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What are the five characteristics of life ? |
1. Energy-organisms require and use energy to be alive and reproduce 2. Cells-cells are membrane bound units, make up everything 3. Information- organisms process info they acquire from the enviro and genetic genes 4. Replication-almost everything organism does is so it can reproduce 5. Evolution- organisms are a product of evolution |
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Define scientific theory |
-A generally accepted explanation for a general class of observations (theory of gravity) -it describes a pattern in the natural world and a process that creates that pattern |
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Give an example of scientific theory |
Cell theory Pattern: all organisms are made of cells Process: all cells come from pre existing cells |
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What is the theory of evolution |
Pattern- species are related by common ancestry, their characterisitcs can be modified through generations Process- evolution by natural selection |
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What must a experiment include? |
1. Specific testable predictions 2 include controls 3 control variables other than one being tested 4 repition |
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Define Adaption |
A trait that increases fitness of individual in an enviro |
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Define fitness |
Individuals ability to produce offspring, high fitness=more surviving offspring |
