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Biology AP
Ch.1 Exploring Life
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Biology
12th Grade
09/25/2007

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Biology
Definition
The Study of life
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Producers
Definition
Plants and other photosynthetic organisms that convert light energy to chemical energy
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Consumers
Definition
Organisms, such as animals, that feed on producers and other consumers
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Genome
Definition
The complete complement of an organism's genes; an organism's genetic material
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Emergent Properties
Definition
new properties that emerge with each steop upward in the hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases
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Reductionism
Definition
reducing complex systems to simpler components that are more mangeable to study
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Systems Biology
Definition
models the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems
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Negative Feedback
Definition
Accumulations of an end product of a process slows the process
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Positive Feedback
Definition
End product speeds up its production
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Arachae
Definition
Prokaryotic domain
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Bacteria
Definition
Prokaryotic domain
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