Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Taxonomy

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Branch of biology that names and classifies species

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Cells

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Fundamental Unit of life, smallest unit that can perform all activities required for life
Metabolism, structure,cellular reproduction-dna

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Tree of life

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3 domains -
Bacteria, archaea,eukarya

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Biological organization

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Cell → organisms → population

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5
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Reductionism

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Big to small - more complex to least complex

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Emergent properties

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Small to big - least complex to more complex

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Scientific method

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Idealized process of inquiry to analyze scientific questions → credibilitIy→ logic → imagination

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Inductive reasoning

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Bottom up logic

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deductive reasoning

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Topdown logic

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Linnaean system → how to name a species

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Genus, species → homo sapiens

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Hypothesis

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Doing an experiment for data then drawing a conclusion that produces a theory

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