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45 Cards in this Set
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Biology |
The systemic study of life |
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Atom |
Fundamental building block of matter |
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Molecule |
An association of two or more Atoms |
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Cell |
Smallest unit of life |
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Organism |
An individual; consist of one or more cells |
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Population |
Group of individuals of a species in a given area |
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Community |
All populations of all species in a given area |
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Eco System |
A community interacting with it's environment |
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Biosphere |
All regions of the Earth that holds life |
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Nature |
Everything in the universe except what humans manufactured |
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Emergent Property |
A characteristic of a system that does not appear in any of a systems component parts |
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Energy |
The capacity to do work |
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Nutrient |
A substance that an organism needs for growth and survival but can not make itself |
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Producer |
Organisms that makes their own food using energy and simple raw materials from their environment |
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Consumers |
Can not produce their own food; gets energy and nutrients indirectly by feeding on other organisms |
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Receptor |
Molecule or struture thst responds to a stimulus |
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Homeostasis |
Set of processes by which an organism keeps it's internal conditions with tolerable ranges |
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DNA Stands for |
Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
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Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) |
Molecules that carries hereditary information about traits |
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Growth |
Increase in number, size and volume of cell in multicellular species |
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Development |
Multistep process by which the first cell of an individual becomes a multicelled adult |
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Inheritance |
Transmission of DNA from parent to off spring |
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Reproduction |
Process by which parents produce offspring |
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Animal |
Multicelled consumer that developes through a series of embryonic stages and moves about part or all of it's life |
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Archaean |
Member of the prokaryotic domain Archaea |
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Bacterium |
Member of the prokaryotic domain Bacteria |
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Critical Thinking |
The mental process of judging the quality of information before deciding whether or not to take it |
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Eukaryote |
Organism whose cells characteristically have a nucleus |
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Fungus |
Type of eukaryotic consumer that obtains nutrients by digestion and absorbtion outside the body |
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Genus |
Group of species that shares unique traits |
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Plant |
Typically a multicelled photosynthetic producer |
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Prokaryote |
Single celled organism in which DNA is not contained in the nucleus |
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Protist |
Diverse group of simple eukaryotes |
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Science |
Systematic study of nature |
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Species |
A type of organism |
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Hypothesis |
Testable explaination of natural phenomenon |
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Law of Nature |
Describes a consistent natural phenomenon for which there is incomplete scientific information |
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Prediction |
Statement based on hypothisis, about a condition that should exist if hypothesis is right |
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Scientific Theory |
Hypothisis that isn't disproven after many years of rigorous test-useful for making predictions about phenomenon. |
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Control group |
A group of objects or individuals that is identical to an experimental group except for one variable |
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Experiment |
A test designed to support or falsify a prediction |
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Experimental Group |
A group of objects or individuals that display or exposed to a variable under investigation |
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Variable |
A characteristic or event that differs among individuals |
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Sampling Error |
Diffrence between testing an entire group of events or individuals, and results derived from testing subset of the group |
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Statistically Significant |
Refers to a result that is statistically unlikely to have occurred by chance |
