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Evolution |
The process of change that has transformed life on earth |
Charles Darwin |
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Biology |
The scientific study of life |
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Regulation |
Keeping constant internal conditions under changing environmental conditions |
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Energy Processing |
Utilizing different forms of energy (converting and storing) |
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Growth and Development |
-Changes in size of an organism -Change in life phases |
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Reproduction |
Producing the next generation |
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Evolutionary Adaptation |
An environmental stimulus triggers a response |
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Order |
How structures are arranged |
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Levels of the Biological Hierarchy |
Biosphere Ecosystems Communities Populations Organisms Organs Systems Organs Tissues Cells Organelles Molecules Atoms |
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Unicellular |
Consisting of only one cell |
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Multicellular |
Consisting of more than one cell |
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Emergent Properties |
Result from the arrangement and interaction of parts within a system |
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The two major processes of the dynamics of an ecosystem |
Cycling of nutrients Flow of energy |
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Different stored forms of energy |
Light Chemical Kinetic Thermal |
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Cell |
The lowest level of organization that can perform all activities required for life |
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Prokaryotic cell |
Cell that does not contain a nucleus or other membrane-enclosed organelles |
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Eukaryotoc Cell |
Has membrane enclosed organelles, the largest of which is usually the nucleus |
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Full term for DNA |
Deoxyrybonucleic Acid |
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Genes |
The units of inheritance that transmit info from parents to offspring |
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Genome |
A gene's entire set of genetic instructions |
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