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Chapter 1: Scientific Study Of Life Flashcards

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Qualitative

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Use 5 senses to observe

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How many groups are in experiments? Name them.

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2

–Control group- Does Not receive the treatment

–Experimental Group- receives the treatment that’s being tested

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Independent Variable

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Manipulated Variable changed on purpose…

May cause dependent variable to change

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Inferences

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Act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence

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Observations

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Act of reasoning of noticing or perceiving

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Experiments MUST use 3 things, name them.

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1) large # of subjects
2) be repeated several times
3) be independently reproducible

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Applied Biology

Actually use

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1) medicine
2) plant breeding
3) crop science

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How many scientific methods are there? Name them..

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1) State Probability- What are u trying to find out?
2) Make Observations- Examine using 5 senses.
3) Gather Info- Find out ALL the info you can.
4) Hypothesis- What do you think will happen? “Educated guess”.
5) Experiment- Test the hypothesis, using experiment.
6) Record & Analyze- Look at info you gathered from the experiment.
7) Reach Conclusion- Did the data support the hypothesis.

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Organism

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Living individual that makes up a cell

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Ouantitative

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Using numbers to observe

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Biology

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Scientific study of life

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Theoretical Biology

Really can’t prove

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– environmental biology

–animal behavior

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Dependent Variable

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Variable that CANNOT be changed unless the independent variable changes it

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What is Science?

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Process used to solve problems & understand natural events..

–involves scientific method–

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DRY

MIX

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D- dependent variable
R-Responding Variable
Y-Axis

M- Manipulate variable
I-Independent variable
X- Axis

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Control Process

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Enables organisms to carry out metabolic reactions

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Coordination

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Enzymes coordinate to metabolic reactions

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Regulation

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Enzymes are regulated in order to maintain homeostasis

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Responsive Processes

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Organisms react to changes in their environment

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Metabolic Processes

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Organisms gain & store energy in the chemical bonds in the nutrients they take in

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Theory

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An explanation for a natural phenomenon

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Generative Processes

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Organisms grow by increasing the # of cells organisms reproduce either sexually or asexually

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What are the levels of Biological Organization?

Smallest to largest

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    • Atom- All living things composed of
    • Molecules- Specific arrangements of atoms
  • *Cell- simpliest unit shows characteristics of life (life starts)
  • *Tissue- Many CELLS that perform a particular function
  • *Organ- Many TISSUES that perform a particular function
  • *Organ System- Many ORGANS that perform a particular function

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