Chapter 1; Intro To Evolution/ Foundation Of Biology

Question 0

Posing questions about the living world and seeking answers through scientific inquiry are central activities of?

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Biology

Question 1

What is evolution:

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The process of change that has transformed life from its beginning to the astounding array of organisms today.

Question 2

Studying the diverse forms of life reveals common themes. T/F?

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What is emergent properties?

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New properties that arise with each step upward in the hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases.

Question 4

Systems biology is what?

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The exploration of biological system by analyzing the interactions
Among its parts.

Question 5

Eukaryotic cell is a

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Contains membrane enclosed organelles. Has DNA in nucleus.

Question 6

Prokaryotic cell lacks what?

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Lacks a nucleus or other membrane enclosed organelles.

Question 7

Define DNA:

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Within cells, structures called chromosomes contain genetic materials.

Question 8

What is Genes?

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A discrete unit of hereditary information consisting of a specific nucleotide sequence in DNA or RNA.

Question 9

What is a gene expression?

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The entire process by which the information in a gene directs the manufacture of a cellular product.

Question 10

What is genome?

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The entire library of genetic instructions that an organism inherits.

Question 11

What is genomics?

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Studying whole sets of genes in one or more species.

Question 12

The use of computational tools to store, organize, and analyze the huge volume of data that results from high throughput Is what?

Answer 12

Bio informatics

Question 13

Organisms making up two of the three domains are bacteria, archea= prokaryotic.

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