Terms and Concepts
7300413933 | Biology is... | the study of life | 0 | |
7300413934 | Properties of Life (7) | Order Evolutionary Adaption Response to the environment Regulation Energy processing Growth and Development Reproduction | ![]() | 1 |
7300413935 | Levels of Biological Organization (10) | Biosphere Ecosystems Communities Populations Organisms Organs and organ systems Tissues Cells Organelles Molecules | ![]() | 2 |
7300413936 | Biosphere | most regions of land, bodies of water, and atmosphere to an altitude of several kilometers | ![]() | 3 |
7300413937 | Ecosystems | All living things in a particular area along with all the nonliving components such as soil, water, atmospheric gases and light | ![]() | 4 |
7300413938 | Communities | many kinds of trees, plants, animals, fungi/mushrooms. "species" | ![]() | 5 |
7300413939 | Populations | all individuals of a species living within the bounds of a specified area | ![]() | 6 |
7300413940 | Organisms | Individual living things | 7 | |
7300413941 | Organs | a system of tissues; these can coordinate together to make a bigger system with a particular function. | ![]() | 8 |
7300413942 | Tissues | A group of cells tissues make up organs | 9 | |
7300413943 | Cells | fundamental unit of structure and function. | 10 | |
7300413944 | Organelles | Ex) Chloroplasts are organelles of plants. Photosynthesis | 11 | |
7300413945 | Molecules | a chemical structure consisting of two of more small chemical units called atoms. | 12 | |
7300413946 | Producers | plants and other photosynthetic organisms that convert light energy to chemical energy | ![]() | 13 |
7300413947 | Consumers | organisms that feed on producers and other consumers | ![]() | 14 |
7300413948 | deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) | the substance for genes, the units of inheritance that transmit information from the parents to the offspring. | ![]() | 15 |
7300413949 | DNA | two long chains arranged into a double helix each link of the chain is made up of 4 chemical building blocks called nucleotides | ![]() | 16 |
7300413950 | proteins | genes are instructions for making __ | ![]() | 17 |
7300413951 | Genome | the entire "library" of genetic instructions that an organism inherits | 18 | |
7300413952 | prokaryotic Cells | Bacteria and Archaea DNA is not separated from the rest of the cell No nucleus | ![]() | 19 |
7300413953 | eukaryotic Cells | Plants and animals Nucleus and Cytoplasm | ![]() | 20 |
7300413954 | Human Genome Project | sequenced many genomes. | 21 | |
7300413955 | negative feedback | accumulation of an end product of a process slows the process the cell's breakdown of sugar generates ATP. an excess amount would trigger an enzyme to slow it down | ![]() | 22 |
7300413956 | Classification order (smallest to largest) | Species Genus Family Order Class Phylum Kingdom Domain | ![]() | 23 |
7300413957 | Taxonomy | the branch of biology that names and classifies species, formalizes this ordering of species into a series of groups of increasing breadth. | 24 | |
7300413958 | Domain | The 3 ___ of life: Bacteria, Archaea Eukarya | ![]() | 25 |
7300413959 | Domain Bacteria and Archaea | prokaryotes unicellular and microscopic | 26 | |
7300413960 | Domain Eukarya | microorganisms (protozoans) includes kingdoms: plantae, fungi, and animalia | 27 | |
7300413961 | Charles Darwin | On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection Descent with modification and Natural Selection Galapagos studying finches | ![]() | 28 |
7300413962 | natural selection | the natural environment "selects" for the propagation of certain traits, | ![]() | 29 |
7300413964 | inquiry | a search for information and explanations, often focusing on specific questions. | ![]() | 30 |
7300413965 | Data | items of information on which scientific inquiry is based. Qualitative and Quantitative | ![]() | 31 |
7300413966 | Inductive reasoning | derive generalizations based on a large number of specific observations | 32 | |
7300413967 | hypothesis | a tentative answer to a well-framed question (explanation on trial) "if...then..." statements must be falsifiable and testable | 33 | |
7300413968 | deductive reasoning | from the general to the specific. | 34 | |
7300413969 | experimental group | the group that is being manipulated. the group being experimented on | ![]() | 35 |
7300413970 | control group | the group that stays the same as a reference. | ![]() | 36 |
7300413971 | theory | a broader scope than a hypothesis able to spin off specific hypotheses supported by a much more massive body of evidence | 37 | |
7300413972 | Themes of Biology | The Cell Heritable information Emergent properties of biological systems regulation Interaction with Environment Energy and life Unity and Diversity Evolution Structure and Function Scientific Inquiry Science, Technology, and Society | ![]() | 38 |