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1st Vocab Quiz Flashcards

1
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One of two prokaryotic domains, the other being Bacteria.

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Archaea

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2
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One of two prokaryotic domains, the other being Archaea

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Bacteria

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3
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A double stranded, helical nucleic acid molecule capable of replicating and determining the inherited structure of a cell’s proteins.

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DNA

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4
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All the organisms that inhabit a particular area, an assemblage of populations of different species living close enough together for a potential interaction.

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Community

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5
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The domain that includes all eukaryotic organisms

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eukarya

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6
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an experiment in which an experimental group is compared to a control group that varies only in the factor being tested.

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controlled experiment

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7
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The scientific study of life

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Biology

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8
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all the organisms in a given area as well as the abiotic factors with which they interact; a community and its physical environment

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ecosystem

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9
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Life’s fundamental unit of structure and function

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cell

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10
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a type of cell with a membrane enclosed nucleus and membrane enclosed organelles, present in protists, plants, fungi, and animals; also called eukaryote

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eukaryotic cell

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11
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new properties that emerge with each step upward in the hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases.

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emergent properties

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12
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the entire portion of earth inhabited by life; the sum of all the planet’s ecosystems.

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biosphere

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A scientific test. Often carried out under controlled conditions that involve manipulating one factor in a system in order to see the effects of changing that factor

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experiment

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14
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recorded observations

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data

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15
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all the changes that have transformed life on earth from its earliest beginnings to the diversity that characterizes it today.

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evolution

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16
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a directional change in temperature, precipitation, or other aspect of the global climate that lasts for three decades of more.

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climate change

17
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a discrete unit of hereditary information consisting of a specific nucleotide sequence in DNA (or RNA, in some viruses.)

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genes

18
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a factor whose value is measured in an experiment to see whether it is influenced by changes in another factor.

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dependent

19
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The process by which information encoded in DNA directs the synthesis of proteins or, in some cases, RNAs that are not translated into proteins and instead functions as RNAs

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gene expression

20
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the genetic material of an organism or virus, the complete complement of an organism’s or virus’s genes along with its noncoding nucleic acid sequences

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genome

21
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the study of whole sets of genes and their interactions within a species, as well as genome comparisons between species

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genomics

22
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a testable explanation for a set of observations based on the available data and guided by inductive reasoning. A hypothesis is narrower in scope that a theory.

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hypothesis

23
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a factor whose value is manipulated or changed during an experiment to reveal possible effects on another factor (the dependent variable)

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independent variable

24
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two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds

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molecule

25
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a process in which individuals that have inherited certain traits tend to survive and reporduce at a higher rate that other individuals becomse of those traits.

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natural selection

26
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a specialized of body funciton composed of several different types of tissue

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organ

27
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any of several kinds of membrane enclosed structires with specialized functions, suspended in the cytosol of eukaryotic cells

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organelles

28
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an individual living thing, consisting of one or more cells

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organisms

29
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a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area and interbreed, producing fertile offspring.

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population

30
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a type of cell lacking a membrane enclosed nucleus and membrane enclosed organelles. organisms with prokaryotic cells are called prokaryotes

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prokaryotic cell

31
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the entire set of proteins expresses by a given cell, tissue, or organism

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proteome

32
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the systematic study of the full set of proteins encoded by genomics.

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proteomics

33
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an approach to understanding the natural world

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science

34
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the application of scientific knowledge for a specific purpose, often involving industry or commerce but also including uses in basic research

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technology

35
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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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theory

36
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an integrated group of cells with a common structure, function, or both.

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tissue

37
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a factor that varies during an experiment.

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variable

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