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ESSENTIAL BIOLOGY WITH PHYSIOLOGY
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
06/06/2011

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BIOLOGY IS?

Definition

THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF LIFE

BIO= LIFE

OLOGY=STUDY

Term

WHAT ARE THE PROPERTIES OF LIFE?

 

Definition
  1. ORDER
  2. REGULATION
  3. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
  4. ENERGY UTILIZATION
  5. RESPONSE TO THE ENVIROMENT
  6. REPRODUCTION
  7. EVOLUTION
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WHAT IS A BIOSPHERE?

 

 

Definition
EARTHS BIOSPHERE INCLUDES ALL THE ENVIROMENTS ON EARTH THAT SUPPORT LIFE
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WHAT IS A ECOSYSTEM?

Definition
AN ECOSYSTEM CONSISTS OF ALL ORGANISMS LIVING IN A PARTICULAR AREA, AS WELL AS THE NONLIVING, PHYSICAL COMPONENTS OF THE ENVIROMENT  THAT AFFECT THE ORGANISMS, SUCH AS WATER, AIR, SOIL, AND SUNLIGHT,
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COMMUNITIES

Definition

ALL ORGANISMS ECOSYSTEM ARE COLLECTIVELY CALLED A COMMUNITY

(SUCH AS IN A TIDE POOL)

Term
POPULATIONS
Definition
WITHIN COMMUNITIES ARE VARIOUS POPULATIONS , GROUPS OF INTERACTING INDIVIDUALS OR ONE SPECIES, SUCH AS A GROUP OF IGUANAS
Term
ORGANISMS
Definition
AN ORGANISM IS AN INDIVIDUAL LIVING THING, LIKE AN IGUANA
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ORGAN SYSTEMS AND ORGANS

Definition

AN ORGANISMS BODY CONSISTS OF SEVERAL ORGAN SYSTEMS, EACH OF WHICH CONTAINS TWO OR MORE ORGANS.

 

SUCH AS A HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS

Term
TISSUES
Definition
EACH ORGAN IS MADE UP OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT TISSUES, SUCH AS THE HEAR MUSCLE TISSUE. A TISSUE CONSISTS OF A GROUP OF CELLS PERFORMING A SPECIFIC FUNCTION.
Term
CELLS
Definition
THE CELL IS THE SMALLEST LUNIT THAT CAN DISPLAY ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE
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ORGANELLES
Definition
ORGANELLES ARE FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS OF CELL, SUCH AS THE NUCLEUS THAT HOUSES THE DNA.
Term
MOLECULES AND ATOMS?
Definition
MOLECULES ARE CLUSTERS OF CHEMICALS THAT CONTAIN EVEN SMALLER UNITS CALLED ATOMS. EACH CELL CONSISTS OF AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF CHEMICALS THAT FUNCTION TOGETHER TO GIVE THE CELL THE PROPERTIES WE RECOGNIZE AS LIFE. DNA
Term
UNICELLULAR
Definition

SINGLE CELLED ORGANISMS ARE MICROSCOPIC

 

SUCH AS BACTERIA

Term
MULTICELLULAR
Definition

ORGANISMS CONSISTING OF MULTIPLE CELLS

 

SUCH AS HUMANS

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CELLS CONSISTS OF TWO MAJOR KINDS;

Definition

 

PROKARYOTIC AND

EUKARYOTIC

Term

 

PROKARYOTIC CELLS ARE?

Definition
  •  SMALLER
  • SIMPLER STRUCTURE
  • DNA CONCENTRATED IN NUCLEOID REGION, WHICH S NOT ENCLOSED BY MEMBRANE
  • LACKS MOST ORGANELLES
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EUKARYOTIC CELLS ARE?

Definition
  • LARGER
  • MORE COMPLEX STRUCTURE
  • NUCLEUS ENCLOSED BY MEMBRANE
  • CONTAINS MANY TYPES OF ORGANELLES
  • NUCLEUS HOUSES DNA TO DIRECT ACTIVITIE OF CELL

(PLANTS AND ANIMALS ARE FORMED OF THESE)

Term

 

ALL CELLS USE:

Definition
DNA AS THE CHEMICAL MATERIAL OF GENES..
Term

 

DNA'S FOUR MOLECULAR BUILDING BLOCKS ARE?

 

 

Definition

A

G

C

T

Term

 

 

WHAT IS A GENOME?

Definition
THE ENTIRE "BOOK" OF GENETIC INSTRUCTIONS THAT AN ORGANISM INHERITS.
Term

 

SCIENTIFIC NAME FOR AN IGUANA?

Definition

 

AMBLYRHYNCHUS CRISTATUS

Term

 

TAXONOMY?

Definition
THE BRANCH OF BIOLOGY THAT NAMES AND CLASSIFIES SPECIES, FORMALIZING THIS HIERARCHICAL ORDERING
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THE THREE DOMAINS OF LIFE ARE?

Definition

 

BACTERIA

ARCHAEA

EUKARYA

Term
scientific method is?
Definition
  • observation of a natural event
  • formulate a hypothesis to solve problem or answer ?
  • devise a method to test the hypothesis by observation or experimentation.. and repeat
  • report results objectively and draw conclusions based on those results
Term
A HYPOTHESIS IS?
Definition
EDUCATED GUESS
Term
NULL IS?
Definition
NO DIFFERENCE
Term
ALTERNATE HYPOTHESIS?
Definition
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
Term
THEORY IS?
Definition
BACKED UP BY DATA
Term
PRINCIPLE / LAW IS?
Definition
AFTER A THEORY HOLDS THE TEST OF TIME IT BECOMES LAW
Term
THE ORIGIN OF LIFE IS?
Definition
  • EUKARYA
  • ARCHAEA
  • EUBACTERIA
Term
ARCHAEA ARE?
Definition
LACKS A NUCLEUS
Term
PROKARYOTIC?
Definition
THEY HAVE A NECLEOID AND SULPHER BACTERIA ARE INCLUDED IN THIS
Term
EUBACTERIA
Definition

TRUE BACTERIA AND HELPS W DECOMPOSITION

FIRST TO FIND OXYGEN

Term
EUKARYA
Definition

HAVE A NUCLEUS

FOUND IN PROTISTS

PLANTS

FUNGI

ANIMALS

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AUTOTROPHIC
Definition
MAKE THIER OWN FOOD
Term
HETEROTROPHIC
Definition
TAKE IN CHEMICALS AND TRANSFORMS THAT INTO ENERGY
Term
THESE CELLS ARE HETEROTROPHIC AND VERY IMPORTANT FOR DECOMPOSITION
Definition
EUBACTERIA/ FUNGI
Term
SLIME MOLD
Definition
FUNGI AND HELPS WITH DECOMPOSITION
Term
PLANTS ARE
Definition

EUKARYOTIC

MULTICELLULAR

AUTOTROPHIC

Term
GREEN ALGEA AND PLANTS SHARE THREE TRAITS
Definition

CHLOROPHYLL A

CHLOROPHYLL B

CAROTENOIDS AND CELLULOSE

Term
INVERTEBRATE
Definition
NO BACKBONE . 99% OF ANIMALS
Term
VERTEBRATES
Definition
BACKBONE , 1 % OF POPULATIONS
Term
SPECIES ARE?
Definition
A GROUP OF NATURAL POPLUTAIONS WHOS MEMBERS CAN INTERBREED W/EACHOTHER, BUT NOT INTERBREED WITH OTHER SUCH GROUPS AND PRODUCE FERTILE OFFSPRING
Term
WHO CREATED THE RULES OF NOMENCLATURE?
Definition

CARL LINNEAUS 1758

RULES OF NAMING

Term
GENUS
Definition
BEGIN W CAPITAL LETTER
Term
SPECIES ARE ITALISIZED AND BEGIN WITH A
Definition
SMALL LETTER
Term
BUFFON STUDIED
Definition
VERTEBRATES
Term
HULTON STUDIED
Definition
UNIFORMITARIANISM / GEOLOGY
Term
SMITH STUDIED
Definition
FOSSILS OF STRATA
Term
LYELL DID THIS
Definition
WROTE A GEOLOGY TEXTBOOK
Term
NATURAL SELECTION IS
Definition
INDIVIDUALS W/CERTAIN INHERITIBLE TRAITS SURVIVE LONGER AND PRODUCE OFFSPRING, AND THESE WERE BEST SUITED FOR THE ENVIROMENT
Term
  • POPULATIONS TEND TO PRODUCE MORE OFFSPRING THAN CAN SURVIVE
  • INDIVIDUALS WITHIN A POPULATION VARY
  • SOME VARIATIONS IMPROVE CHANCES OF SURVIVING AND REPRODUCING

 

Definition
EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
Term
ORIGIN OF SPECIES WAS PUBLISHED
Definition
1859
Term
THERE ARE ____ NATURAL ELEMENTS
Definition
92
Term
ELEMENTS ARE
Definition
ANY SUBSTANCE THAT CANNOT BE DECOMPOSED INTO SUBSTANCES HAVING DIFFERENT PROPERTIES
Term
THE SMALLEST ELEMENT IS
Definition
HYDROGEN
Term
THE LARGEST ELEMENT IS
Definition
92 URANIUM
Term
4 ELEMENTS DOMINATE HOME SAPIENS
Definition

OXYGEN

CARBON

HYDROGEN

NITROGEN

Term
THE SMALLEST PORTION OF AN ELEMENT THAT STILL RETAINS PROPERTIES OF THAT ELEMENT IS
Definition
ATOM
Term
ATOMS ARE COMPOSED OF
Definition

PROTONS

NEURONS

ELECTRONS

Term
PROTONS ARE
Definition
POSTIVELY CHARGED PARTICLES
Term
NEUTRONS ARE
Definition
NEUTRALY CHARGED PARTICLES
Term
ELECTRONS ARE
Definition
NEGATIVELY CHARGED PARTICLES THAT SURROUND THE NUCLEUS
Term
PROTONS AND NEUTRONS MAKE UP
Definition
FORM NUCLEUS
Term
ATOMIC NUMBER
Definition
DESCRIBES THE NUMBER OF PROTONS ONLY
Term
ATOMIC WEIGHT IS
Definition
NUMBER OF PROTONS + NEUTRONS
Term
WE CAN USE THESE TO DATE OBJECTS?
Definition
ISOTOPES
Term
CELLS STAY IN A CONSTANT PH BY
Definition
BUFFERS
Term
WHAT IS THE MOST ABUNDANT MOLECULE ON EARTH
Definition
WATER
Term
CH2O
Definition
CARBOHYDRATE
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