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11 Cards in this Set
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Biology |
The Study of life. What living things do.
EX: Reproduction, Growth |
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Reduction |
Top Down. Reduce large systems to smaller components. Big to Small
EX: Bike ---> pedal & chain (Study the parts) |
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Systems |
Bottom up. Take something small, figuring out how the system works, how it affects it as a whole. Small to Big
EX: Chain & Pedal ---> How they work as a whole |
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Levels of Life |
Big: EX: Biosphere
Small: EX: Cells, Atoms |
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Evolution |
"Change over time".
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Descent With Modification |
"Over time things change"
The mechanism behind natural selection
Starts with a common ancestor |
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Natural Selection |
Well known example of evolutionary change
Before this can take place there must be a variant in the population
EX: Adaption |
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Mutation |
DNA changes |
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Migration |
Moving from one place to another
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Scientific Method |
Search for information and explanation (inquiry)
Used to find answers to questions
O: Observation (Uses Senses) P: Problem/ ? (Created a question) H: Hypothesis (Educated guess) E: Experiment (Test hypothesis) C: Conclusion (Results: whether or not hypothesis was supported)
*Hypothesis must be Testable (with experiment) and Falsifiable (can be proven wrong) You can only support a hypothesis you can never prove it. * |
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Theory |
Most reliable and comprehensive form of scientific knowledge (Broader more general than a hypothesis)
Close as you can get to proving something true
Supported by a large body of evidence
EX: Gravity
Law (What happens) Theory (Why it happens) |
