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| 7636774023 | Biology is... | the study of life | 0 | |
| 7636774024 | Properties of Life (7) | Order Evolutionary Adaption Response to the environment Regulation Energy processing Growth and Development Reproduction |  | 1 |
| 7636774025 | Levels of Biological Organization (10) | Biosphere Ecosystems Communities Populations Organisms Organs and organ systems Tissues Cells Organelles Molecules |  | 2 |
| 7636774026 | Biosphere | most regions of land, bodies of water, and atmosphere to an altitude of several kilometers |  | 3 |
| 7636774027 | Ecosystems | All living things in a particular area along with all the nonliving components such as soil, water, atmospheric gases and light |  | 4 |
| 7636774028 | Communities | many kinds of trees, plants, animals, fungi/mushrooms. "species" |  | 5 |
| 7636774029 | Populations | all individuals of a species living within the bounds of a specified area |  | 6 |
| 7636774030 | Organisms | Individual living things | 7 | |
| 7636774031 | Organs | a system of tissues; these can coordinate together to make a bigger system with a particular function. |  | 8 |
| 7636774032 | Tissues | A group of cells tissues make up organs | 9 | |
| 7636774033 | Cells | fundamental unit of structure and function. | 10 | |
| 7636774034 | Organelles | Ex) Chloroplasts are organelles of plants. Photosynthesis | 11 | |
| 7636774035 | Molecules | a chemical structure consisting of two of more small chemical units called atoms. | 12 | |
| 7636774036 | Producers | plants and other photosynthetic organisms that convert light energy to chemical energy |  | 13 |
| 7636774037 | Consumers | organisms that feed on producers and other consumers |  | 14 |
| 7636774038 | deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) | the substance for genes, the units of inheritance that transmit information from the parents to the offspring. |  | 15 |
| 7636774039 | 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 |
| 7636774040 | proteins | genes are instructions for making __ |  | 17 |
| 7636774041 | Genome | the entire "library" of genetic instructions that an organism inherits | 18 | |
| 7636774042 | prokaryotic Cells | Bacteria and Archaea DNA is not separated from the rest of the cell No nucleus |  | 19 |
| 7636774043 | eukaryotic Cells | Plants and animals Nucleus and Cytoplasm |  | 20 |
| 7636774044 | Human Genome Project | sequenced many genomes. | 21 | |
| 7636774045 | 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 |
| 7636774046 | Classification order (smallest to largest) | Species Genus Family Order Class Phylum Kingdom Domain |  | 23 |
| 7636774047 | Taxonomy | the branch of biology that names and classifies species, formalizes this ordering of species into a series of groups of increasing breadth. | 24 | |
| 7636774048 | Domain | The 3 ___ of life: Bacteria, Archaea Eukarya |  | 25 |
| 7636774049 | Domain Bacteria and Archaea | prokaryotes unicellular and microscopic | 26 | |
| 7636774050 | Domain Eukarya | microorganisms (protozoans) includes kingdoms: plantae, fungi, and animalia | 27 | |
| 7636774051 | Charles Darwin | On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection Descent with modification and Natural Selection Galapagos studying finches |  | 28 |
| 7636774052 | natural selection | the natural environment "selects" for the propagation of certain traits, |  | 29 |
| 7636774053 | inquiry | a search for information and explanations, often focusing on specific questions. |  | 30 |
| 7636774054 | Data | items of information on which scientific inquiry is based. Qualitative and Quantitative |  | 31 |
| 7636774055 | Inductive reasoning | derive generalizations based on a large number of specific observations | 32 | |
| 7636774056 | hypothesis | a tentative answer to a well-framed question (explanation on trial) "if...then..." statements must be falsifiable and testable | 33 | |
| 7636774057 | deductive reasoning | from the general to the specific. | 34 | |
| 7636774058 | experimental group | the group that is being manipulated. the group being experimented on |  | 35 |
| 7636774059 | control group | the group that stays the same as a reference. |  | 36 |
| 7636774060 | theory | a broader scope than a hypothesis able to spin off specific hypotheses supported by a much more massive body of evidence | 37 | |
| 7636774061 | 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 |
