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Biology 100 Unit 1 Flashcards

1
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Life is structured on a size scale ranging from ________

A

Molecular to Global

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2
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Biology’s scope stretched across the enormous diversity of life on earth. Regardless on the the type of ____

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Life

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3
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Life exhibits ______________

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Properties

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4
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Structure and processes of living can be complex, but they are always _______

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Order(ed)

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5
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Each type of organism should be able to ______ its own kind.

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Reproduction (reproduce)

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6
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Inherent genetic information the controls the ___________ and __________ of all organisms

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Growth and Development

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7
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Organisms must have a reliable mechanism to obtain and use sources of _________ for daily activities and maintenance

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energy processing (energy)

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8
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Live organisms are able to ____ to all kinds of _______ stimuli

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Respond to Environment (Respond Environment)

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9
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Internal mechanisms adjust an organism to compensate for changing for changing environmental conditionals

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Regulation

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10
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Populations of organisms are able to adapt to changing environmental conditions and as a result change perminanently

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Evolutionary Adaptations

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11
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The properties of life are: (7)

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Order, reproduction, Growth & Development, Responce to the Environment, Regulation, Energy Processing, and Evolutionary Adaptations

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12
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The scientific study of life

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Biology

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13
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Our understanding of Biology provides break throughs in

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  • Solving Crimes
  • Ecology helps us address environmental issues
  • Medicine, Health, & Agriculture
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14
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Biologists study life ranging from an entire ______ to the smallest ________

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biosphere, atom

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15
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-the smallest unit of matter ex: 1 hydrogen atom

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Atom

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16
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more than one ATOM bound together ex: 0_2

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Molecule

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17
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“little organ” a specialized cellular part ex: nuclous (of a cell)

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Organelle

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18
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smallest unit of life may need more than one

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Cell

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19
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multiple cells working together to perform a function ex: Nervous Tissue

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Tissue

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20
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multiple tissues working together to perform a function. Ex: Brain

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Organ

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21
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a single living being ex: alegator

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Organism

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22
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multiple of the same organism living together ex: All alegators living in the wetlands

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Population

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23
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several populations of different species living in a given area ex: all populations living in the wetlands

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Communities

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24
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All living organisms and non-living matter in a given area ex: florida everglades

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Ecosystem

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25
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All ecosystem combined ex: fForida

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Biosphere

26
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Each organism interacts with its environment ____________ and all the _____________

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Everywhere; all the time

27
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type of biology that models the complex interactions of biological systems

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Systems Biology

28
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Interactions between organism and the environment have an effect on …..

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Both the environment and the organism

Ex: Yucka Moth and Yucka Plant

29
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Any ecosystem, life depends on two major processes

A
  • nutriet cycling: Recycling

- energy flow: Energy flow down from one organism to another

30
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The ————is the smallest component of the biological hierarchy that can be considered alive.

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Cell

31
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the theory that all organisms are composed of cells

A

cell theory

32
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what are the two major types of cells

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Prokaryotic cells, Eukaryotic cells

33
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Cell that are small, simple, and have no nucleous

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Prokaryotic cells

34
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a larger more complex cell that contains a nucleus and membrane bound organelles

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eukaryotic cells

35
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10-100x larger than prokaryotic cells, Membrane, Organells, Nucleus, DNA

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Eukaryotic Cells

36
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DNA, Membrane, Simple, Small

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Prokaryotic cell

37
Q

DNA code for genes which are

A

the units of inheritance

38
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the building blocks of DNA are called

A

Nucleotides

39
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DNA is made of combinations of 4 ________ What are they

A

Nucleotides

A-T G-C

40
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Specific nucleotides bond together making DNA double stranded as a

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double helix

41
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The sequence of the nucleotides

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decides the information

42
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a defining characteristic of living things

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Diversity

43
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How many species of organisms have been described by scientists

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1.8 million

44
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How many species of organisms are estimated to exists

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10-100 million

45
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another branch of biology which deals with the classification of organisms

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taxonomy

46
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an essential component of all ecosystems because different organisms perform different tasks in an ecosystem

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biodiversity

47
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What are the three domains of life:

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  • Archaea
  • Bacteria
  • Eukarya
48
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Bacteria and Archaea are considered ______ species

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Prokaryotic: single celled without a nucleus have a circular nucleode

49
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The domain Eukarya include what four kingdoms

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  • Protista
  • Plantae
  • Fungi
  • Animalia
50
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widely accepted explanation that is supported by a large body of evidence

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Theory

51
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to know, a way of knowing, done by testing, observing, experimenting

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Science

52
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What are the two approaches to science?

A
  • Discovery

- Hypothesis driven science, testing, observing, using the scientific method

53
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Verifiable observations and measurements

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discovery science

54
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Discovery science leads to _______ a generalization that is summarized from a large number of scientific observations

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Inductive Reasoning

55
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asking Questions and seeking explanations

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hypothesis driven science

56
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hypothesis driven science leads to ________ using general premises to extrapolate in specific results

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Deductive Reasoning

57
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hypothesis driven science uses the

A

Scientific method

58
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What are the steps of the scientific method

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  1. Observation
  2. Question
  3. Hypothesis
  4. Prediction
  5. Test
59
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an in depth examination of an actual investigation

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Case study ex: brightly colored snakes

60
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a test where the person conducting the test only changes one variable at a time in order to isolate the results.

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Controlled experiment

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