Anderson AP Bio
Terms : Hide Images
| 487367319 | Evolution | Descent with "modification"; The idea that living species are descendants of ancestral species that were different from the present-day ones; also defined more narrowly as the change in the genetic composition of a population from generation to generation. | |
| 487367320 | Biology | The scientific study of life. | |
| 487367321 | Emergent Properties | New properties that arise with each step upward in the hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases. | |
| 487367322 | Systems Biology | An approach to studying biology that aims to model the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems. | |
| 487367323 | Eukaryotic Cell | A type of cell with a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles. Organisms with eukaryotic cells ( protists, plants, fungi, and animals) are called eukaryotes. | |
| 487367324 | Prokaryotic Cell | A type of cell lacking a membrane- enclosed nucleus and membrane- enclosed organelles. Organisms with prokaryotic cells ( bacteria and archea ) are prokaryotes. | |
| 487367325 | Genome | The genetic material of an organism or virus; the complete complement of an organisms's or virus's genes along with its noncoding nucleic acid sequence. | |
| 487367326 | Bioinformatics | The use of computers, software, and mathematical models to process and integrate biological information from large data sets. | |
| 487367327 | Negative Feedback | A primary mechanism of homeostasis, whereby a change in physiological variable triggers a response that counteracts the initial change. | |
| 487367328 | Positive Feedback | A physiological control mechanism in which a change in a variable triggers mechanisms that amplify the change. | |
| 487367329 | Domain Bacteria | The domain of single celled, prokaryots with cell walls and circular chromosomes | |
| 487367330 | Domain Archea | The distinction recognizes the common traits that eukaryotic organisms share, such as nuclei, cytoskeletons, and internal membranes. | |
| 487367331 | Domain Eukarya | A taxonomic category above the kingdom level. Domain of all organisms whose cells have nuclei, including protists, plants, fungi, and animals | |
| 487367332 | Discovery Science | The process of scientific inquiry that focuses on describing nature. | |
| 487367333 | Inquiry | The search for information and explanation, often focused by specific questions. | |
| 487367334 | Inductive Reasoning | A type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large number of specific observations. | |
| 487367335 | Hypothesis | A tentative answer to a well-framed question, narrower in scope than a theory and subject to testing. | |
| 487367336 | Deductive Reasoning | A type of logic in which specific results are predicted from a general premise. | |
| 487367337 | Controlled Experiment | An experiment in which an experimental group is compared with a control group that varies only in the factor being tester | |
| 487367338 | Theory | An explanation in broad scope, generates new hypotheses, and is supported by a large body of evidence. | |
| 487367339 | Models | A representation of a theory or process. |
