Chapter 1

Question 1

Seven properties and precesses are associated with life

Answer 1

1) Order, 2) Reproduction, 3) Growth and Development, 4) Energy Processing, 5) Regulation, 6) Response to the environment, 7) Evolutionary Adaptation.

Question 2

Biosphere

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All of the environments on Earth that support life. (Florida)

Question 3

Ecosystem

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Consists of all the organisms living in a particular area as well as the physical components. (Florida Everglades)

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Community

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The entire array of organisms in an ecosystem. (All organisms in this wetland ecosystem)

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Population

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Includes all the individuals of a particular species living in an area. (All Alligators living in the wetlands)

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Organism

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An individual living thing. (Alligator)

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Organ

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Made up of several different tissues.(Brain)

Question 8

Tissue

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Each in turn made up of a group of similar cells that perform a specific function. (Nervous tissue)

Question 9

Cell

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is the fundamental unit of life.

Question 10

Molecule

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Is a cluster of small chemical units called atoms held by chemical bonds.

Question 11

The dynamics of ecosystems include two major processes

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1) The recycling of chemicals and 2) The flow of energy

Question 12

Most basic chemicals necessary for life

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Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen, Water, and various minerals.

Question 13

DNA

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is the chemical substance of genes.

Question 14

Genes

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the units of inheritance that transmit information from parents to offspring.

Question 15

Chromosomes

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Genes that are grouped into very long DNA molecules, which control all the activities of a cell.

Question 16

DNA molecules

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made up of two long chains called stands, coiled together into a double helix.

Question 17

nucleotides

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The strands are made up of four kinds of chemical building blocks

Question 18

Cell Division

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DNA is first replicated or coped, the double helix unzips and new complementary strands assemble along the separated strands.

Question 19

blueprints for making proteins

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The DNA of genes

Question 20

Proteins

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serve as the tools that actually build and maintain the cell and carry out its activities.

Question 21

Genome

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is the entire “library” of genetic instructions that an organism inherits.

Question 22

Bacteria

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are the most diverse and widespread prokaryotes.

Question 23

Archaea

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prokaryotes live in Earth;s extreme environments.

Question 24

Eukarya

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all the organisms with eukaryotic cells.

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Protists

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are a diverse collection of mostly single celled organisms. (has multiple kingdoms)

Question 26

Evolution

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can be defined as the process of change that has transformed life on Earth from its earliest beginnings to the diversity of organisms today.

Question 27

Charles Darwin

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“On the Organ of Species by Means of Natural Selection” made him synonymous with the concept of evolution.

Question 28

Natural Selection

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a mechanism for evolution. Darwin started with two observations, from which he drew two inferences.

Question 29

``` Individual variation (Observation 1) ```

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Individuals in a population vary in their traits, many of which are inherited from parents to offspring.

Question 30

Overproduction of offspring. | Observation 2

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All species can produce far more offspring than the environment can support.

Question 31

Unequal reproductive success | Inference 1

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Individuals with heritable traits best suited to the local environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than are less well-suited individuals.

Question 32

Accumulation of favorable traits over time | Inference 2

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As a result of this unequal reproductive success over many generations, a higher and higher proportion of individuals in the population will have the advantageous traits.

Question 33

Hypothesis

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a proposed explanation for a set of observations.

Question 34

Theory

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is much broader in scope than a hypothesis

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Discovery Science

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Is the process of describing nature without any preconceived expectations.

Question 36

Hypothesis driven science

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Involves constructing a specific, testable explanation for a phenomenon based on a set of observations.

Question 37

Scientific Observation

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Observation, question, hypothesis, prediction, experimentation.

Question 38

Deductive reasoning

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general to specific, is generally used in establishing a test of a hypothesis.

Question 39

Controlled experiment

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one that is designed to compare an experimental group with a control group

Question 40

Energy Processing

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living things obtain energy from the environment, and use it to power there own activities and chemical reactions.