Ten Themes in the Study of Biology
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| One of the world's major ecosystems, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by adaptations of organisms to that particular environment. | ||
| All the organisms that inhabit a particular area; an assemblage of populations of different species living close enough together for potential interaction. | ||
| The group or aspect of an experiment that does not receive the special treatment. | ||
| Reasoning from the general to the specific with the assumption that the premises are true. Prediction about what the outcomes or experiments or observations should be expected if a particular hypothesis is correct. | ||
| All the organisms in a given area as well as the abiotic factors with which they interact; a community and its physical environment. | ||
| Novel characteristics or behaviors that become observable with each step upward in the hierarchy of biological order. | ||
| A type of cell with a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles, present in protists, plants, fungi, and animals; also called eukaryote. | ||
| All the changes that have transformed life on Earth from its earliest beginnings to the diversity that characterizes it today. | ||
| The group or aspect of an experiment that does receive the experimental treatment. | ||
| A theory that the universe and especially living nature is correctly seen in terms of interacting wholes (as of living organisms) that are more than the mere sum of elementary particles | ||
| An educated guess. A tentative answer to some question. | ||
| Reasoning from a specific a set of specific observations to reach a general conclusion. | ||
| Differential success in the reproduction of different phenotypes resulting from the interaction of organisms with their environment. Evolution occurs when natural selection causes changes in relative frequencies of alleles in the gene pool. | ||
| A group of individuals of one species that live in a particular geographic area. | ||
| A type of cell lacking a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles; found only in the domains Bacteria and Archaea. | ||
| The process of simplifying complex systems to simpler components that are more manageable to study. | ||
| A protocol of steps that focuses on posing and testing hypotheses. | ||
| A comprehensive explanation supported by abundant evidence. | ||
| The branch of biology concerned with naming and classifying the diverse forms of life. | ||
| Factor of an experiment that is subject to change. | ||
| Organisms in a biological community live and interact with other organisms |
