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7300413933Biology is...the study of life0
7300413934Properties of Life (7)Order Evolutionary Adaption Response to the environment Regulation Energy processing Growth and Development Reproduction1
7300413935Levels of Biological Organization (10)Biosphere Ecosystems Communities Populations Organisms Organs and organ systems Tissues Cells Organelles Molecules2
7300413936Biospheremost regions of land, bodies of water, and atmosphere to an altitude of several kilometers3
7300413937EcosystemsAll living things in a particular area along with all the nonliving components such as soil, water, atmospheric gases and light4
7300413938Communitiesmany kinds of trees, plants, animals, fungi/mushrooms. "species"5
7300413939Populationsall individuals of a species living within the bounds of a specified area6
7300413940OrganismsIndividual living things7
7300413941Organsa system of tissues; these can coordinate together to make a bigger system with a particular function.8
7300413942TissuesA group of cells tissues make up organs9
7300413943Cellsfundamental unit of structure and function.10
7300413944OrganellesEx) Chloroplasts are organelles of plants. Photosynthesis11
7300413945Moleculesa chemical structure consisting of two of more small chemical units called atoms.12
7300413946Producersplants and other photosynthetic organisms that convert light energy to chemical energy13
7300413947Consumersorganisms that feed on producers and other consumers14
7300413948deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)the substance for genes, the units of inheritance that transmit information from the parents to the offspring.15
7300413949DNAtwo long chains arranged into a double helix each link of the chain is made up of 4 chemical building blocks called nucleotides16
7300413950proteinsgenes are instructions for making __17
7300413951Genomethe entire "library" of genetic instructions that an organism inherits18
7300413952prokaryotic CellsBacteria and Archaea DNA is not separated from the rest of the cell No nucleus19
7300413953eukaryotic CellsPlants and animals Nucleus and Cytoplasm20
7300413954Human Genome Projectsequenced many genomes.21
7300413955negative feedbackaccumulation 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 down22
7300413956Classification order (smallest to largest)Species Genus Family Order Class Phylum Kingdom Domain23
7300413957Taxonomythe branch of biology that names and classifies species, formalizes this ordering of species into a series of groups of increasing breadth.24
7300413958DomainThe 3 ___ of life: Bacteria, Archaea Eukarya25
7300413959Domain Bacteria and Archaeaprokaryotes unicellular and microscopic26
7300413960Domain Eukaryamicroorganisms (protozoans) includes kingdoms: plantae, fungi, and animalia27
7300413961Charles DarwinOn the Origin of Species by Natural Selection Descent with modification and Natural Selection Galapagos studying finches28
7300413962natural selectionthe natural environment "selects" for the propagation of certain traits,29
7300413964inquirya search for information and explanations, often focusing on specific questions.30
7300413965Dataitems of information on which scientific inquiry is based. Qualitative and Quantitative31
7300413966Inductive reasoningderive generalizations based on a large number of specific observations32
7300413967hypothesisa tentative answer to a well-framed question (explanation on trial) "if...then..." statements must be falsifiable and testable33
7300413968deductive reasoningfrom the general to the specific.34
7300413969experimental groupthe group that is being manipulated. the group being experimented on35
7300413970control groupthe group that stays the same as a reference.36
7300413971theorya broader scope than a hypothesis able to spin off specific hypotheses supported by a much more massive body of evidence37
7300413972Themes of BiologyThe 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 Society38

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