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5 fundamental characteristics of living organism |
Energy- sunlight, food cells information - genetic info in the form of genes, respond to information (stimuli) from environment to maintain stable conditions replication evolution |
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fitness |
ability of an individual to produce viable offspring |
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adaptation |
a trait that increases the fitness ofan individual in a particular environment |
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phylogeny |
actual genealogical relationships between all organisms, phylogenetic tree shows relationships between species |
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3 Domains |
(1) the Bacteria (2) the Archaea (3) the Eukarya. |
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Taxonomic hierarchy |
Domain Kindom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species |
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Null hypothesis |
A null hypothesis specifies what should be observedwhen the hypothesis being tested isn’t correct. |
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control groups |
control checks for factors, other than the one being tested, that might influence theexperiment’s outcome |
