What is Biology? (Lecture 1) Flashcards

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7 Characteristics something MUST have to qualify as living

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Order, Reproduction, Growth, Energy Processing, Regulation, Response to environmental stimuli, Evolution

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2
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Complex Organization made up of living cells

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Order

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3
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Ability to produce VIABLE offspring

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Reproduction

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Inherited information (DNA) leads to increase in size and cell differentiation

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Growth and Development

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Ability to process stored chemical energy to power its own activities and chemical reactions

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Energy Processing

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Mechanisms that regulate an organism’s internal environment`

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Homeostasis

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7
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Ability to respond to environmental stimuli

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Response to Environment

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Adaptions that develop over many generations

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Evolutionary Adaption

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9
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All of the environments on Earth that support life

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Biosphere

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All of the organisms living in a particular area and all the physical components with which the organisms interact

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Ecosystem / Biome

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All if the species of organisms in an ecosystem that does not include environmental attributes

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Community

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Includes all of the individuals of a PARTICULAR SPECIES living in an area

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Population

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An individual living thing

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Organism

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Consists of several organs that cooperate in a specific function

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Organ System

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Made up of several tissues to perform a specific function

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Organ

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Made up of a group of similar cells that perform a certain function

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Tissue

17
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The fundamental unit of life

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Cell

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A membrane enclosed structure that performs a specific function within a cell

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Organelle

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A cluster of small chemical units (atoms) held together by chemical bonds

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Molecule

20
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Ancient Bacteria

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Domain Archaea

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Traditional “Contemporary” Bacteria

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Domain Bacteria

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All eukaryotic organisms

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Domain Eukarya

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Bacteria and cyanobacteria. Unicellular, prokaryotes

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Kingdom Monera

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Algae, Slime Molds, Protozoans

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Kingdom Protista

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All mushrooms, molds, etc.

Eukarytotic, Heterotrophic, Cell walls of chitin

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Kingdom Fungi

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Multicellular, Eukaryotic, Autotrophic, Cell walls of Cellulose

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Kingdom Plantae

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Multicellular, Eukaryotic, Heterotrophic, Motile, No cell walls

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Kingdom Animalia

28
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Six steps of the Scientific Method

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Observation, Question, Hypothesis, Prediction, Experiment, Conclusion