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30 Cards in this Set
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inductive reasoning
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specific to general
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deductive reasoning
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general to specific
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hypothesis
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offered as an explanation for event and used for further observations and experiments
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theory
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an explanation that is broad in scope and is supported by a large body of evidence
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law
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a geralization that scientists have observed for a long time and that never deviates
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crainiometry
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Lombroso's Criminal Man (1887) Bad Science
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Nazi Germany
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Ugly science 1939-1945
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Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
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ugly science in 1932-1972 experiment in alabama on 399 black men in late stages of syphilis.never told to see what would happen
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order
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close up of a sunflower illustrates highly ordered structure that characterizes life
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evolutionary adaptation
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camouflage, adaptations evolve over many generations with heritable traits that are best suited to their evironments
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response to the environment
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venus fly trap. stimulus of fly landing on the trap
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regulation
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constant body temperature by regulation of blood flow through ears of jack rabbit
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energy processing
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hummingbird obtains fuel in form of nectar from flowers, will use it to power flight and other work
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growth and development
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inherited information carried by genes controls the pattern of growth and devel. of organisms
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reproduction
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organisms reproduce their own kind
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biosphere
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the part of the earth inhabited by living organisms; includes bothe the living and non-living components
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ecosystems
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all the organisms and their non-living environment within a defined area, one or more communities together with their non-living surroundings.
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communities
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two or more populations of different species living and interacting in the same area
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populations
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consists of all the individuals of a species in specified area for ex. ontario forest has sugar maple trees and american black bears
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organisms or individuals
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each maple tree in a maple tree forest is an organism
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organ-system
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organs organized each a team of organs that cooporate in a specific function, digestive system
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organs
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maple leaf, brain, heart, kidney.
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molecule
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chemical stucture consisting of two or more small chemical units called atoms
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name the levels of biological organization in order from big to smallest
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biosphere, ecosystems, communities, populations, orgainsms, organ systems, organs, tissues, cells, organelles, molecules
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producers
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are plants ond other photosynthetic organisms that convert light energy to chemical energy
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consumers
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organisms, such as animals, that feed on producers and other consumers
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high-throughput technology
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mega data collection methods, for ex. the automatic dna sequencing machines that made the human genome project possible
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bioinformatics
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using computing power, software, and mathematical models to process and integrate biological information from large data sets
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interdisciplinary research teams
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merging of teams of others together, computational and systems biology
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systems biology
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an academic field that seeks to integrate high thoughput biological studies to understand how biological systesms function.
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