific predictions

IF.. THEN

39
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Hypothesis

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Tentative answer to a wellformed question

Must be TESTABLE AND FALSIFIABLE

40
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Controlled experiment

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Compares experimental group with control group

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