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15 Cards in this Set
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5 themes of biology
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Organization
Evolution Energy & Matter Interactions Information |
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7 properties of life
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Reproduction
Growth & development Energy processing Regulation Response to environment Order Evolutionary adaptation |
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10 levels of biological organization (small to large)
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Molecules
Organelles Cells Tissues Organs and organ systems Organisms Populations Communities Ecosystems The biosphere |
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evolution
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the idea that species change over time; descent with modification; the process of change that has transformed life on earth from its earliest beginnings to the diversity of organisms living today
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biology
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the scientific study of life
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Darwin's theory of evolution - book title and year of publication
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"On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection," 1859
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the phrases "struggle for existence" and "survival of the fittest" reflect or refer to which theory?
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the theory of natural selection
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7 steps of scientific process
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Problem
Research Hypothesis Experiment Data analysis Conclusion Retesting |
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emergent properties
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new or novel properties that emerge at each successive level of biological organization, and which are absent from the preceding level. aka "the sum of the whole is greater than its parts."
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at each level of the biological heirarchy, we find a correlation of ___ & ___. This can be explained by ___.
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structure; function; natural selection
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cell
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an organisms basic unit of structure and function
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all cells are enclosed by a ___
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membrane
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2 main forms of cells
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prokaryotic - no nucleus or other organelles - bacteria and archaea
eukaryotic - yes nucleus and organelles - all plants and animals |
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Summarize the biological theme of interaction
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each organism interacts w and affects other organisms and also interacts continually with its environment. at lower levels of organization, interxns btwn componenets wi each organism are crucial to operation
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a gene is to a genome as a blank is to a blank
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recipe; cookbook
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