Chapter 1 Flashcards
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Explain the meaning of homeostasis
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Maintenance of a relatively constant internal environment
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Living things have a different molecule composition from nonliving things, what makes this possible?
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Only living things can create proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids
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Name for features that together contribute to our uniqueness and define us as humans
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Bipedalism
Opposable thumbs
Large brain
Capacity for complex language.
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Define the difference between hypothesis and prediction
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Hypothesis is a statement that leads to testable deduction. prediction is a guess so what will happen next
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Discuss the role of sciences in helping us solve economic, social and ethnical dilemmas
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Scientist can’t prove right answers for these things
