Ch. 1 Invitation To Biology

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Fundamental building block of all matter

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Atom

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The scientific study of life

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Biology

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All regions of earth where organisms live

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Biosphere

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Smallest unit of life

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Cell

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All populations of all species in a given area

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Community

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A community interacting with its environment

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Ecosystem

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A characteristic of a system that does not appear in any of the system's component parts.

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Emergent Property

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An association of two or more atoms

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Molecule

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In multicelled organisms, a grouping of tissues engaged in a collective task

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Organ

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Individual that consists of one or more cells.

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Organism

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In multicelled organisms, specialized cells organized in a pattern that allows them to perform a collective function

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Tissue

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In multicelled organisms, set of organs engaged in a collective task that keeps the body functioning properly

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Organ System

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Group of interbreeding individuals of the same species that live in a given area.

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Population

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List the overall pattern in the way life is organized

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1. Atom 2. Molecule 3. Cell 4. Tissue 5. organ 6. organ system 7. Muticelled organisms 8. Population 9. Community 10. Ecosystem 11. Biosphere

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At each successive level, a new emergent Property appears.

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Organism that gets energy and nutrients by feeding on tissues, wastes, or remains of other organisms

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Consumer

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An example of this is a human

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Multistep process by which the first cell of a new multicelled organism gives rise to an adult.

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Development

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Carries hereditary information that guides development and other activities

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DNA

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Deoxyribonucleic Acid

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In multicelled species, an increase in the number, size, and volume of cells.

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Growth

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Process in which an organism keeps its internal conditions within tolerable ranges by sensing and responding to change.

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Homeostasis

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Transmission of DNA to offspring

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Inheritance

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Substance that an organism needs for growth and survival but cannot make for itself

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Nutrient

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Process by which producers use light energy to make sugars from carbon dioxide and water

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Photosynthesis

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Organism that makes its own food using energy and nonbiological raw materials from the environment

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Producer

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A plant is an example of this

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Process by which parents produce offspring

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Reproduction

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What are the three key features of living things?

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1. All living things need energy and nutrients 2. Each living thing has the capacity to sense and respond to change (homeostasis) 3. DNA is passed to offspring during reproduction

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What eventually happens to energy that enters the world of life?

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It flows out of it mainly as heat released back into the environment

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Think of the flow of energy

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Multicelled consumer that develops through a series of stages and moves about during part or all of its life.

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Animal

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Group of single celled organisms that lack a nucleus but are closely related to eukaryotes than to bacteria

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Archaea

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The most diverse and well known group of single celled organisms that lack a nucleus.

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Bacteria

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Scope of variation among living organisms

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Biodiversity

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Organism whose cells chracteristically have an nucleus

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Eukaryote

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Single celled or multicelled eukaryotic consumer that breaks down material outside itself , then absorbs nutrients released from the breakdown.

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Fungus/ Fungi

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Sac that encloses a cell's DNA; has two membranes

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Nucleus

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A multicelled, typically photosynthetic producer

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Plant

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Single celled organism without a nucleus

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Prokaryote

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Member of a diverse group of simple eukaryotes

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Protist

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A group of species that share a unique set of traits

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Genus

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a unique type of of organism

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Species

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Second part of a species name

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Specific Epithet

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Group of organisms that share a unique set of traits

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Taxon

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The science of naming and classifying species.

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Taxonomy

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An observable characteristic of an organism or species

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Trait

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The three domains of life

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List the 5 steps of the scientific method

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Group of individuals identical to an experimental group except for the independent variable under investigation. The group that stays constant for comparison

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Control Group

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Judging information before accepting it

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Critical Thinking

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Experimental results

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Data

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Using a general idea to make a conclusion about a specific case

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Deductive Reasoning

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A test designed to support or falsify a prediction

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Experiment

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In an experiment, a group of individuals who have a certain characteristic or receive a certain treatment

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Experimental Group

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Testable explanation of a natural phenomenon

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Hypothesis

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An educated guess

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Variable that is controlled by an experimenter in order to explore it's relationship to a dependant variable

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Independent Variable

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Drawing a conclusion based on observation

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Inductive reasoning

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Analogous system used for testing hypothesis

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Model

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Statement, based on a hypothesis, about a condition that should exist if the hypothesis is correct

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Prediction

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Systematic study of the observable world

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Science

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Making, testing, and evaluating hypotheses

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Scientific Method

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In an experiment, a characteristic, or event that differs among individuals or over time.

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Variable

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The chance that a particular outcome will occur; depends on the total number of outcomes possible

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Probability

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Difference between results derived from testing an entire group of events or individuals, and results derived from testing a subset of the group.

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Sampling Error

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Refers to a result that is statistically unlikely to have occurred by chance

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Statistically Significant

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Generalization that describes a consistent natural phenomenon for which there is incomplete scientific explanation

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Law of Nature

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Ex: thermodynamics, newton's

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Hypothesis that has not been disproven after many years of rigorous testing.

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Scientific Theory