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Chapter 1 Evolution, the themes of biology, and Scientific inquiry Flashcards

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What is evolution

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The process of change that has transformed life on earth

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Evolution is the result of___

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An organism’s adaptations to its environment

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What is biology

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The scientific study of life

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What is Order

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The highly organised structure that supports life.

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What is an evolutionary adaptation

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Adaptations develop over many generations as a result of the reproductive success of people who have inherited characteristics that are most compatible with their settings.

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What is regulation/ homeostasis

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Self-regulating process, such as the jack rabbit’s ears

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What is energy processing

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A source of energy for all organism’s metabolic activities

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What is reproduction

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Organisms (living things) reproduce their own kind

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what is the response to the environment

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When a living thing responds to its environment, it is responding to a stimulus.

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What are growth and development

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Genes carry inherited information that regulates how organisms, like this young oak, grow and develop.

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What are the 5 unifying themes

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Organization
Information
Energy & Matter
Interaction
Evolution

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12
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What is the biological category

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Molecule
Organelles
Cells
Tissues
Organs/organ system
Organisms
Population
Communities
Ecosystem
The Biosphere

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What are emergent properties

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The unexpectedly new qualities that are produced by the arrangement and interaction (synergy) of parts inside a system

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What is reductionism

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The process of breaking down complex systems into their component parts to make them easier to understand

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What is System Biology

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Analyzing how different biological system components interact in order to understand how complex biological systems naturally are

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What is a cell

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The smallest part of an organism capable of carrying out all life-supporting functions

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What surrounds the cell and controls the flow of materials into and out of the cell and preserves an environment inside the cell that is distinct from its surroundings (homeostasis)

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Membrane

18
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What’s a Prokaryotic cell

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Simpler and usually smaller and does not contain a nucleus or other membrane-enclosed organelles

19
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What is DNA

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Chromosomes that contain the form of genetic material

20
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Each chromosome has__

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One long DNA molecule with hundreds and thousands of genes

21
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What do genes encode

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The instructions for building the chemical that cells produce

22
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What is the foundation of inheritance

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Genes

23
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What do DNA controls

A

the development and maintenance of organisms

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