Chapter 1 Campbell Vocab Flashcards

Anderson AP Bio

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.