TOPIC ONE= BIOLOGY THEMES

Question 1

WHAT ARE THE PROPERTIES OF LIFE?

Answer 1

1. ORDER
2. ENERGY PROCESSING
   3.EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATAION
3. REGULATION
4. REPRODUCTION
5. GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, RESPONSE TO ENVIROMENT

Question 2

WHAT IS ORDER?

Answer 2

CHICKEN TO EGG TO CHICKEN

Question 3

ENERGY PROCESSING?

Answer 3

HOMEOSTATSIS

Question 4

REGULATION?

Answer 4

ANIMALS RESTRICTING TO PROPER ENVIROMENTS

Question 5

FIVE UNIFYING THEMES?

Answer 5

ORGANIZATION, INFORMATION, ENERGY AND MATTER, EVOLUTION, INTERACTIONS

Question 6

ORGANIZATION?

Answer 6

DIFFERING LEVELS OF BIOLOGICAL HIERARCHY, DIFF PROPERTIES AT DIFF LEVELS, FROM MOLECULES TO TREES

Question 7

REDUCTIONIST APPROACH?

Answer 7

REDUCING BIG TO SMALLER, EX: PLANT TO DNA

Question 8

EMERGENT PROPERTIES?

Answer 8

RESULT FROM ARRANGEMENT/INTERACTION OF PARTS. CONNECTIONS!

Question 9

SYSTEMS BIOLOGY?

Answer 9

TO FIND E.P., BIOLOGISTS COMPLEMENT R W THIS (LOOKING AT INTERACTIONS OF PARTS OF SYSTEM). EX: CELLS

Question 10

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION?

Answer 10

ONE INSTRUCTS OTHER
EX: FINGERS AND FINGERNAILS

Question 11

INFORMATION?

Answer 11

CELL IS SMALLEST UNIT OF LIFE THAT CAN PREFORM ACTIVITIES REQUIRED

Question 12

GENOMICS?

Answer 12

STUDY OF GENES AND DNA

Question 13

ENERGY AND MATTER?

Answer 13

INPUT OF ENERGY FROM SUN AND TRANSFORMED TO ANOTHER FORM. WORK ENTERS AND LEAVES AS HEAT. OCCUR AT MACRO/MICRO LEVELS

Question 14

INTERACTIONS?

Answer 14

SMOOTH INTEGRATIONS OF ALL PARTS. EX: PARTS OF ECOSYSTEM, MOLECULES, CROSS TALK

Question 15

NEGATIVE FEEDBACK?

Answer 15

RESPONSE REDUCES INTIAL STIMULUS EX: EATING GLUCOSE

Question 16

POSITIVE FEEDBACK?

Answer 16

RESPONSE INCREASES OWN PRODUCTION EX: BLOOD CLOTTING

Question 17

EVOLUTION

Answer 17

EXPLANATION FOR BOTH UNITY AND DIVERSITY

Question 18

DARWIN SAID….?

Answer 18

1. SPECIES SHOWED EVIDENCE OF “DESCENT W MODIFICATION” FROM COMMON ANCESTORS
2. NATURAL SELECTION IS BEHIND DIFF

Question 19

QUALITATIVE DATA?

Answer 19

OFTEN RECORDED DESCRIPTIONS

Question 20

QUANTITATIVE DATA?

Answer 20

EXPRESSED AS NUMBERS, TABLES OR GRAPHS

Question 21

GENERAL THEORY?

Answer 21

EVERYDAY USE OF THINKING

Question 22

SCIENTIFIC THEORY? (4)

Answer 22

BROADER THAN ONE HYPO, LOTS OF EVIDENCE, CAN PRODUCE NEW HYPOS, FLEXIBLE

Question 23

EXPERIMENTAL VARIABLE?

Answer 23

FEATURES THAT VARY EX; NON CAMOUFLAGED MOUSE

Question 24

INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?

Answer 24

MANIPULATED BY RESEARCHERS

Question 25

DEPENDENT VARIABLE?

Answer 25

ONE PREDICTED TO BE AFFECTED IN RESPONSE

Question 26

A concept that studies the isolated components of the living system or DNA molecular structure for biological inheritance is called ?

Answer 26

REDUCTIONISM

Question 27

Organisms interact with their environments, exchanging matter and energy. For example, what do plant chloroplasts convert the energy of sunlight into?

Answer 27

CHEMICAL ENERGY

Question 28

RECOREDED OBSERVATION?

Answer 28

DATA