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Biology=
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study of life and living organisims; study of physics, chemistry, and mathematics working together in a living system.
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Life has organization:
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Acquires energy and nutrients (metabolism), adapts to environment (homeostatsis), reproduces, adapts to environment to survive (evolution)
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Hierarchy of Life or Levels of Complexity
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Atoms/Molecules, organelles, cells, tissues, organs, systems, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biomes, biosphere
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Arachaea
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prokaryotic (no nucleus),nonmembrane bound organelles, single cell, bacteria: arachaebacteria, eubacteria
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Eukarya
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eukaryotic (nuclus present),no cell wall, multicellular, eukaryote: protista (single cell), fungi (decomposer), plantae (producer/autotroph), animalia (consumer/heterotroph)
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Evolution=
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gradual process in which something changes into something different, more complex over time
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Diversity=
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is the variation of traits that have accumulated in a line of descent.
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Natural Selection=
does not act on individual but on whole populations |
when individuals differ in the ability to survive and reproduce, the traits that help them do so become more popular in the population over time
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Scientific Method:
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Observation, Hypothesis (testable educated guess), Prediction (if-then process), Test (experiment and control group), Conclusion
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Scientific Theory=
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long standing hypothesis, that explains many different phenomena
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