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Evolution |
The idea that organisms living today are modified descendants of common ancestors |
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Biology |
The scientific study of life |
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Emergent Properties |
New properties that arise with each step upward in the hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases |
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Systems Biology |
The exploration of a biological system by analyzing the interactions among its parts |
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Eukaryotic Cell |
A type of cell with a membrain enclosed nucleus and membrane enclosed organelles |
Protists, Plants, Fungi, and Animals are eukaryotes |
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Prokaryotic Cell |
A type of cell lacking a membrane enclosed nucleus and membrane enclosed organelles |
Single celled microorganisms- Bacteria and Archaea are prokaryotes |
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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) |
Genetic material |
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Gene |
A stretch of DNA arranged along a chromosome |
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Gene Expression |
The entire process by which the information in a gene directs the manufacture of a cellular product |
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Genome |
The entire "library" of genetic instructions that an organism inherits |
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Genomics |
The study of whole sets of genes in one or more species |
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Bioinformatics |
The use of computational tools to store, organize, and analyze large amounts of data |
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Natural Selection |
A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits |
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Science |
An approach to understanding the natural world |
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Inquiry |
A search for information and explanations of natural phenomena |
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Data |
Items of information on which scientific inquiry is based |
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Inductive Reasoning |
A type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large number of specific observations |
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Hypothesis |
A testable explanation for a set of observations based on the available data and guided by inductive reasoning |
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Deductive Reasoning |
A type of logic in which specific results are predicted from a general premise |
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Controlled Experiment |
An experiment in which an experimental group is compared with a control group that varies only in the factor being tested |
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Theory |
An explanation that is broader in scope that a hypothesis, generates new hypotheses, and is supported by a large body of evidence |
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Technology |
The application of scientific knowledge for a specific purpose |
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