What is Biology? (Lecture 1)

Question 1

7 Characteristics something MUST have to qualify as living

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Order, Reproduction, Growth and Development, Energy Processing, Regulation (Homeostasis), Response to Environment, Evolutionary Adaption

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Complex Organization made up of living cells

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Order

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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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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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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

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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

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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

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Six steps of the Scientific Method

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Observation, Question, Hypothesis, Prediction, Experiment, Conclusion

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Name for the living organisms in a given Ecosystem.

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Biota

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All the physical, non-living, components in a given Ecosystem.

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Abiotic Factors

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What do organisms exchange with their environment?

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Matter and Energy

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What do all organisms require?

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Nutrients

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Organisms that Produce their own Glucose

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Autotrophs

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Organisms that obtain Glucose from an outside source.

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Heterotrophs

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The basis for the unity of life

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DNA

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What does DNA provide the blueprints for making?

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Proteins

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A change in the DNA or genetic material of a cell or organism.

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Mutation

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Science dealing with naming and classifying organisms.

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Taxonomy

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This scientist is credited with introducing Taxonomy.

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Carlous Linnaeus

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The Theory of Natural Selection

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Evolution

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This scientist is credited with first introducing the Theory of Evolution in 1859.

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Charles Darwin

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What is the purpose of Science?

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A was of investigating phenomena

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Name three limitations of Science

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Technological Ethical No consideration of the Supernatural

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Steps of the Scientific Method: This step involved observing some aspect of nature to gain valuable background information and to see what is already known with regards to some area of science.

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Observation

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Steps of the Scientific Method: This step develops a question to focus the study and form the intent.

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Question

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Steps of the Scientific Method: Making an educated guess about the question posed.

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Hypothesis

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Steps of the Scientific Method: Formulating an "if-then" statement from previously made hypothesis to achieve a testable conditional statement.

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Prediction

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Steps of the Scientific Method: Developing a method by which the prediction can be tested.

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Experiment

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One of the groups in an experiment: A situation in which normal or typical conditions exist.

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Control Group

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One of the groups in an experiment: A situation in which conditions are altered.

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Experimental Group

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What must data collection be to be useable?

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Measurable

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What kind of variable is manipulated by the researcher?

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Independent Variable

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What kind of variable is measured by the researcher?

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Dependent Variable

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What kind of variable are kept constant during the experiment?

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Controlled Variables

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The end of the scientific process based on statistical analysis of the data in which you either accept or reject the hypothesis.

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Conclusion

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The study of an organism's structure.

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Anatomy

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The study of the chemical interactions that occur within an organism's body.

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Physiology

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The study of cells

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Cytology

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The study of tissues

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Histology

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The study of the environment and the organisms that inhabit ecosystems

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Ecology

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The study of DNA, heredity, and hereditary variation

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Genetics

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The study of disease

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Pathology

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The study of organic molecules and their role and function in organisms

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Biochemistry

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The study of bacteria

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Bacteriology

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The study of viruses

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Virology

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The study of algae

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Phycology

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The study of fungi

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Mycology

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The study of plants

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Botany

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The study of animals

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Zoology