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BIO101 - Essentials of the LIving World
Chapter 1 – The Science of Biology - Key Terms
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Biology
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07/14/2014

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The properties of non-living things have, complexity, movement, and response to stimuli.

 

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1)      Non-living Properties (p. 17) –

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All living things share five basic properties. Cellular organization, metabolism, homeostasis, growth and reproduction, and heredity.

 

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2)      Living Properties (p. 17) –

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The transfer of energy from one form to another in cells.

 

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3)      Metabolism (p. 17) –

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Organism that act to keep their interior conditions relatively constant.

 

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4)      Homeostasis (p. 17) -

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Evolution is genetic change in a species over time. Those organisms whose characteristics that make them better able to reproduce, passing their favorable characteristics on to their offspring.

 

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5)      Natural Selection (p. 20) –

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A collection of related hypothesis that have been tested many times and not rejected.

 

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6)      Theory (p. 23) –

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All living organisms consist of cells.

 

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7)      Cell theory (p. 26) –

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The proteins and the RNA molecules encoded by an organism’s genes determines what it will be like.

 

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8)      Gene theory (p. 26) –

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The genes of an organism are inherited are inherited as discrete units.

 

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9)      Theory of heredity (p. 28) –

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Advanced by Charles Darwin in 1859, attributes the diversity of the living world to natural selection.

 

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10)      Theory of evolution (p. 28) –

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