Chapter 1 (Vocab)

Question 1

Biology

Answer 1

The scientific study of life

Question 2

Biospehere

Answer 2

All life on earth + places where life exists

Question 3

Ecosystem

Answer 3

All living things in a particular area

Question 4

Communities

Answer 4

Organisms inhabiting a system

Question 5

Populations

Answer 5

All individuals of a species living within a specified area

Question 6

Organisms

Answer 6

Individual living things

Question 7

Organs

Answer 7

Body part made up of tissues

Question 8

Tissues

Answer 8

Group of cells that perform specialized function

Question 9

Organelles

Answer 9

Functional components within cells

Question 10

Molecules

Answer 10

Chemical structure made of 2 or more atoms

Question 11

Reductionism

Answer 11

Approach that reduces complex systems into simpler componant

Question 12

Emergent properties

Answer 12

New properties that arise from arrangement + interactions of parts of a system

Question 13

Systems Biology

Answer 13

Approach that models behavior of whole system based on study of interactions between a part of a system

Question 14

DNA

Answer 14

Nucleic acid molecule

Question 15

Genes

Answer 15

Hereditary info./ sequence of DNA

Question 16

Gene Expression

Answer 16

Process of using info. from a gene to create a gene product

Question 17

Genome

Answer 17

Genetic material of an organism/virus

Question 18

Genomics

Answer 18

Study of sets of genes, specie interactions, genome comparison

Question 19

Proteomics

Answer 19

Study of proteins + their properties

Question 20

Proteome

Answer 20

Set of proteins in a cell/tissue/organism

Question 21

Bioinformatics

Answer 21

Use of computers to make biological info. into data

Question 22

Feedback Regulation

Answer 22

Regulation of a process by its output or end prduct

Question 23

Evolution

Answer 23

Process of biological change

Question 24

Inductive Reasoning

Answer 24

Type of logic which generalizations are based on large number of specific observation (there is evidence for that reasoning)

Question 25

Deductive Reasoning

Answer 25

Logic where specific results are predicted from a general premises (There is little evidence for reason)

Question 26

Controlled Experiment

Answer 26

Experiment made to compare and experimental group with a control group

Question 27

Model Organism

Answer 27

Particular species chosen for research

Question 28

Scientific Inquiry

Answer 28

Problem-solving

Question 29

Experiemntal Design

Answer 29

Planning an experiment to test a hypothesis

Question 30

Nucleotides

Answer 30

* Made of Phosphate, Ribose, Nitrogen Base that make up A, T, C, or G. * DNA is made up of 2 chains of nucleotide

Question 31

Genes

Answer 31

Long segments of DNA that contain full coding of nucleotide

Question 32

Chromosomes

Answer 32

Thread that contains all thousands of genes

Question 33

Genome

Answer 33

Sum of all chromosomes in an organism * Complete set of DNA of an organism

Question 34

Descent with Modification

Answer 34

Species change, give rise to new species, and share common ancestor